WHYTEON 2010
Web Page published date: Tuesday Nov 24 2009 Web Page last updated: Tuesday Aug 17 2010
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Web page updating items:
Wednesday Nov 24 2009 Some spelling and grammatical errors.
Additions to "Things to Do" section.
Fri. Dec 4 2009 Some contact changes
Tues. Dec 8 2009 Some contact additions Thanks Dave and Linda
Some additions in the Things to do section: The Rick and Pauly Touring Expedition
Wed. Dec 9 2009 A notice on using this web page and which browser is recommended
Friday Dec 11 2009 Some more pictures
Tuesday Dec 22 2009 Some contact additions Thanks Jen and Jim Jan and Harold Beth and Tom
Wednesday Jan 27 2010 Just headliner changes
Tuesday Feb 16 2010 Just headliner changes
Monday Mar 1 2010 Headliner changes
Wednesday Mar 24 2010 Headliner changes,food for thought: 1/2 Man 1/2 Boy and 1/2 Girl and 1/2 Woman!
Wednesday April 20 2010 Several changes on the home page. Added a links addition on the things to do section. Changed the picture section. Added possible arrivals and departures of some.
Thursday April 21 2010 A couple of minor changes arrivals and departures. Several other Home section changes and a change in the way the pictures are presented. Also a request on Tribute Reunion T-shirt sizes and the addition of a Whyte trivia section
Thursday June 16 2010 Some more pictures from Sandy and I
Monday June 21 2010 Newest pictures from Jim and Jen. Some info from Jim about a whytefamily domain name Coat of Arms and Whyte info from Jim
Tuesday July 2 2010 Info about the Guelph Whyte's
Monday July 26 2010 a couple of pictures a bit of a write up and some universal laws
Wednesday July 28 2010 a couple of slight changes
Monday Aug 9 2010 T shirt design food menu
Tuesday Aug 17 2010 probably last posting Just some odds and ends
Whyte Reunion Sarnia 2010. August 20 - 22 2010. Just a few sleeps ( if you can we haven't been ) before the bash
New
People are on the move:
Jim, Jen and Lily are on the move making the way to Sarnia. Drive safe folks and see you soon.
Whyte Reunion Tribute T Shirts
Order is in Here is the design. Actual date is 1106
Brother John and Margot have a friend that has done a lot of research on our Whyte family background and they are going to do a presentation at the reunion. As for the 1650 date the actual date on the Tshirts will be 1106 as that is the first time our specific spelling shows up or at least that I could find Check the following link
Daily Menu's
Friday:
Munchie/picking and easy foods:
Meatballs,
Hot nacho dip
Cold nacho dip
Cold Shrimp with shrimp sauce
Cheese & cheese dip & crackers
Veggies & dip
Fruit & dip
Roll ups
Bacon wrapped water chestnuts
Spinach dip
Pasta with a cream sauce
Pasta with a red meat sauce
Misc M&M desserts
Saturday
Lunch is on the Duc
Dinner is at the hall
So no food at our house other than any left overs from Friday night for anyone that happens to be around in and around the cruise and the hall.
Sunday
Lunch: Left overs from Friday night
Dinner BBQ at our house
Deep Fried turkey
Sweet Potato fries
Corn on the cob
Italian Pasta salad
Mac & tuna salad
Coleslaw
Veggies & dip
Rolls
Sandy has done a hotel confirmation check and there are rooms in the names of
Dave and Colleen Whyte
Dave and Linda Whyte
Harold Whyte
John Whyte
Pauline Whyte
Alan Lemaitre
so all is good there.
Dont forget the Friday after check in there is a meet and greet at our house. Bring your appetite as there will be lots of food
Email from Mary Lynne:
The Sold sign is on their house. They are leaving Guelph Wed July 14 2010
We all wish them well and safe voyages
This coat of Arms and the Whyte write up is courtesy of Jim
From the historical and enchanting region of Scotland
emerged a multitude of noble families, including the distinguished Whyte
family. Originally, the Scottish people were known only by a single
name. Scottish surnames evolved during the Middle Ages when people began
to assume an extra name to avoid confusion and to further identify
themselves. Often they adopted names that were derived from
nicknames. Nickname surnames were derived from an eke-name, or added
name. They usually reflected the physical characteristics or attributes
of the first person that used the name. The name Whyte is a nickname type
of surname for a pale or fair haired person. Further research revealed
that the name is derived from the Old English word "hwit," meaning
"white." Though shrouded by the mists of time, the early
records of Scotland reveal that the name Whyte is of Norman origin, introduced
to the region after the Norman conquest of England in the 11th century.
