Brief Life History of Hannah
When Hannah White was born on 1 February 1718, in Hungerford, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Georg White, was 39 and her mother, Sara Kimbere, was 42.
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Family Time Line
Sources (2)
- Hannah White, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Hannah White, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
Parents and Siblings
1680–1741 Male
1676– Female
Siblings (8)
1703–1703 Female
1704–1719 Male
1706–1707 Female
1708–1782 Female
1711– Female
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World Events (4)
1801 · The Act of Union
Age 83
1808 · The British West Africa Squadron
Age 90
1815
Age 97
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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