Christopher White: 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks: Week 5

This week's ancestral biography is a very short one.  It is on one of my uncles.  Actually my great grandfather's younger brother, Christopher White.   I happen to have the same name also; however the family was unaware of another Christopher White in the family.  He unfortunately died at two years of age.

Christopher White was born 1 August 1875 at 445 Clinton Avenue in Albany to Charles William White (1835-1917) and Mary Ann Wilson (1839-1908).  Both were Irish immigrants.  Charles immigrated with his parents and siblings and landed in New York harbor on 2 November 1843.  They sailed on the Salem.  It is still unknown when Christopher's mother immigrated to the United States.

Charles was a steadfast Episcopal and his wife Mary was Roman Catholic.  Charles was long associated with Grace Episcopal Church located on the corner of Clinton Avenue and Robin Street while his wife Mary was a communicant of St. Patrick's Church on Central Avenue.  Christopher was baptized at St. Patrick's on 7 August 1875 and his sponsors were William Delehanty and Sarah Doyle.  I have yet to find a family connection with the child's sponsors.

Information gained from the 1880 Federal Census lists Charles and family as living at 193 Lark Street in Albany.  Also among the family was an uncle Christopher McGrath.  I am assuming that the child was named after him.  The census image is below.

According to records at Albany Rural Cemetery, little Christopher White died on 1 August 1877 at 55 Lark Street in Albany from lung congestion.  He was buried two days later in the family plot.

Christopher White at the grave of his great grand uncle Christopher White