Amanda White was born on 4 May 1823, in Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States as the daughter of Barbara. She married David L. Jones on 22 December 1843, in Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Eugene Township, Vermillion, Indiana, United States in 1860 and Champaign, Illinois, United States in 1870. She died on 29 May 1903, in Ogden, Champaign, Illinois, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Sterns Cemetery, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1824: Vermillion, Indiana, United States
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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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