Brief Life History of Mary Ann " Polly"
When Mary Ann " Polly" White was born in 1809, in Virginia, United States, her father, Nelson White, was 39 and her mother, Abigail Davidson, was 29. She married Abraham T Barnhart on 7 November 1823, in Scott, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Washington Township, Osage, Missouri, United States in 1850 and Jackson Township, Osage, Missouri, United States in 1860. She died on 15 November 1875, in Babbtown, Osage, Missouri, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Babbtown, Osage, Missouri, United States.
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- Mary Bernard in household of Abraham Bernard, "United States Census, 1850"
- Polly White, "Virginia, Marriages, 1785-1940"
- Polly Barnhardt in household of Abraham Barnhardt, "United States Census, 1860"
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1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
1812 · Monumental Church Built
The Monumental Church was built between 1812-1814 on the sight where the Richmond Theatre fire had taken place. It is a monument to those that died in the fire.
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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