Virginia Whittington

Female4 August 1872–

Brief Life History of Virginia

Virginia Whittington was born on 4 August 1872, in Camden, Camden, New Jersey, United States as the daughter of S P Whittington and Mary Whittington.

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S P Whittington
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Mary Whittington
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Virginia Whittington
1872–

Sources (1)

  • Virginia Whittington, "New Jersey, Births and Christenings, 1660-1980"

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World Events (3)

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

Age 3

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

1875 · A New Civil Rights Act

Age 3

During the response to civil rights violations to African Americans, the bill was passed giving African Americans equal treatment in public accommodations, public transportation, and to prohibit exclusion from jury duty. While many in the public opposed this law, the African Americans greatly favored it.

1879

Age 7

Thomas Edison had been seeking to create a more practical and affordable version of the lightbulb, primarily for home use. Edison had attempted several different materials, including platinum and other metals, before ultimately deciding on a carbon filament. On October 21, 1879, Edison finally carried out the first successful test of this new light bulb in Menlo Park, New Jersey.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from any of a large number of places called Whittington, for example in Gloucestershire, Worcestershire, Warwickshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Derbyshire, Lancashire, and Northumberland. Most of these places are named with the Old English personal name Hwīta + Old English connective -ing- + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’, meaning ‘Hwīta's settlement’ or ‘settlement associated with Hwīta’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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