Brief Life History of Charles H.
When Charles H. White was born on 18 April 1890, in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Nelson Lewis White, was 33 and his mother, Dora F. Kenney, was 30. He married Helene A. Bohlen on 2 September 1923, in South Yarmouth, Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He registered for military service in 1918. He died on 12 November 1940, in Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 50, and was buried in Pine Grove Cemetery, South Yarmouth, Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States.
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- Charles A[sic] White, "United States Census, 1940" (South Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts)
- Charles H. White, "Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915" (Yarmouth: 1890)
- Charles H. White & Helene A. Bohlen marriage, "Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988" (South Yarmouth: 1923)
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World Events (8)
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
1904
St. Louis, Missouri, United States hosts Summer Olympic Games.
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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