Brief Life History of Matilda Jane
When Matilda Jane White was born on 23 July 1872, in Caldwell, Kentucky, United States, her father, David White, was 42 and her mother, Matilda Jane Copeland, was 42. She lived in Tennessee Magisterial District, Caldwell, Kentucky, United States in 1880. She died on 7 March 1937, in Caldwell, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 64.
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Sources (5)
- Matild J Whitie in household of Matilda Whitie, "United States Census, 1910"
- Legacy NFS Source: Matilda Jane White - Government record: birth-name: Matilda Jane White
- Matilda White in household of Jacob White, "United States Census, 1880"
Parents and Siblings
1829–1880 Male
1830–1922 Female
Siblings (9)
1850–1908 Male
1852–1904 Female
1855–1888 Male
1859–1895 Male
1862–1897 Female
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World Events (8)
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
Age 3
1875 · A New Civil Rights Act
Age 3
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
Age 18
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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