Brief Life History of Caroline A
When Caroline A White was born on 27 July 1862, in Littleton, Aroostook, Maine, United States, her father, Benjamin White, was 34 and her mother, Sarah Elizabeth Hersey, was 25. She married Nehemiah Stairs on 17 August 1881, in Houlton, Aroostook, Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Maine, United States in 1870 and Mars Hill, Aroostook, Maine, United States in 1900. She died on 16 January 1922, in Blaine, Aroostook, Maine, United States, at the age of 59, and was buried in Village Cemetery, Monticello, Aroostook, Maine, United States.
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- Carrie A Stair in household of Nehmish Stairs, "United States Census, 1910"
- Carrie A. White, "Maine, Marriages, 1771-1907"
- Carrie A. White Stairs, "Find A Grave Index"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1863 · The Battle at Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg involved the largest number of casualties of the entire Civil war and is often described as the war's turning point. Between 46,000 and 51,000 soldiers lost their lives during the three-day Battle. To honor the fallen soldiers, President Abraham Lincoln read his historic Gettysburg Address and helped those listening by redefining the purpose of the war.
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
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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