Robert Ernest White

Male13 May 1894–8 October 1918

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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Family Time Line

Robert Ernest White
1894–1918
Mildred Harold
1894–1940
Marriage: 18 July 1918

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"

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  • Marriage
    18 July 1918Harrison, Iowa, United States
  • Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (7)

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    World Events (8)

    1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

    Age 2

    A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

    1900

    Age 6

    Paris, France hosts Summer Olympic Games.

    1901 · Assassination of Mckinley

    Age 7

    President William McKinley was shot at the Temple of Music, in the Pan-American Exposition, while shaking hands with the public. Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen because he thought it was his duty to do so. McKinley died after eight days of watch and care. He was the third American president to be assassinated. After his death, Congress passed legislation to officially make the Secret Service and gave them responsibility for protecting the President at all times.

    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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