Nancy A. Whitehead

Brief Life History of Nancy A.

When Nancy A. Whitehead was born on 22 March 1801, in Old Washington, Mason, Kentucky, United States, her father, Francis Whitehead, was 36 and her mother, Sarah Ann Debord, was 32. She married Henry Surber before 1820, in Washington, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. She died from 8 December 1846 to 9 December 1846, in Shelby, Indiana, United States, and was buried in Shelbyville, Addison Township, Shelby, Indiana, United States.

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Family Time Line

Henry Surber
1798–1848
Nancy A. Whitehead
1801–1846
Mary Surber
1821–
Sarah Ann Surber
1823–1893
William Wesley Surber
1827–1902
Rhoda Emmeline Surber
1832–1860

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  • Nancy A Whited Surber, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1803

France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.

1812 · Kentucky Bend Created

During the New Madrid earthquakes of 1811-1812, the Kentucky Bend or New Madrid Bend was created. It is located in the southwestern corner of Kentucky on the banks of the Mississippi River.

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

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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