Brief Life History of Nancy
When Nancy White was born about 1808, in Kentucky, United States, her father, David White, was 35 and her mother, Sarah Ann Cummings, was 24. She married William Sutherland on 26 August 1823, in Lawrence, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. She died in 1837, in Iowa, United States, at the age of 30.
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Family Time Line
Sources (3)
- Nancy White, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
- Nancy White, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
- Nancy White, "Indiana Marriages, 1780-1992"
Spouse and Children
1804–1885 Male
1808–1837 Female
Children (4)
1826– Female
1828– Female
1831–1922 Male
1833–1917 Female
Parents and Siblings
1774–1842 Male
1785–1879 Female
Siblings (2)
1808–1837 Female
1823–1890 Female
World Events (7)
1808
Age 0
1812 · Kentucky Bend Created
Age 4
1818 · Jackson Purchase
Age 10
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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