Elizabeth White

Brief Life History of Elizabeth

When Elizabeth White was born on 9 February 1772, in Headley, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Thomas White, was 35 and her mother, Mary Earwaker, was 36. She married James Larby on 21 October 1794. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She died on 31 December 1817, in her hometown, at the age of 45, and was buried in Headley, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom.

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Family Time Line

James Larby
1766–
Elizabeth White
1772–1817
Marriage: 21 October 1794
Sarah Larbey
1796–1852
James Larby
1799–

Sources (10)

  • Elizabeth White, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
  • Eliz. White, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "
  • Elizabeth Larby, "England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991"

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World Events (3)

1801 · The Act of Union

The Act of Union was a legislative agreement which united England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland under the name of the United Kingdom on January 1, 1801.

1808 · The British West Africa Squadron

The British West Africa Squadron was formed in 1808 to suppress illegal slave trading on the African coastline. The British West Africa Squadron had freed approximately 150,000 people by 1865.

1815

The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.

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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