Brief Life History of William
When William White was born in 1841, in Illinois, United States, his father, Benjamin White, was 33 and his mother, Mary Huckleberry Casper, was 28. He lived in Ursa, Adams, Illinois, United States in 1850 and Cream Ridge, Livingston, Missouri, United States in 1860.
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Sources (3)
- William White in household of Benjamin White, "United States Census, 1850"
- Legacy NFS Source: William White - Government record: Census record: birth-name: William White
- William White in household of Benjamin White, "United States Census, 1860"
Parents and Siblings
1808–1877 Male
1813–1865 Female
Siblings (8)
1833– Male
1836– Male
1838– Female
1839– Female
1841– Male
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World Events (8)
1846
Age 5
1848 · Chicago Board of Trade is organized
Age 7
1872 · The First National Park
Age 31
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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