Elizabeth White

Brief Life History of Elizabeth

When Elizabeth White was born in 1790, in Chesterfield, Cheraws District, South Carolina, United States, her father, James Taylor White, was 28 and her mother, Mary A Collins, was 31. She married William Lawrence Thurman in 1806, in Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 9 daughters. She died on 28 March 1862, in Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Lawrence Thurman
1778–1871
Elizabeth White
1790–1862
Marriage: 1806
Martha Thurman
1807–1850
William M Thurman
1810–
Sally Elizabeth Thurman
1841–1901
Nancy W. Thurman
1809–1862
James C. Thurman
1810–1877
Elizabeth Thurman
1813–1891
Nancy Thurman
1816–1897
John White Thurman
1819–1904
Sarah C Thurman
1822–
Elijah J Thurman
1822–1909
Adelia Windsor Thurman
1825–1905
Calvin Young Thurman
1827–1923
Mary Ann Thurman
1829–1902
Eliza Ann Thurman
1829–1904
William R. P. Thurman Jr.
1834–1910
David Richardson Thurman
1839–1910

Sources (11)

  • Elizabeth Thurman in household of Wm Thurman, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Elizabeth White Thurman, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Elizabeth Thurman, "Georgia, Fulton County Records from the Atlanta History Center, 1827-1955"

World Events (8)

1791

Bill of Rights guarantees individual freedom.

1802

Oldest grave seen in the memorials list

1811 · The Savannah Riots

A barroom brawl in Savannah on Tuesday, November 12, 1811, had international impact. An American seaman boasted of having joined the crew of a French vessel, likely named La Vengeance. Others became upset at the idea of the American joining a foreign nation and a brawl erupted. The county coroner asked for peace but was beaten with clubs. A second clash occurred the following day when French sailors attacked five American seaman. A day after the second attack, twenty French sailors attacked six Americans. Four of them escaped but two were beaten and stabbed. Jacob Taylor died on the scene and a rigger named Collins died the following day. By Friday, a full scale riot erupted when the French crewmen arrested on murder charges were released. Many were arrested and French ships La Vengeance and La Franchise were burned. In the end, the incident caused disruptions in French-American relations and affected shipping and trade.

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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