The history of the name has since become interwoven with the colourful plaid of
Scottish history and is now an intrinsic part of the heritage of Scotland.
Professional historians consulted such ancient
manuscripts as the Domesday Book (compiled in 1086 by William the Conqueror),
tax records, baptismals, family genealogies, and local parish and church
records in search of early records of the name. Whyte was first found in
Coldingham, where "Uuiaett Hwite" witnessed King Eadgar's charter of
Coldingham sometime between the years 1097 and 1107. It appears the name
may have actually predated the Norman invasion as Old English personal names
such as "Huita, Huuita, Hwita" are know to have predated 1066.
One Old English charter dated before 925 (the Cartularium Saxonica), there is a
"Wulfnoo hwita" listed. Whyte was also used as an Anglicized
form of the Gaelic MacGhillebhain. By the mid 12th century, however, most
of the bearers of this name in Scotland were of Norman descent. They held
a family seat from very early times.
Many alternate spellings of the name occured in the
manuscripts researched. Your name, Whyte, was found in many references,
but the records also included variations such as White, Whyte, Wight, and
others. Scribes recorded and spelled the name as it sounded, so it was
not unlikely, for a person to be born with one spelling, married with another,
and buried with yet another written on his or her headstone.
The Normans were descended from the Vikings that
raided Northern France in the late 9th and early 10th centuries. The
French King, Charles the Simple, achieved peace in 911 by creating the Duchy of
Normancy, named after the Norsemen, and granting it to Rollo, their chief, who
ruled as a vassal of the French King. However, rather than transforming
that portion of France into another Scandinavia the Viking settlers adopted the
culture of the natives and merged with them.. So though they had Viking roots,
it was French speaking, Christian people that invaded England, and not
Norsemen.
From England the Normans spread north to Scotland.
The Scottish King, Malcolm Canmore was established as a vassal of William's and
Norman influence gradually worked its way into Scotland. In 1128, the
Earl of Huntingdon, who later became King David I of Scotland, invited his
noble Norman friends to the north to strengthen his royal court, granting them
larger estates than they had in England. Having spent part of his youth
at the English court, King David was particularly influenced by the Normans and
adopted many of their institutions and ideas.
The surname Whyte emerged as a notable Scottish family
name in the country of Coldingham. Most of the bearers of this name in
Scotland were originally of the noble family of Le Blancs in Normandy, and
moved gradually northward into Scotland from England. Early records of
this family in Scotland include: Gilbert Qwhyt, who was bailie of the burg of
Rutherglen in 1376, Thomas White, who held lands in Irvine in 1426, and Robert
Whytte, who was the first provost, in 1658, of Kirkekaldie. John Whyte
completed the great hall of St. Andrews in 1236. Bearers of the family
name also settled in Fife and Perth and were seated at Maw and Lumbenny.
Notable among the family at this time was Robert Whytte, first provost of
Kirkekaldie.
People began to leave Scotland to escape political
problems and economic hardship. There was much emigration to Ireland
where land was confiscated from the Catholic Irish and given to English and
Scottish settlers for political reasons. The Whyte family was among these
Scottish migrants to Ireland, settling mainly in counties Down, Dublin, Wexford
and Longford.
The New World beckoned next and though many went from
Ireland, most came directly from Scotland. They sailed aboard the fleet
of sailing ships known as the "White Sails." The stormy
Atlantic, small pox, dysentery, cholera and typhoid took its toll on the
settlers and many of the overcrowded ships arrived with only 60 or 70% of their
passenger list.
In North America, immigrants bearing the family name
Whyte, or a spelling variation of the name, included William White and his wife
Susannah, who immigrated to Plymouth in 1620 with their sons Resolve and
Peregrine (who was born in Cape Cod Harbour on board the Mayflower in 1620;
thus becoming the first child of English descent born in New England), William
White, who came to Virginia in 1635; Peter White, who settled in Witless Bay,
Newfoundland in 1676; Amos White, who immigrated to Boston, Massachusetts in
1679; Arthur White, who arrived in Ferryland in 1706; Mary White, who settled
in Nova Scotia in 1774; and Margaret White, who came to Quebec in 1829.
