Brief Life History of William Thomas
When William Thomas Whitehead was born on 14 October 1867, in Wakefield, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Thomas Hutchings Whitehead, was 38 and his mother, Louisa Boldy, was 40.
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Sources (4)
- William F Whitehead in household of Louisa Whitehead, "England and Wales Census, 1891"
- Legacy NFS Source: William Thomas Whitehead - Government record: birth-name: William Thomas Whitehead
- William T Whitehead in household of Thomas Whitehead, "England and Wales Census, 1871"
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World Events (3)
1884
Art Nouveau Period (Art and Antiques).
1908
London, United Kingdom hosts Summer Olympic Games.
1915 · Zeppelin Raid
During WWI Zeppelin raids took place all over England. The first of the raids happened from June 6-7, 1915, in Hull, East Yorkshire, England. During the attack 24 people were killed 40 injured, and 40 houses destroyed.
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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