Eliza Whiteman

Brief Life History of Eliza

When Eliza Whiteman was born on 19 February 1825, in Udimore, Sussex, England, United Kingdom, her father, Stephen Whiteman, was 34 and her mother, Ann Maria Eldridge, was 26. She married Stephen Neate Dark on 19 February 1841, in Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 11 July 1896, in Dungog, New South Wales, Australia, at the age of 71, and was buried in Dungog, New South Wales, Australia.

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Family Time Line

Stephen Neate Dark
1815–1872
Eliza Whiteman
1825–1896
Marriage: 19 February 1841
Catherine Emily Dark
1843–1910
Stephen Whiteman Dark
1844–1916
John Broughton Dark
1845–1926
Sarah Eliza Dark
1847–1885
Annie Elizabeth Dark
1849–1920
Ebenezer Dark
1851–1852
Henry Charles Dark
1853–1901
Albert Edward Dark
1855–1928
James Dark
1856–
George Neate Dark
1857–1859

Sources (9)

  • Eliza Whiteman, "Australia Marriages, 1810-1980"
  • Eliza Whiteman Dark, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Eliza in entry for Catherine Emily Dark, "Australia Births and Baptisms, 1792-1981"

World Events (8)

1829

Australia is claimed as British territory.

1830

Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).

1847

Gold found in Port Phillip.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Whitman .

Native American (also White Man): translation into English (and shortening) of a personal name based on a word, such as Lakota Sioux wašiču(ŋ), meaning ‘white man’.

Americanized form (translation into English) of German Weissmann .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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