Brief Life History of Geneva Roberta
When Geneva Roberta White was born on 15 August 1917, in Lafe, Greene, Arkansas, United States, her father, Robert E Lee White, was 47 and her mother, Effie Lee Potts, was 38. She married Ralph Carlyle Wood on 28 September 1935, in Greene, Arkansas, United States. She lived in Greene, Arkansas, United States in 1935 and Bennett Township, Clay, Arkansas, United States in 1940. She died on 28 April 2009, in Paragould, Greene, Arkansas, United States, at the age of 91, and was buried in Greene County Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Paragould, Greene, Arkansas, United States.
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- Genever White in household of Robert E White, "United States Census, 1920"
- Geneva White, "Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957"
- Geneva R Wood, "United States Social Security Death Index"
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World Events (8)
1918 · Attempting to Stop the War
To end World War I, President Wilson created a list of principles to be used as negotiations for peace among the nations. Known as The Fourteen Points, the principles were outlined in a speech on war aimed toward the idea of peace but most of the Allied forces were skeptical of this Wilsonian idealism.
1922 · The First Radio Station WOK Begins Broadcasting
In 1922, Harvey C. Couch Sr. started WOK the first radio station in Arkansas. After a trip to Pittsburgh and the KDKA radio he came up with the idea for Workers of Killowatts (WOK). WOK had no commercials which was nice for the listeners.
1941
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.
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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