Monterville White

Brief Life History of Monterville

When Monterville White was born about 1831, in West Virginia, United States, his father, Nathaniel White, was 44 and his mother, Mary Moles, was 43. He married Emma Lamolte on 1 November 1879, in Challis, Lemhi, Idaho, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Lemhi, Idaho, United States in 1880 and Salmon, Lemhi, Idaho, United States in 1900. He died on 19 June 1901, at the age of 71, and was buried in Salmon, Lemhi, Idaho, United States.

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Family Time Line

Monterville White
1831–1901
Emma Lamolte
1846–1902
Marriage: 1 November 1879
Willa White
1891–1986

Sources (16)

  • Monte White, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Montanaville White, "Idaho, County Marriages, 1864-1962"
  • Montraville "mont" White, "Idaho, Jefferson Star, County Cemetery Records, 1800-2000"

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World Events (8)

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

1830 · The Oregon Trail

Many people started their 2,170-mile West trek to settle the land found by Louis and Clark. They used large-wheeled wagons to pack most of their belongings and were guided by trails that were made by the previous trappers and traders who walked the area. Over time the trail needed annual improvements to make the trip faster and safer. Most of Interstate 80 and 84 cover most of the ground that was the original trail.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

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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