Brief Life History of Alvin M.
When Alvin M. White was born on 15 July 1846, in Fredericton, York, New Brunswick, Canada, his father, Jesse L White Sr., was 42 and his mother, Charity Vianna Whiteneck, was 37. He married Loretta Maria Millard in 1867. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Belmont, Portage, Wisconsin, United States in 1860 and Maple Grove, Barron, Wisconsin, United States for about 25 years. He registered for military service in 1865. In 1890, at the age of 44, his occupation is listed as methodist minister in Barron, Barron, Wisconsin, United States. He died on 26 March 1907, in Hillsdale, Barron, Wisconsin, United States, at the age of 60, and was buried in Wayside Cemetery, Barron, Barron, Wisconsin, United States.
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- Alvin White in household of Jesse White, "United States Census, 1850"
- Alvin H. White, "Minnesota, County Marriages, 1860-1949"
- Alvin White, "Oregon, Oregon State Archives, Death Records, 1864-1967"
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1851 · First State to Attempt Prohibition
In 1851, Maine outlawed the sale of alcohol, allowing exceptions only for "medicinal, mechanical, and manufacturing purposes". This made Maine the first state to experiment with prohibition. Neal Dow, mayor of Portland, believed that alcohol was linked to slavery and was also convinced by the Christian temperance movement. Dow ran into problems later for his anti-immigration rhetoric against the Irish, and also for breaking his own prohibition laws; although not a designated "purchaser", Dow personally purchased alcohol to distribute to local doctors, violating a technicality. As the citizens turned against him, Dow eventually ordered soldiers to fire on protesters. This marked a sharp decline in Dow's political career, and the Maine Law was repealed by 1856. Aspects of the law would remain in tact, however, and ultimately paved the way for the 18th Amendment, which prohibited alcohol on the national level.
1859
Historical Boundaries: 1859: Dallas, Wisconsin, United States 1869: Barron, Wisconsin, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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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