I am researching my great-grandparents families, Richard Herbert Hensey and Elsie Annie White. I have traced both sides to 8 generations. Still looking for quite a few dates and relatives who are descendants of James & Alicia (Taylor) White of Mill Village, Nova Scotia. Specifically, James/Alicia's children. Anyone with photos, information on this family would be greatly appreciated. I will be happy to share photos/info on what I have collected. To those of you that I have sent this page to, please feel free to correct anything wrong by emailing me any changes, additions, deletions etc. in the reports that are linked at the bottom under the pictures.
I want to thank Louise, Aunt Elsie, Debbie, Lorne, Tim, Darren, Richie, Sande, Phyllis and David for their input. Your information has helped me a great deal. Tim/Louise from the bottom of my heart I can't thank you enough for the pictures and the archives. I've been a pain, but in the end this is all worth it.
Louise & I traveled to to Nova Scotia, June, 2004. We visited our cousin Lorne White and his beautiful wife, Mary. They fed us dinner after our long drive and we shared stories, moments, took pictures and enjoyed their beautiful garden. Then Lorne called his baby sister Yvonne and nephew Reid and had them come by for us to meet and share more stories. My only regret is that we didn't have a tape recorder!! Next morning we drove down to Liverpool and met with Tim McDonald. Tim is our cousin whether he wants to be or not!!! He has relatives on the Hensey side of the family and he just feels like family even though it may only be through marriage. Tim is a walking genealogist and he has information that I can't even begin to describe. He has given me some archived information, pictures and background info on Liverpool and one of its most famous residents, Henry Hensey. I am compiling all the data & pictures. I will scan what needs to be scanned and put on this site in the coming weeks. I will also provide links on Henry Hensey and Portia White that is wonderful reading material about two famous people in our family. Nova Scotia is a beautiful penninsula and a wonderful place to see where our ancestors were born and raised. This needs to be on our list of places to visit.
Debbie and her husband Rob just came back from vacation. They visited Halifax and Liverpool.
Debbie and three of her sisters, Carmen, Sybil & Julie came to Atlanta for the 2005 Labor Day weekend as well as cousin Nancy Oliver-MacKenzie whom I met for the very first time! We shopped, eat and hung out. We also attended worship services at Ebenezer Baptist Church and praised God together. We had a wonderful time seeing each other again!!
Lillian & Gregg's house is finished and she hosted a Luau on Saturday, Sept. 3, 2005.
The family reunion cruise to the Southern Carribean was October 30-November 6, 2005. There were 55 family/friends! We left out of San Juan, Puerto Rico and cruised for several days!! What a time we had! We will be doing it again in 2007 for sure and those that couldn't make this one, start saving for the next! We are hoping more of our new found cousins can cruise with us on the next one. With the size of this family, if everyone went on our cruises, we would fill the entire ship with just our family!!
The holidays have passed and I hope everyone had a great one! I always travel to Boston to spend them with my family and as usual this was another great vacation for me.
Going "outside the box" this year on travels. San Diego, Montreal, Halifax/Mill Village/Liverpool, Bermuda.
Have met another cousin! Her name is Veronica Paris and she is related to us on the White side. She is the granddaughter of Elsie Hensey (White)'s sister Ella Mae. So now we have come in contact with several of Ma's sisters & brothers offspring--Clara, Ella May, Izie, Charles, Harold!
Please feel free to print out the reports at the bottom of this page and email me updates, addition
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- Pa Hensey (28 KB)
Pa Hensey is the gentleman on the left.
- Elsie's Parental Consent (242 KB)
Ma had to have permission to marry. Here is the letter of consent signed by her mother, Alicia White.
(Document courtesy of Tim McDonald)
- The White Sisters (15 KB)
Elsie, Izie, Laura, Eunice White
- Marriage Certification (481 KB)
Richard & Elsie Hensey were married in Mill Village, Nova Scotia on September 18, 1906 by Rev. W.B. Hill.
(Document courtesy of Tim McDonald)
- Izie Dora White (67 KB)
Ma's sister, Izie, mother of Portia White.
- 1881 Mill Village Census (28 KB)
(Courtesy of Debbie Goodridge)
- Marriage License (285 KB)
This is the official license issued to Richard & Elsie Hensey on September 17, 1906.
(Document courtesy of Tim McDonald)
- Charles White (42 KB)
Charles White, brother of Elsie (White) Hensey
(Photo courtesy of Debbie Goodridge)
- Richard Hensey Obituary (55 KB)
This is the obituary that appeared in the newspaper in Liverpool when Pa Hensey died.
- Marriage Application (647 KB)
Richard & Elsie Hensey's marriage application.
(Document courtesy of Tim McDonald)
- Alicia (Taylor ) White (44 KB)
This is my great-great-grandmother
- Black Methodist Church (75 KB)
Church that African Americans were members of before it was suspiciously burned down. (Photo courtesy of Tim McDonald)
- Richard & Elsie Hensey's Naturalization Papers (659 KB)
Richard & Elsie Hensey's Naturalization papers into the United States!
(Courtesy of Richard Allen)
- Elsie (White) Hensey (135 KB)
Ma Hensey, wife of Pa Hensey
- Alicia (Taylor ) White's Obituary (75 KB)
Alicia White's obituary which also lists her favorite hymns sung at her funeral.
