Henrietta Margaret White

Brief Life History of Henrietta Margaret

When Henrietta Margaret White was born on 27 July 1900, in Ontario, Canada, her father, Robert White Jr, was 25 and her mother, Catherine Ellen Shipman, was 24. She married Kenneth John Simpson on 16 February 1923, in Ottawa, Ottawa-Carleton, Ontario, Canada. She lived in Lanark, Ontario, Canada in 1911. She died on 16 June 1981, at the age of 80.

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Kenneth John Simpson
1901–1981
Henrietta Margaret White
1900–1981
Marriage: 16 February 1923

Sources (3)

  • Etta White in household of Robert White, "Canada Census, 1911"
  • Etta White, "Canada, Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927"
  • Etta White, "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927"

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1906 · Hydro-Electric of Ontario

Ontario Hydro was established in 1906. It is the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario.

1934 · Dionne Quintuplets Born

Born on May 28, 1934, the Dionne quintuplets were the first set of quintuplets to survive infancy. The five girls were born two months prematuare and months later were taken from their parents by the Red Cross. In the 1940s they were returned to their family.

1943 · Conservative Party Wins Ontario Election

George A. Drew was the leader of the Progressive Conservative Party. In 1943, they won the Ontario election.

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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