Brief Life History of James Ralph
When James Ralph White Sr was born on 23 November 1929, in Bedford, Tennessee, United States, his father, Charles Newton White, was 23 and his mother, Mary Adell Riddle, was 17. He had at least 2 sons with Lois Roberts. He lived in Flat Creek, Bedford, Tennessee, United States in 1940. He died on 2 October 2002, in Tullahoma, Coffee, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Lynchburg City Cemetery, Lynchburg, Moore, Tennessee, United States.
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Sources (4)
- Ralph White in household of Charlie White, "United States Census, 1940"
- James R White, "United States Social Security Death Index"
- Ralph White in household of Charles White, "United States Census, 1930"
Spouse and Children
1929–2002 Male
1929–2012 Female
Children (2)
1953–2022 Male
1962–2009 Male
Parents and Siblings
1906–1963 Male
1912–2009 Female
Siblings (2)
1929–2002 Male
1932–2002 Female
World Events (8)
1931
Age 2
1931 · The Parthenon is Built
Age 2
1949 · NATO is Established
Age 20
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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