Brief Life History of Elizabeth
Elizabeth White was born about 1787, in North Carolina, United States. She married John Garner in 1806, in Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. She died in October 1866, in Lawrence, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 80.
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Family Time Line
Sources (5)
- Elizabeth Garner in household of John Garner, "United States Census, 1850"
- Legacy NFS Source: Elizabeth - Government record: Probate record or will: death: before 1852; Warren Township, Marion, Missouri, United States
- The Family Record of William Riley Rackley by Edith George from memories of William Riley Rackley
Spouse and Children
1777–1863 Male
1787–1866 Female
Children (9)
1807–1870 Male
1809–1894 Male
1811–1852 Male
1812–1846 Male
1818–1865 Male
+4 More Children
World Events (8)
1787 · The Making of the U.S. Constitution.
Age 0
1789 · Becomes 12th State
Age 2
1808
Age 21
Name Meaning
English: from Middle English white, wit (Old English hwīt ‘white’), hence a nickname for someone with white hair or a pale complexion. In some cases it is perhaps from a Middle English survival of the Old English personal name Hwīta, a short form of names in Hwīt- (from hwīt ‘white’). The name may also be topographic, referring to someone who lived by a bend or curve in a river or road (from Old English wiht ‘bend’), the source of the placename of Great Whyte in Ramsey, Huntingdonshire (compare Wight ). This name is also a variant of Wight . The surname White is also very common among African Americans.
Irish and Scottish: adopted for any of several Irish and Scottish Gaelic names based on bán ‘white, fair’ (see Bain 1, McElwain ) or fionn ‘fair’ (see Finn 1). The English surname has been Gaelicized in Ireland as de Faoite.
Americanized form (translation into English) of various European surnames meaning ‘white’, for example German Weiss , French Blanc , Polish Białas (see Bialas ), Slovenian Belec , or any other synonymous Slavic surname beginning with Bel-, Bev-, Biel- or Bil-.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Garner Family Records Compiled by John Abernathy (John Garner b1777 - 5th great grandfather)
GARNER FAMILY RECORDS - GILES & LAWRENCE COUNTY, TN Compiled by John E. Abernathy, Jr. - November 2000) The information which follows primarily pertains to JOHN GARNER, born 1777 NC, the son of …
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