Descendant Barbara Scanlon found the family in the 1880 census. She has been working on daughter Ida White who married Charles Wesley Hatfield.
In the 1880 US Census for Palmyra, Otoe, Nebraska the family of Peter White was enumerated as follows:
Peter White, Self, 47, Farmer, b. 1833, Belgium, Spouse's name: Mary, Father b. Belgium, Mother b. Belgium
Mary White, 33
Ulyses G. White, 15
Ida E. White, 14
William White, 12
Edith E. White, 8
Otis White, 7
Nora White, 5
Edgar J. White, 3
Fannie P. White, 1