Brief Life History of Samuel
Samuel White was born on 24 December 1872, in Retford, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom. He married Lydia Wray on 6 April 1901, in Carbrook, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Bolsover, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom in 1911 and Belper, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom in 1939.
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- Samuel Lount in household of William Lount, "England and Wales Census, 1881"
- Samuel White, "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008"
- Samuel White, "England, Yorkshire, Parish Registers, 1538-2016"
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World Events (8)
1880 · School Attendance Becomes Mandatory for Children
School attendance became compulsory from ages five to ten on August 2, 1880.
1884
Art Nouveau Period (Art and Antiques).
1908
London, United Kingdom hosts Summer Olympic Games.
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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