Sophronia Sarah Sally White

Brief Life History of Sophronia Sarah Sally

When Sophronia Sarah Sally White was born on 14 May 1809, in Erie, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Ezra White, was 35 and her mother, Lydia Evans, was 28. She married Ezra Hamilton before 1840. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She died on 1 April 1883, in Fremont, Dodge, Nebraska, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Ridge Cemetery, Fremont, Dodge, Nebraska, United States.

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Family Time Line

Alvah Dalzell Trask
1796–1852
Sophronia Sarah Sally White
1809–1883
Marriage: 1840
Ellen S Trask
1841–1909
Adaline Trask
1843–1920
Alva DeVilla Trask
1845–1914
Angeline Arminda Trask
1848–1919

Sources (8)

  • Sally Hamilton, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
  • Sally Hamilton in entry for Alvah Trask, "Illinois Marriages, 1815-1935"
  • Sally Hamilton, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"

World Events (8)

1812

War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.

1812 · Harrisburg Becomes the State Capital

Harrisburg had important parts with migration, the Civil War, and the Industrial Revolution. 

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

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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