Mary M White

Brief Life History of Mary M

When Mary M White was born on 22 August 1813, in Duanesburg, Schenectady, New York, United States, her father, Theodorus White, was 23 and her mother, Sarah Cole, was 21. She married Martin Sutherland on 5 March 1829, in Lawrence, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Dubuque, Dubuque, Iowa, United States in 1850 and Vernon Township, Dubuque, Iowa, United States for about 10 years. She died on 28 March 1873, in Peosta, Dubuque, Iowa, United States, at the age of 59, and was buried in Peosta Union Cemetery, Peosta, Dubuque, Iowa, United States.

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Family Time Line

Martin Sutherland
1805–1886
Mary M White
1813–1873
Marriage: 5 March 1829
Artemesia A Sutherland
1830–1891
Lorena Sutherland
1832–1907
Malinda Sutherland
1834–1908
Elmira A Sutherland
1837–1879
Mary M Sutherland
1843–1868
Rufus Albert Sutherland
1845–
William Henry Sutherland
1848–1916
Emma Caroline Sutherland
1850–1915

Sources (10)

  • Mary Sutherland in household of Martin Sutherland, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Legacy NFS Source: ,White - Individual or family possessions: Family genealogies: birth-name: ,White
  • Mary White, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019"

World Events (8)

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

1827 · Slavery Becomes Illegal in New York State

During the years 1799 to 1827, New York went through a period of gradual emancipation. A Gradual Emancipation Law was passed in 1799 which freed slave children born after July 4, 1799. However, they were indentured until 25 years old for women and 28 years old for men. A law passed 1817 which freed slaves born before 1799, yet delayed their emancipation for ten years. All remaining slaves were freed in New York State on July 4, 1827.

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

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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