Brief Life History of Elizabeth
When Elizabeth White was born on 22 February 1838, in Bloomsbury St George, Middlesex, England, her father, William White, was 59 and her mother, Mary Ann Syer, was 45. She married Isaac Mitton Stewart on 8 March 1857, in Draper, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 6 daughters. She immigrated to Utah, United States in 1856 and lived in Utah, United States in 1870 and Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1900. She died on 7 May 1917, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Draper, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Elizabeth White in entry for Pricilla Nellie Edison, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
- Elizabeth Stewart in household of Isaac Stewart, "United States Census, 1880"
- Elizabeth White in entry for John Franklin Edison and Priscilla Anderson, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"
Spouse and Children
1816–1890 Male
1838–1917 Female
Children (13)
1858–1925 Female
1859–1913 Male
1859– Male
1862–1933 Female
1863–1920 Female
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Parents and Siblings
1779–1842 Male
1793–1882 Female
Siblings (3)
1838–1917 Female
1839–1912 Male
1842–1875 Male
World Events (8)
1843
Age 5
1847
Age 9
1859 · Big Ben
Age 21
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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Biography of Isaac Mitton Stewart
Isaac Mitton Stewart was born at Burlington, New Jersey, March 14th 1815. He was the son of Biekley Stewart of rare Quaker stock, who served in the Revolutionary War under George Washington. He entere …
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