Izie Dora White

Brief Life History of Izie Dora

When Izie Dora White was born on 11 October 1890, in Mill Village, Queens, Nova Scotia, Canada, her father, James Andrew White, was 39 and her mother, Alicia M Taylor, was 38. She married Dr William Andrew White ll on 28 June 1906, in Truro, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 7 daughters. She lived in Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada in 1911 and Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada in 1931. She died on 27 January 1972, in Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America, at the age of 81.

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Family Time Line

Dr William Andrew White ll
1874–1936
Izie Dora White
1890–1972
Marriage: 28 June 1906
Helena Isabella White
1908–1991
Nettie Jean White
1914–1979
George Albert White
1922–2006
James Romney White
1909–1919
Portia May White
1911–1968
William Andrew White lll
1915–1981
Mildred Elizabeth White
1917–1980
Milton Arthur White
1920–1921
June Aurora White
1922–1994
John Edgar White
1925–2002
Vera Izie Evelyn White
1927–1939
Yvonne White
1927–
Ronald Lorne White
1928–2008

Sources (16)

  • Isea White, "Canada, Census, 1901"
  • Izie Dora White, "Nova Scotia Delayed Births, 1837-1904"
  • J. Dora White, "Canada Marriages, 1661-1949"

World Events (4)

1909 · First Canadian Flight

The Silver Dart was the first recorded flight in Canada. It took off from Baddeck, Nova Scotia, on February 23, 1909, and was piloted by John Alexander Douglas McCurdy.

1921 · Racing Schooner Launched

The Bluenose racing schooner was launched on March 26, 1921, in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. It was evident that the ship was nothing like other ships that had been launched.

1945 · HMCS Esquimalt Torpedoed

On April 16, 1945, the HMCS Esquimalt was torpedoed by German U-Boats. Thirty-nine men died, some due to the attack others to exposure to cold. Those that survived were rescued by the Sarnia.

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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