Whitside Family History & Genealogy

Welcome to the Whitside family website.

 Those of us who are Whitsides without an e in the middle are a separate small clan of the larger Whytsyd/Whiteside clan.

Please, any genealogist with Whitside history in the UK, will you contact me. See the bottom of this page.

DNA

At the end of 2003, with the encouragement of the Whiteside Family Association, under the Whiteside DNA Project, I had my DNA analyzed by Family Tree DNA. This company pioneered the use of DNA in the field of genealogy, providing a new way to break through the barriers in Family History.The results of my test showed that with 37 markers we matched a core group of Whiteside/Whitsitt genealogist who have already had their DNA analyzed. One match, Joe K. Whiteside, turned out to be a friend and member of the WFA who emigrated from Northern Ireland to California. We matched in 36 out of 37 markers.

To learn more about this advanced genealogy programme, clicking on the link below will take you to more information. DNA Genealogy project and a link to the Whiteside Family Association

WE ALL APPEAR TO HAVE HAD THE SPELLING WHYTSYD. BEGINNING ABOUT THE 13TH CENTURY. Well let me be more exact. Before that it was QUYTSYD in the Roman times in Great Britain, 0-400 AD.

 I am also the Webmaster for the Whiteside Family Association. We are now online at <whitesideancestry.org>. Have a look, They are our cousins. There are Whitsides listed in the manuscripts viewable by members.

In the Whiteside Family Association we are Family #701. At the present time it appears that the Whytsyd/Whitside/Whitesides, Whitsetts, Whitsitts came from the old area of Strathclyde that stretched from Southern Scotland down into England to the Lancashire district. Our family of Whitsides later came from Northern Ireland in 1843 after previous migration from England. One of the five Whiteside to which we are closely related by DNA is from west Sligo and was believed to be an English migrant. As a matter of interest there are 6 small villages and or areas named Whiteside in the United Kingdom. Of course there are many Whiteside/Whitside/Whitsitt families in the northern England area of Lancashire. I have not been able to make a connection and sincerely hope that any UK Whitside viewing this would contact me. 

I have included the Cameron and Heath families as connected family relatives to the Canadian side of our Whitside family.

For a contact, you can write to Robert Whitside at #23-175 Victoria St., Simcoe, Ont., N3Y 5L8 or email me at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . I am always happy to exchange data. I have written the Whitside Family History and Genealogy which includes the biography of Fl/Lt William James Whitside, General Samuel Marmaduke Whitside, US Army and the history of the families Canadian company business. I am currently working on the Camerons from Kent and Norfolk County, Ontario.

Double click on the menu below to find information on the various family of Whitsides.

WHITSIDE Descendant Chart 
This is the descendant list of of known Whitside and family with birth and death if available. A good place to start.

The First Three Generations
Generation #1 - John Born before 1796. Generation #2 - James Sr.Died in Ireland 1810. Generation #3 - William H. 1809-1856 The Immigrant

Descendants of James Whitside
James Whitside 1831-1910 Generation No. 4 was the long time Postmaster and owned the general store in Delhi Ontario. Most of his descendants have stayed in the Southern Ontario region and include married spouses by the names of Cameron, Duncombe, Heath, Freeman, and Hodgson.

 Descendants of Wilbur Whitside
Wilbur Whitside 1860-1916 Generation No. 5
James eldest son lived his whole life in Delhi and married Mary Elizabeth Heath. His descendants include spouse's names of Cameron, Macdonald, McKinnon, Jennings, Carter, Gilbertson, Wakarchuk, Vanevera, Kindy and Hunter. And in later generations: Lefler, Bruhein, Loeb, O'Neil, Bochem, Mark, Young, LeFlagais-Curtis, Farrar, Morris, McCluskey, Woolley, Reiser, Olver, Wellhauser, Boody, Blachut, Brown and Marsh.Most living in Southern Ontario.

Alice Minnie Whitside
Alice Minnie Whitside-1863-1928 Generation 5
James eldest daughter married Abram Nelles Duncombe.In her descendants are the families of Read, Spence, Thomson and Smith.

Nellie Josephine Whitside
 Nellie Josephine Whitside-1866-1939 Generation 5. Nellie Josephine married Eugene Delos Heath. Their son and daughter, Harold and Nellie Beatrice married Emma Caroline Andrews and Kenneth Edmund Chute. Their families had spouses, Hansen, Ward and Wilton.

Carrie May Whitside
Carrie May Whitside-1869-1936 Generation 5, Carrie May married James Alexander Freeman. Her 2 daughters married William Moss Campbell and Robert W. Patterson respectively.

Maude Beatrice Whitside
Maude Beatrice Whitside1874-1956 Generation 5. Maude Beatrice married Joseph Emerson Hodgson. Other names in this family are: Lilias, MacIntosh, LaLonde and Harvey.

William Joshua Whitside
William Joshua Whitside 1833- ? Generation 4. The only other family name that we have is Matthew.

David Whitside
1835-1891 Generation No. 4. David was a farmer all of his life, farming in the Gore of Woodhouse about 5 miles south of Simcoe. His family includes the following families: Cook, Murphy, Harris, Hyatt, Van Goethem and Taskell.

Samuel Marmaduke Whitside
General Samuel Whitside, Generation 4,left a fine history. He immigrated to the United States and spent his life serving his country in the United States Army. His descendants are to the best of my knowledge all in the United States. These include the following families: McGavock, Rigney, Miller, Samouce, Miller, Kern, Jark and Burns, Miser, Russell, Simkin, Dupont, Mineo,Anthony, Wauford, Paynkewicz and McDaniel.
We are fortunate to have a genealogist working on this branch of the family Major Samuel Russell. He may be reached at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

John Whitside
John Whitside (1849- ) Generation 4. We have very little knowledge of John. I have a suspicion that he immigrated to the Michigan area along the old Grand Trunk Railway line.

George Burton Whitside
George Burton Whitside 1853 - 1929 Generation 4 George Whitside immigrated to Clare Michigan and his family became Whitesides and are settled in the United States. His descendants include the following families: Malcolm, Gamble, Lewis, Falk, and Kreiger.
All are in the United States and George Burton changed his name to Whiteside.

Francis (Fanny) Whitside
Francis Whitside according to the family bible born after her father's death, listed in the family bible married Hudson Uptegrove. It also touches on the Matthews family

The Camerons
The Camerons - 1765-2005. As of April 12, 2012 this data has been updeated. This is my mother's family and because of the commonality of the surname is a difficult one to follow into Scotland. The booklet, "The Cameron Family Tree" by Grace Walker Cummings has been a great help. These Camerons settled in the Blenheim area of Ontario. The Blenheim library now has a copy of my book "An Ontario Cameron Family."

The Heaths
The Heaths Before 1764-2000. This is my father's mother's family. They settled in the Delhi area and are related to the well known Waterford Heaths.

SOVEREEN/SOVEREIGN 
The first four generations.
For many years I have been compiling all data and genealogy for this family. My Gr Grandfather was a SOVEREEN and this was the original name of our family business. Most of the data is in the archives of The Eva Brook Donly Museum in Simcoe, Ontario and may be obtained  at <http://www.norfolklore.com> then click on "Research Assistance".

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