Fred White is a strong promoter of the Celtic Music of Cape Breton, and actively volunteers for the Celtic Colors Concert Series. He generously donated a portion of his reel to reel collection to the Celtic Music Interpretive Centre.
Gideon White, farmer, merchant and shipowner, was born in 1754 at Plymouth, Mass., the son of Gideon White (1717-1779) and Joanna Howland (1716-1810). He married Deborah Whiteworth (1760-1851) in 1787 and the couple had nine children: Joanna, Miles Whitworth, Deborah Foxcroft, Nathaniel Whitworth, Gideon Consider, Cornelius, John Dean Whitworth, Sarah Whitworth, and Thomas Howland. During the War of Independence he fought for the British cause, and as a result at the end of the war, like many other British supporters, was forced to leave his home. White became an agent for the Port Roseway Associates, a group of men working to organize loyal British-Americans to remove to Port Roseway (presently Shelburne), N.S., where they would receive land and support. Following the Loyalists' arrival at Shelburne in 1783, steps were taken to form a local government. In 1785 White was appointed Deputy Registrar of the Court of Vice-Admiralty, and later elected to represent Barrington Township in the Legislative Assembly from 1790-1793. In 1794 he was appointed Justice of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas, and one year later, appointed customs collector. White continued to receive government appointments; in 1796 he was appointed seizing officer for Shelburne and Queens County and the following year sheriff. Circa 1812 he was appointed Custos Rotulorum and he also served as Judge of the Court of Probate for Shelburne County from 1823-1832. White died at Shelburne in 1833 and his wife Deborah died in 1851. Several of White's children continued to reside in Shelburne and also received numerous government appointments. Nathaniel Whitworth White (1793-1860) became a lawyer and represented Shelburne Township in the Legislative Assembly from 1826-1827, and was also appointed Registrar of the Court of Chancery and was the Master in the Supreme Court of Judicature from 1855-1860. Cornelius White (1797-1871) was also a lawyer and represented Shelburne County in the Legislative Assembly from 1855-1859, and was appointed Registrar for Shelburne County. Another son, Reverend Thomas Howland White (1806-1898) was the rector of Christ Church for close to sixty years. Some of White's grandchildren and great-grandchildren also became prominent members of the community. Cornelius White (1847-1925), son of Cornelius White and his wife Agnes, was appointed Registrar of Deeds and Probate for Shelburne County. Nathaniel Whitworth White (1837-1917), son of Reverend Thomas Howland White, was a practicing lawyer, and was elected to represent Shelburne County in the Legislative Assembly from 1878-1882 and was elected to represent Shelburne in Parliament from 1891-1896. Nathaniel's grandson, also named Nathaniel Whitworth White (b.1905) also operated a law practice at Shelburne.
Marjory Whitelaw, broadcaster and author, was born in Moncton, N.B., ca. 1919. From 1939-1944, she was employed by the federal Department of Fisheries and the Children's Hospital in Halifax, N.S. She spent the next five years as administrative and editorial assistant with the International Labour Office [ILO] in Montreal and later, Geneva. From 1955-1973, Whitelaw was a writer and broadcaster for CBC and BBC, and lived in London, England, Halifax, N.S., and Toronto. She received two Ohio Awards in the early 1960s for documentaries, CBC Radio Soundings: Phoenix Halifax and CBC Radio Soundings: Tree of Peace. Her publications include a re-writing of Helen Joseph's Tomorrow's Sun: a Smuggled Journey from South Africa (1966), The Life and Times of Thomas McCulloch (1985), and First Impressions: Early Printing in Nova Scotia (1987).
On March 24, 2003 Fisheries and Oceans Canada received a proposal from Bilcon of Nova Scotia for the construction of a 152-hectare basalt quarry, processing facility and marine shipping terminal at White’s Point, approximately 35 km southwest of Digby, Nova Scotia, along the shores of the Bay of Fundy.
A joint federal-provincial review panel for the Whites Point Quarry and Marine Terminal Project was announced on November 5, 2004. The three-member panel consisted of Dr. Bob Fournier, Dr. Jill Grant, and Dr. Gunter Muecke. On March 31, 2005 the panel released final guidelines for the preparation of the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), which would provide direction to Bilcon in preparing a statement of the project's anticipated environmental impact.
After consideration of the report, the Minister of Environment and Labour announced that the project posed unacceptable risk to the environment and to the community, rejecting the application to establish Whites Point Quarry and Marine Terminal.
Arthur H. Whitman was a merchant based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He appears to have been involved in the apple trade.