From their ports of arrival, many North American
settlers joined the wagon trains westward.
Contemporary notables of this surname include
distinguished people such as E.B. White (1899-1985), American essayist,
humorist, and author of children's books; Reverend Ian White, Dean of
Canterbury.
The Motto for the Coat of Arms translates as: Acquired
by work.
Jim has bought the domain whytefamily.ca. His new email address is
jim@whytefamily.ca
Jen's is jen@whytefamily.ca
Harold's is grandpa@whytefamily.ca
Jan's is gram@whytefamily.ca
Beth's is beth@whytefamily.ca
Should anyone else wish to have an email address at this domain, just have them
let me know what they would like it to be and Jim can set it up for them. He is using google apps software so its exactly the same as gmail and very easy to
use.
Congratulations Jim and Jen on the birth of their daughter Lily Elizabeth Whyte. She was 8 lb. 2oz. We are all looking forward to seeing her at the
reunion.
Some new info about our serving military man and family
It looks like they will be leaving Guelph for Victoria on July 18th so probably wont be at the reunion. They have a semi-detached PMQ to move into on July 23rd. We all wish them good fortune. Stay safe.
Whyte house flags information:
I I picked up the flags that were ordered. ( Jim and Linda )
The contacts page will include anyone that sends me an email letting me know it is ok to include them. Please include in the email any information you want included. Anyone else that wants on the contact page is more than welcome. Children grandchildren, friends whoever just send me the pertinent information for addition.
Some Universal laws that have nothing to do with the reunion but made me laugh
UNIVERSAL LAWS
1. Law of Mechanical Repair - After your hands become coated with grease, your nose will begin
to itch and you'll have to pee.
2. Law
of Gravity - Any tool, nut, bolt, screw, when dropped, will
roll to the least accessible corner.
3. Law of Probability -The probability of
being watched is directly proportional to the stupidity of your act
4. Law of Random Numbers - If you dial a wrong
number, you never get a busy signal and someone always answers.
5. Law of the Alibi - If you tell the boss you were late for work
because you had a flat tire, the very next morning you will have a flat tire..
6. Variation Law - If you change lines (or traffic lanes), the
one you were in will always move faster than the one you are in now (works
every time).
7. Law of the Bath - When the body is fully immersed in water, the telephone rings.
8. Law of Close Encounters -The probability of
meeting someone you know increases dramatically when you are with someone you
don't want to be seen with.
9. Law of the Result - When you try to prove
to someone that a machine won't work, it will.
10. Law of Biomechanics - The severity of the itch is inversely proportional to the reach.
11.. Law of the Theater and Hockey Arena - At any event, the people whose seats are furthest from the aisle,
always arrive last. They are the ones who will leave their seats several times
to go for food, beer, or the toilet and who leave early before the end of the
performance or the game is over. The folks in the aisle seats come early, never
move once, have long gangly legs or big bellies, and stay to the bitter end of
the performance.. The aisle people also are very surly folk.
12. The Coffee Law - As soon as you sit down to a cup of hot coffee, your boss will
ask you to do something which will last until the coffee is cold.
13. Murphy's
Law
of Lockers - If there are only two people in a locker room,
they will have adjacent lockers.
14. Law of Physical Surfaces - The chances of an
open-faced jelly sandwich landing face down on a floor, are directly correlated
to the newness and cost of the carpet or rug.
15... Law of Logical Argument - Anything is possible if you don't know what
you are talking about.
16. Brown's Law of Physical Appearance - If the clothes fit,
they're ugly.
17. Oliver's Law of Public Speaking - A closed mouth gathers
no feet.
18. Wilson's Law of Commercial Marketing Strategy - As soon as you find a product that you really
like, they will stop making it.
19. Doctors' Law - If you don't feel well, make an appointment to
go to the doctor, by the time you get there you'll feel better. But don't make
an appointment, and you'll stay sick.
Notice: The
web page company I am using "Yola" recommends using the web browser
"Mozilla Firefox". Using any other browser can cause some glitches in
the script. Other browsers will not work as well. You sometimes see some
extra writing or parts may be missing on the page. I use Firefox and
have for several years. I also run Windows Explorer and Opera for
Free download: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/personal.html
Dont forget this is a free web page domain supplier there are
limits Such as an upload can be no larger than 15mb per upload. Total
web page size is 1024mb.
Contact: rwhyte8@sympatico.ca
