Brief Life History of Harvey Elmer
When Harvey Elmer White was born on 25 November 1875, in Vermilion, Illinois, United States, his father, Ritchison Trott White, was 27 and his mother, Elizabeth Goodner, was 25. He married Iva Nora Simpson on 12 December 1907, in Vermilion, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. He lived in Maine Prairie Township, Stearns, Minnesota, United States in 1920 and Troy Township, Fountain, Indiana, United States for about 20 years. He died on 19 October 1950, in Vermilion, Illinois, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Johnson Cemetery, Danville, Vermilion, Illinois, United States.
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- Harvey E White, "United States Census, 1950"
- Harvey White, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
- Harvey Elmer White, "Indiana, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1947"
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World Events (8)
1876 · The First Worlds Fair in the U.S.
The First official World's Fair, was held to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia. 37 Countries provided venues for all to see.
1884 · Iron Mining starts in Minnesota
After discovering iron ore in the Vermilion Range in North-East of Minnesota, iron mining companies began to come to the area and caused an economic boom to the area of Duluth and to the state as a whole.
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
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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