Alma Foutz White

Brief Life History of Alma Foutz

When Alma Foutz White was born on 13 March 1867, in Pleasant Grove, Utah, Utah, United States, his father, Samuel Stephen White, was 45 and his mother, Catherine Foutz, was 35. He married Elizabeth Amanda Kearney on 17 June 1896, in Fish Springs, Juab, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. In 1900, at the age of 33, his occupation is listed as farming, hired hand most likely his father in-law in Fish Springs, Juab, Utah, United States. He died on 9 November 1904, in Fish Springs, Juab, Utah, United States, at the age of 37, and was buried in Pleasant Grove City Cemetery, Pleasant Grove, Utah, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Alma Foutz White
1867–1904
Elizabeth Amanda Kearney
1877–1958
Marriage: 17 June 1896
Alfred Ray White
1897–1897
Lillian Afton White
1898–1993

Sources (17)

  • Elmer F. White, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Alma White, "Utah, County Birth and Death Records,1892-1951"
  • Mr. Alma White, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"

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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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