Horace L. White's family.

Betty was the only child of Horace Logan White and Tess (Cachikis) White. She was born in Illinois but the family moved to Los Angeles CA when she was young. In the 1930 federal census, Betty was living with her father, age 36, and her mother, Tess, in Los Angeles CA. Betty was 8 years old and in school. They owned their home which was worth $10,000 In the 1940 federal census, Betty was 18 and still living with her parents in Los Angles. She had graduated high school but was still listed as going to school. Her father, Horace, was still a sales representative in the electric industry. In the 1950's, she produced and starred in her sitcom "Life with Elizabeth", the first woman to do so. That lead her being named honorary Mayor of Hollywood in 1955, Betty was married to Dick Barker (an Army Air forces aircraft pilot) for less than a year. In 1947, she married Lane Allen, a talent agent. That marriage last around 2 years and ended when he wanted her to give up show business and be a homemaker. Her last marriage was to Allen Ludden, most famously host of the tv gameshow "Password". They married on June 14, 1963 - their marriage lasted until his death on June 9th, 1981, from stomach cancer. From Wikipedia: "When asked by James Lipton on Inside The Actor's Studio that should Heaven exist, what would she like God to say to her when she walked through the Pearly gates, White replied: "Hello Betty. Here's Allen."

Tess Christine White (née Cachikis; 1899–1985), was a homemaker, and her husband Horace Logan White (1899–1963), was a lighting company executive. Tess' father, Nicholas Cachikis (1877-1943, born in Greece) was Greek, and her mother's, Margaret Curtis Hobbs Cachikis (born 1877 in Canada), roots were English and Welsh. Tess was born in Chicago IL and her brother Thomas was born in 1907, also in IL Tess' famous daughter (their only child), actress Betty White, was born in Oak Park, Illinois, on January 17, 1922. In the 1910 federal census, Tess (Christina) was age 10 and living with her parents and brother Thomas, as well as her mother's mother Margaret Hobbs, in Chicago IL. Her father was a "wagon driver" in the ice cream industry. According to Cook County IL marriage records, Tess and Horace were married on February 17 1921. In 1922, Tess and Horace were listed as living in Oak Park, IL, where their daughter Betty was born. In 1925, they were listed as living in Pasadena CA. In 1938, they were listed as living in Beverly Hills, CA. In the 1940 federal census, Tess was age 40 and married. The family - Horace, Tess, and daughter Betty - were living in Los Angeles. All of them had graduated high school and husband Horace was a "sales representative" in the "electric industry" and was earning more than $5000 a year. Daughter Betty wasn't married and wasn't listed as going to school nor working.