Brief Life History of George Isaac
When George Isaac White Wash was born in December 1872, in Rosebud Indian Reservation, Todd, South Dakota, United States, his father, Demas Itesankinya White Wash, was 35 and his mother, Lizzie Taninyan Hinajinwin Stands Alone, was 35. He married Alice Iron Shooter on 3 August 1897, in White Thunder Camp, Todd, South Dakota, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Mellette, South Dakota, United States in 1920. He died on 2 July 1930, in Rosebud Indian Reservation, Todd, South Dakota, United States, at the age of 57, and was buried in Saint Marys Garden Cemetery, Wood, Mellette, South Dakota, United States.
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- George White Wash, "United States Census, 1900"
- Birth and death records, 1900-1946; ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9Y7-79XT-R
- George Isaac White Wash, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
1875 · A New Civil Rights Act
During the response to civil rights violations to African Americans, the bill was passed giving African Americans equal treatment in public accommodations, public transportation, and to prohibit exclusion from jury duty. While many in the public opposed this law, the African Americans greatly favored it.
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
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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