Her father died while she was a child, but when White’s mother died in 1881, White was devastated, and went to Chile to be with her sister and to recuperate and recover her health.
父親には少女時代に先立たれていたが、母親が1881年に亡くなると、ホワイトは打ちひしがれ、チリに出向いて自分の姉妹と同居し、立ち直りと健康恢復を図った。