Brief Life History of Ernest Franklin
When Ernest Franklin White was born on 19 July 1904, in Pulaski, Virginia, United States, his father, John Conley White, was 34 and his mother, Mary Elizabeth Saunders, was 28. He married Ruby L Chaffin on 1 July 1925, in Pulaski, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States in 1940 and Martins Tank, Pulaski, Virginia, United States in 1950. He died on 27 July 1971, in Pulaski, Pulaski, Virginia, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Pulaski, Pulaski, Virginia, United States.
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- Ernest White, "United States Census, 1940"
- Ernest White, "Virginia, Library of Virginia State Archive, Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1853-1900"
- Ernest White, "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940"
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1906 · Saving Food Labels
The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.
1913 · Cleveland Museum of Art
The Cleveland Museum of Art was founded as a trust from Hinman Hurlbut, John Huntington, and Horace Kelley. It is to be known as the fourth-wealthiest art museum in the United States. The museum opened its doors to the public on June 6, 1916, and is free to the public to come and enjoy the diverse collections inside. Today the museum can be found as the center piece of Wade Park and both are on the National Register of Historic Places.
1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack
Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.
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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