Elliott Whitaker

11 December 1869–24 June 1943 (Age 73)
Magoffin, Kentucky, United States

The Life Summary of Elliott

When Elliott Whitaker was born on 11 December 1869, in Magoffin, Kentucky, United States, his father, George Whitaker, was 21 and his mother, Susan Puckett, was 21. He married Hattie Allen on 30 August 1897, in Magoffin, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Magisterial District 4 Meadows, Magoffin, Kentucky, United States in 1880 and Magisterial District 5, Magoffin, Kentucky, United States in 1940. He died on 24 June 1943, in Magoffin, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Burning Fork, Magoffin, Kentucky, United States.

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Family Time Line

Elliott Whitaker
1869–1943
Hattie Allen
1876–1914
Marriage: 30 August 1897
Linville Whitaker
1898–1976
Samuel Whitaker
1899–1984
McKinley Whitaker
1901–1977
Betty Whitaker
1903–1915
Stella Whitaker
1905–
Mary Whitaker
1907–2001
Orville C. Whitaker
1909–1978

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    30 August 1897Magoffin, Kentucky, United States
    • Children

    (7)

    +2 More Children

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (4)

    World Events (8)

    1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
    Age 1
    Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
    1870 · Giving all the right to vote
    Age 1
    The Act was an extension of the Fifteenth Amendment, that prohibited discrimination by state offices in voter registration. It also helped empower the President with the authority to enforce the first section of the Fifteenth Amendment throughout the United States. Being the first of three Enforcement Acts passed by the Congress, it helped combat attacks on the suffrage rights of African Americans.
    1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
    Age 21
    This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

    Name Meaning

    English (Yorkshire and Lancashire): habitational name from Whitacre in Warwickshire or High Whitaker in Lancashire, both of whose names derive from Old English hwīt ‘white’ + æcer ‘field’. The name may also be derived from Wheatacre in Norfolk or Whiteacre in Waltham (Kent), both of which derive from Old English hwǣte ‘wheat’ + æcer ‘field’. Compare Whittaker .

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

    Possible Related Names

    Whittaker
    Whiteaker
    Whitacre

    Sources (33)

    • Eliot Whitaker, "United States Census, 1940"
    • E L Whitaker, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
    • Elliott Whitaker, "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1961"

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