Brief Life History of Robert Ernest
When Robert Ernest White was born on 13 May 1894, in Logan, Harrison, Iowa, United States, his father, Henry Morton White, was 42 and his mother, Cora Adel White, was 19. He married Mildred Harold on 18 July 1918, in Harrison, Iowa, United States. He lived in Rawles Township, Mills, Iowa, United States in 1900 and Jefferson Township, Harrison, Iowa, United States in 1910. He died on 8 October 1918, in France, at the age of 24, and was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Harrison, Iowa, United States.
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Sources (9)
- Robert Earnest White in household of Henry Morton White, "Iowa State Census, 1895"
- Robert E White, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
- Robert E White, "United States, World War I American Expeditionary Forces Deaths, 1917-1919"
Spouse and Children
1894–1918 Male
1894–1940 Female
Parents and Siblings
1852–1935 Male
1874–1911 Female
Siblings (7)
1894–1918 Male
1896–1918 Male
1898– Female
1901–1978 Female
1903–1967 Female
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World Events (8)
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
Age 2
1900
Age 6
1901 · Assassination of Mckinley
Age 7
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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