Dear Kerrie, I meant I only had the 1861 Census on CD, not the 1841. Fordingbridge district and subdistrict census (RG9/669 CD 6) Enumeration districts 1 to 4 and 7, 10, were badly written and poorly reproduced so I cannot be certain I did not miss any Whites. Enumeration districts 5 & 8 were legible but contained no Whites Enumeration district 9 (Godshill) WHITE, Ann, head, widow, proprietress houses?, born Alton WHITE, William, son, 38 servant, born Alton WHITE, Jane, dtr.-in-law, 32 dressmaker, born Breamore .................................. Woodgreen: WHITE, Isaac, head, 50 ag. lab., born Breamore WHITE, Hannah, wife, 46, born Woodgreen WHITE, Ellen, sister-in-law, 35 housekeeper, born Fordingbridge Enumeration district 11 (Rockbourne Street) Schedule 36 WHITE, William, head, 47 ag. lab., born Fordingbridge WHITE, Mary, wife, 42, born Rockbourne Schedule 58 WHITE, John, head, 42 carpenter WHITE, Mary Ann, wife, 45, born Fordingbridge WHITE, Mary Jane, dtr. , 10, scholar ................................. WHITE, George, head, 49, ag. lab., Fordingbridge WHITE, Jane, wife, 52, Damerham WHITE George, son, 19, ag. lab., Damerham WHITE, Henry, son, 10, ploughboy, Rockbourne Enumeration district 12 Schedule 17 Northend WHITE, Leonard, head, farmer & (?), Rockbourne WHITE, Jane, wife, cook Schedule 22 WHITE, John, head, 27, drayman?, Damerham WHITE, Mary, wife, 23, housework WHITE, William, son, 6, scholar WHITE, Edwin, son, 2 Schedule 40 Northend, Baptist Church WHITE, Elizabeth, head, 28 widow, householder (deleted & illegible added), Damerham WHITE, George, son, 8, scholar, Damerham WHITE, Amelia, dtr., 6, scholar, Damerham WHITE, Agnes, dtr., 4, scholar, Damerham WHITE, Henry, son, 2, Damerham WHITE, Thomas, (?, probably months or weeks) Schedule 44 WHITE, William A., nephew, b? (illegible), Bembridge, Isle of White Schedule 45 WHITE, Henry, head, 68, ag. lab., Damerham WHITE, Mary Ann, wife, 65, Damerham WHITE, Simeon, son, 18, herdsman?, Damerham Schedule 46 WHITE, John, head? (illegible), 49, sailor? (illegible), Damerham WHITE, Rachel, wife, 48, occ. illegible, Damerham WHITE, Ann, dtr. 190 scholar, Damerham ................................ Brickspass Cottage WHITE, Jane, head, 79, widow, independent, Damerham WHITE, Sarah, dtr., 36?, household servant, Damerham WHITE, Theadore, grandson, 16, farm servant, Damerham Enumeration district 13 Martin Schedule 53, West Martin WHITE, Josiah, head 36, born Martin WHITE, Harriet, wife, 34, Martin WHITE, Frank, son, 13 WHITE, Mary Jane, dtr., 12, Martin WHITE, Caroline, dtr. 9, Martin WHITE, Agnes, dtr. 6, Martin WHITE, Sarah Eliza, dtr. 4, Martin WHITE, James, son, 3, Martin WHITE, Geo (George?), son, ? WHITE, William, 'Smith' (error), 22, 'Smith' (probably error), Damerham Schedule 67 WHITE, John, head, 41, farmer, Martin WHITE, Elizabeth, wife, 41, Martin WHITE, Riachab, son, 19, Damerham WHITE, Augusta Louisa, dtr., 9, Martin WHITE, Harry, son, 5, Martin WHITE, Eva, dtr., 2, Martin Schedule 86 WHITE, Charles, head, 30, ag. lab., ? (Hants.) WHITE, Mary, wife, 31, Martin WHITE, Feliz (Felicia?) dtr., 8, Martin WHITE, William, son, 7, Martin WHITE, Julia, dtr., 5, Martin WHITE, Fanny, dtr. 3, Martin WHITE, Emma, dtr., 10 months? Schedule 100 WHITE, Eliza, head, 51, widow, charwoman, (looks like) Horsethorn Hawley WHITE, Cornelius, son, 12, ploughboy, ditto. If any of these are particularly interesting, I'm willing to spend more time deciphering them. I also took a gander at the historical commercial directories, with this result for Whites in Hampshire: Pigot's 1828: Hicks & WHITE, bankers, Ringwood Rogers & WHITE, coal merchants, Basingstoke and timber merchants, Odiham WHITE, Ann, cooper, Oyster St., Portsmouth WHITE, Charles, baker, Fareham WHITE, Edward, tailor & draper, Oyster St., Portsmouth WHITE, George, baker, Newtown, Portsea WHITE, Henry, dancing master, High Street, Newport, Isle of Wight WHITE, John, wheelwright, Ryde, Isle of Wight WHITE, Lazarus, victualler, 'Tumble-down Dick', Alton WHITE, Peter, currier, 27 Bucher Street, Portsea WHITE, Richard, surgeon, St. Thomas Street, Portsmouth WHITE, Thomas, baker, Alresford WHITE, Thomas, baker, Cheesehill Street, Winchester WHITE, Thomas 1773-1859, largest boatbuilder in Cowes, Isle of White (later called J. & R. WHITE) WHITE, Thomas, linen draper, Pyle street, Newport, Isle of Wight WHITE, Thomas, perfumier, 120 High Street, Gosport WHITE, T. & Co., ironfounders & millwrights, Orchard Street, Southampton WHITE, William, baker, Fordingbridge WHITE, William, baker, Halfway Houses, Portsea WHITE, William, boot & shoe maker, King-gate Street, Winchester WHITE, William, drawing master, 56 Union Street, Portsea WHITE, William, engraver, 26 Unicorn Street, Portsea WHITE, William, grocer, Newtown, Portsea WHITE, William, ironmonger, Cowes, Isle of Wight WHITE & Powers, fire office agents for Norwich Union, Homewell, Havant WHITE & Son, carpenters & builders, St. Thomas St., Portsmouth Slater's 1852, no Whites in Fordingbridge White's 1859: WHITE, Rev. Gilbert, MA, 1720-1793, wrote best-seller 'Natural History of Selborne' WHITE, Rev. James, MA, living at Woodlynch, Bonchurch, Isle of Wight WHITE, Richard, exiled Regius Professor of Douay at time of James I, Lived Basingstoke but under Fordingbridge is only: WHITE, Isaac, resident, Godshill, Fordingbridge Regards, David