Brief Life History of Helen Evelyn
When Helen Evelyn Whitley was born on 5 July 1878, in Douglasville, Douglas, Georgia, United States, her father, Thomas Rice Whitley, was 23 and her mother, Mary Frances "Fannie" Holcombe, was 22. She married Dr. George Hayne Turner on 26 June 1906, in Douglas, Georgia, United States. She lived in Douglasville, Early, Georgia, United States in 1935 and Miami, Dade, Florida, United States in 1940. She died on 3 December 1953, at the age of 75, and was buried in Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, United States.
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- Helen Turner in household of George H Turner, "United States Census, 1920"
- Legacy NFS Source: Hellen Whitley - Government record: birth-name: Hellen Whitley
- Helen Evelyn Whitley, "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950"
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1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1887 · Eatonville is Incorporated
On August 15, 1887, the town of Eatonville was incorporated into Orange County, Florida. The town is significant for being one of the first all-black, self-governed municipalities in the country.
1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from one or more of the many places called Whitley (in Yorkshire, Cheshire, Northumberland, Wiltshire, Warwickshire), Whiteley, or Whitleigh (in Berkshire). The placename is common, generally with the meaning ‘white clearing’ (Old English hwīt ‘white’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’), or occasionally ‘wheat clearing’ (Old English hwǣte + lēah). According to Redmonds, the Yorkshire surname originated in a locality in the Elland area, perhaps White Lee in Scammonden or White Lee in Mytholmroyd.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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