Ethel Florence White (born 1886)

Ethel's immediate relatives including parents, siblings, partnerships and children in the White family tree.

Ethel's Family

Add a parent

Add a parent

Ethel Florence White Add a partner Add a child Add a partner Add a child

Add a sibling

Photos and snapshots taken of Ethel Florence White, her White family, and locations and places or events from her life.

Family Wedding 1912

Add photo

What do you remember about Ethel Florence White? Share your memories of special moments and stories you have heard about her. Or just leave a comment to show the world that Ethel is remembered.

Post

Add Ethel's birthday or the date she died to see a list of historic events that occurred during Ethel's lifetime. Refresh the page for new events.

In 1886, in the year that Ethel Florence White was born, on January 5th, Scottish novelist Robert Louis Stevenson's book the Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde was published. Immediately popular, the paperback book was sold for $1 in the U.S. - almost $25 today. Stevenson's stepson said that he wrote the first draft in under 3 days.

In 1897, on September 21st, editor and publisher Francis P. Church responded to a letter to the editor from Virginia O'Hanlon, 8 years old. Virginia's father had told her that "If you see it in The Sun, it's so." So she wrote to the Sun, asking if there was a Santa Claus. Church responded with the now famous editorial "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus".

In 1924, J. Edgar Hoover, at the age of 29, was appointed the sixth director of the Bureau of Investigation by Calvin Coolidge (which later became the Federal Bureau of Investigation). The Bureau had approximately 650 employees, including 441 Special Agents. A former employee of the Justice Department, Hoover accepted his new position on the proviso that the bureau was to be completely divorced from politics and that the director report only to the attorney general.

In 1972, on November 7th, Richard Nixon won re-election, amidst the dawning knowledge of the Watergate scandal, by 60.7% to anti-war candidate George McGovern's 37.5%.

In 1999, on January 1st, the Euro became the new official single currency of the eurozone. It was used by Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Spain and has since spread in use. Daily, over 337 million Europeans use the euro.