Brief Life History of Mary Howland
When Mary Howland White was born on 28 October 1812, in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Malachi White, was 27 and her mother, Content Crapo, was 20. She married Davis Collins on 21 February 1836, in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 5 daughters. She died on 25 April 1875, in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Pine Island Cemetery, Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States.
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- Mary H. White, "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695-1910"
- Mary H. White Collins, "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915"
- Mary White in entry for Azubah H Collins, "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915, 1921-1924"
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1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
1825
Oldest Grave Seen in the Memorials List.
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
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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