Brief Life History of Lillian Eleanor
When Lillian Eleanor White was born on 18 April 1910, in Gaffney, Cherokee, South Carolina, United States, her father, John Henry White, was 47 and her mother, Lillian Grace DeStaffino, was 36. She lived in Limestone Township, Cherokee, South Carolina, United States for about 20 years. She died on 18 January 2004, in Gaffney, Cherokee, South Carolina, United States, at the age of 93, and was buried in Oakland Cemetery, Gaffney, Cherokee, South Carolina, United States.
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- Lillian E White in household of John H White, "United States Census, 1930"
- Legacy NFS Source: Lillian Eleanor White - Individual or family possessions: Obituary: birth-name: Lillian Eleanor White
- Lilian Eleanor White Strain, "Find A Grave Index"
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1912 · The Girl Scouts
Like the Boy Scouts of America, The Girl Scouts is a youth organization for girls in the United States. Its purpose is to prepare girls to empower themselves and by acquiring practical skills.
1916 · Anthony Crawford Lynched
South Carolina native, father to 13 children, and a local farmer, Anthony Crawford, is lynched on October 21, 1916, in Abbeyville, South Carolina. The lynching is followed after Crawford has an arguement with a white storekeeper.
1935 · The FBI is Established
The Bureau of Investigation's name was changed to the Federal Bureau of Investigation to help citizens know that the Government is helping protect from threats both domestically and abroad.
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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