Brief Life History of Thomas
When Thomas White was born on 21 September 1799, in Farley, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Thomas White, was 34 and his mother, Sabina Read, was 26. He married Naomi Elliston on 11 November 1833, in Saint Mark's Church, Kennington, London, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Tooting Graveney, Surrey, England, United Kingdom for about 10 years and Hayes, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom for about 10 years. He died about 1892, in Uxbridge, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 94.
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- Thomas White, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- Legacy NFS Source: Thomas White - Government record: birth-name: Thomas White
- Thomas White, "England Marriages, 1538–1973"
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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.
1815
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
1830
Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).
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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