Sarah Ellen White

Brief Life History of Sarah Ellen

When Sarah Ellen White was born in 1869, in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Joseph White, was 29 and her mother, Mary Ann Hives, was 25. She lived in Ecclesall Bierlow, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom in 1881. She died on 15 March 1878, at the age of 9.

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Family Time Line

Joseph White
1840–
Mary Ann Hives
1844–1913
Fanny White
1867–
Sarah Ellen White
1869–1878
Ann Elizabeth White
1871–
Mary Louisa Whiteman
1872–
Henry White
1877–
Charles William White
1879–1927
Charles William White
1879–
Minnie White
1883–

Sources (11)

  • Sarah E Waite in household of Joseph J Waite, "England and Wales Census, 1871"
  • Sarah Helena Whight, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
  • Sarah Ellen White, "England, Yorkshire, Parish Registers, 1538-2016"

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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