- Young Charles White (120 KB)
Ma's brother as a young man.
(Photo courtesy of Debbie Goodridge)
- Family Cruise 2002 (1329 KB)
The family cruised to Nassau, Bahamas. What a wonderful time we had!!
- Henry Hensey @ 4 years old (17 KB)
This picture was taken in downtown Liverpool when Henry was 4 years old in 1904. (Photo courtesy of Tim McDonald)
- Elsie (White) Hensey's nephew & wife (134 KB)
This photo was taken at the home of Lorne & Mary White. Lorne is the 12th child of Izie & William White.
- "Daddy" Ralph Hensey (50 KB)
My grandfather, 2nd son of Elsie & Richard Hensey
- Henry Hensey in 1935 (24 KB)
(Photo courtesy of Tim McDonald)
- Reid Kenneth White (131 KB)
Reid is the son of George Albert White and nephew of Lorne and Yvonne White.
- Ralph and Hazel Hensey (57 KB)
My Grandparents, Daddy Ralph & Mama Hazel
- Henry Hensey playing his Hammond Organ (10 KB)
Organ was given to him by his nearest & dearest friends. (Photo courtesy of Tim McDonald)
- Yvonne White (117 KB)
Yvonne is the youngest (13th) child of Izie & William White.
- Henry Hensey's famous basket (13 KB)
It still remains a mystery today what Henry was really carrying in his basket! (Photo courtesy of Queens County Museum)
- Fort Point, Liverpool, Nova Scotia (142 KB)
According to an aerial view from the late 1800's to early 1900's this is where George & Hannah Hensey lived until a fire burned theirs and several other houses down.
- Spot where Henry Hensey stood 100 years ago (53 KB)
This is Louise & me standing where Henry stood at age 4 in 1904!! (Photo taken by Tim McDonald)
- Ellen & Edward Medley (63 KB)
These are Irma Medley's parents. (Photo copied by Tim McDonald.)
- Aunt Elsie and Cousin Irma (209 KB)
Aunt Elsie Elm is the only living child of Richard & Elsie Hensey. Cousin Irma, from Nova Scotia is in her 90's and she is a cousin to Ma Hensey. She is in fair health and lives on Cape Cod.
- Laura White (56 KB)
Sister of Elsie (White)Hensey
- Queens County Museum (148 KB)
This where we got some archived information and toured the museum.
- Harold White (88 KB)
Brother of Elsie (White) Hensey
- Hensey Tombstone (164 KB)
This grave plot contains Hannah Hensey, her son James, his wife Lois, Mabel Butler, her husband Robert and Mabel's son Henry. It is possible that George is buried here too.
- 2004 Cruise Group Photo (49 KB)
This was most of the group (several missing or camera shy!)taken at formal night on the 2004 "It's A Family Affair" cruise.
- Gloria and Joan Hensey (20 KB)
Ralph & Hazel Hensey's daughters, Gloria (my mom) and Joan at ages 8 & 7 respectively.
- Hensey Family Plot (153 KB)
The stone is beginning to tilt to one side and can go over at anytime. It needs some care.
- Cruise 2005 (539 KB)
Group photo of our Southern Carribean Cruise.
- The Allen Brothers (29 KB)
Richard, Robbie, Ralph Allen, sons of Elsie Elm, grandsons of Richard & Elsie Hensey
- Backside of Stone (177 KB)
Backside has the names of Mabel Butler, her husband Robert and her son Henry MacNeil Turner Hensey. Mabel is the youngest child of George & Hannah Hensey.
- Uncle Harold and 4 of his sisters (128 KB)
Sent by Cousin Veronica Paris
- Deja and Isaac (76 KB)
The 8th Generation of Hensey's & White's, my grandchildren!
- Henry Hensey Drive, Liverpool, Nova Scotia (130 KB)
This is me on the most famous street in Liverpool, named after our cousin, Henry. He was loved by the entire town and everyone knew him!
- Deja and Isaac #2 (69 KB)
Just one more!
- Old Kettle Road, Mill Village, Nova Scotia (127 KB)
This was Florence Gibson's house on Old Kettle Road. She died a couple years ago and the house hasn't been touched since she died.
- Richard & Elsie Hensey's Marriage Application (28 KB)
Page 1 - First recorded page
(Document courtesy of Tim McDonald)
- Lot Across From Florence Gibson's House (149 KB)
It is believed that Alicia is buried here along with several other family members. The house burned down and was never rebuilt. People were buried on their own land in those days. Could not see any engraved tombstones or markers.
- Marriage Register (428 KB)
Marriage register
(Document courtesy of Tim McDonald)
- Charles White's House (109 KB)
Ma's brother Charles' house in June. The house is up for sale.
- Charles White's House (64 KB)
Here is Debbie in front of her great grandfather's house in the winter. The house is for sale as of June 23, 2004. (Photo courtesy of Debbie Goodridge)
- St. Michael Tugboat (31 KB)
George Hensey is believed to have worked on this boat operating out of Liverpool, Nova Scotia. (Photo courtesy of Tim McDonald)
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The Hensey/White Families of Liverpool & Mill Village, N.S.