Israel Whitehouse was born in 1828, in Nova Scotia, British North America. He had at least 1 daughter with Lydia Landers. He lived in Ohio, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada in 1871.
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In 1848, Nova Scotia became the first self-governing colony in the British Empire.
British Columbia joins the confederation.
The Silver Dart was the first recorded flight in Canada. It took off from Baddeck, Nova Scotia, on February 23, 1909, and was piloted by John Alexander Douglas McCurdy.
English (West Midlands, especially Staffordshire): topographic name for someone who lived in a white house, from Middle English whit ‘white’ + hous ‘house’, or a habitational name from a place called with these elements, as for example Whittas in Cumbria. Alternatively, a variant of Whittles .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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