Brief Life History of Martha
When Martha Whitehead was born on 23 April 1855, in Ashe, North Carolina, United States, her father, Daniel Whitehead, was 33 and her mother, Sarah M Crouse, was 36. She lived in Alleghany, North Carolina, United States in 1860. She died on 1 June 1866, at the age of 11, and was buried in Whitehead, Alleghany, North Carolina, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (2)
- Martha Whitehead in household of Daniel Whitehead, "United States Census, 1860"
- Martha Whitehead, "Find A Grave Index"
Parents and Siblings
1821–1876 Male
1818–1899 Female
Siblings (8)
1839–1870 Female
1842–1880 Female
1847–1932 Male
1848–1938 Male
1853– Female
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World Events (4)
1862 · Battle of Roanoke Island
Age 7
1863
Age 8
1865
Age 10
Name Meaning
English: nickname from Middle English whit ‘white’ + hed ‘head’ (Old English hwīt + hēafod), denoting a person with white or fair hair. Occasionally perhaps from Middle English whīt ‘white’ + hod ‘hood’ (Old English hwīt + hōd).
Irish: adopted by erroneous translation of Ó Ceanndubháin ‘descendant of the little black-headed one’ (see Canavan ), as if from Gaelic ceann ‘head’ + bán ‘white’.
Americanized form (translation into English) of German Weisshaupt (see Weishaupt ) or Weisskopf (see Weiskopf ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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