When Job White was born about 1835, in Hampton Lucy, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Richard White, was 41 and his mother, Ann White, was 33. He married Abigail Tomlin on 24 October 1855, in Claverdon, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 8 daughters. He lived in Hatton, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom in 1861 and Rowington, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom for about 20 years. He died on 17 December 1899, in Rowington, Warwickshire, England, at the age of 65, and was buried in Rowington, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom.
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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-.
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