1850–1927

Introduction

Born: June 8, 1850, Pa­ris, On­ta­rio, Ca­na­da.

Died: March 17, 1927, To­ron­to, On­ta­rio, Ca­na­da.

Buried: Mount Plea­sant Ce­me­te­ry, To­ron­to, On­ta­rio, Ca­na­da.

Biography

John was the son of Da­vid Al­bert White and Love Rand, and hus­band of Al­ice Maude Jane Beck­ett.

Educated at the Uni­ver­si­ty of To­ron­to, Whyte de­vot­ed him­self to evan­gel­is­tic and tem­per­ance work. Ma­ny of his songs ap­peared in se­pa­rate edi­tions pub­lished by the To­ron­to News Com­pa­ny or Will­iam Briggs.

Works

Sources

Lyrics

Music

Help Needed

If you know where to get a good pho­to of Whyte (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),