Bethal Kitson Whitehead

Brief Life History of Bethal Kitson

When Bethal Kitson Whitehead was born on 30 June 1857, in Wakefield, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Thomas Hutchings Whitehead, was 28 and his mother, Louisa Boldy, was 30. He married Mary in 1881, in Halifax, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. He died in 1919, in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 62.

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Family Time Line

Bethal Kitson Whitehead
1857–1919
Mary
1858–
Marriage: 1881
Louisa Jane Whitehead
1882–1935
Maggie Whitehead
1884–
Charles Thomas Whitehead
1885–
Iyvise Whitehead
1889–
Sylvia Whitehead
1892–1983

Sources (7)

  • Bethel K Whitehead, "England and Wales Census, 1891"
  • Bethel K Whitehead, "England and Wales, Death Registration Index 1837-2007"
  • Bethel Putson Whitehead in household of Thomas Whitehead, "England and Wales Census, 1861"

World Events (6)

1863 · Lendal Bridge Opened

The Lendal Bridge was opened in 1863, after a previous failed attempt at building it Thomas Page was brought in to design it. It is an iron bridge styled with the gothic style popular in England. When it was first opened, it was a toll bridge but in 1894, it accepted it’s last toll.

1880 · School Attendance Becomes Mandatory for Children

School attendance became compulsory from ages five to ten on August 2, 1880.

1884

Art Nouveau Period (Art and Antiques).

Name Meaning

English: nickname from Middle English whit ‘white’ + hed ‘head’ (Old English hwīt + hēafod), denoting a person with white or fair hair. Occasionally perhaps from Middle English whīt ‘white’ + hod ‘hood’ (Old English hwīt + hōd).

Irish: adopted by erroneous translation of Ó Ceanndubháin ‘descendant of the little black-headed one’ (see Canavan ), as if from Gaelic ceann ‘head’ + bán ‘white’.

Americanized form (translation into English) of German Weisshaupt (see Weishaupt ) or Weisskopf (see Weiskopf ).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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