Walter White was born in Sheffield, the son of Robert (an etcher and gilder on cutlery goods) and Mary and was baptised on 8th July 1879 at St Georges Church in the Portobello area. The 1881 census listed the family at 62 Clarence Street with Robert employed as an 'etcher on cutlery'. The family remained in Clarence Street, later moving to No 65; Robert's occupation was described as a cutlery etcher and gilder (1891). Walter's mother died during 1896 and he had started working as an 'eng....