When Moses James White was born on 24 April 1839, his father, Moses Canon White, was 40 and his mother, Susannah Adams, was 37. He married Amanda Jane Nicholson on 11 December 1858, in Camden, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Osage Township, Camden, Missouri, United States in 1860 and Adair Township, Camden, Missouri, United States for about 10 years. In 1880, at the age of 41, his occupation is listed as occupation as per 1880 us federal census: farmer in Adair Township, Camden, Missouri, United States. He died before 1900, in Missouri, United States.
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Historical Boundaries 1841: Kinderhook County created from Morgan, Pulaski, and Non-County Area 16. 1843: Kinderhook County renamed Camden County
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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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