Expert: L. Handiboe - 12/21/2008

Question
could you please tell me the origin of the last name of whitmire. i know there is a city located in south carolina by that name. My father was born in spartanburg south carolina, if that helps. thank you.

Answer
I looked at www.ancestry.com and there is some info re: WHITMIRE and a tree that goes back, according to that "tree" to the 1700's, and their immigration from Germany (Enzweihingen, Ludwigsburg, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany) to Whitmire, Newberry, South Carolina, USA.

There is a George Frederick Whitmire
Birth: 12 Sep 1743
Enzweihingen, Ludwigsburg, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany  
Death: Jun 23, 1829
Union, Georgia, USA  
  
Timeline1743
12 Sep Birth Birth

Enzweihingen, Ludwigsburg, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany
1774
 Age: 31 Marriage to Phoebe Hagood - Haygood

Whitmire, Newberry, South Carolina, USA
1790
 Age: 47 Residence

Union, South Carolina
1800
 Age: 57 Residence

Union District, South Carolina
1829
23 Jun Age: 85 Death

Union, Georgia, USA


Again, that info and that "tree" are at www.ancestry.com.  so it looks like that "surname" was originally GERMAN.

Also, that person and tree are at

http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/person.aspx?pid=-900350512&tid=8637176

Some info on WHITMIRE, is under;

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I hope this helps, you may want to try a "free" trail at www.ancestry.com US and "download the info from their tree.

I hope this helped some.

MERRY CHRISTMAS! 08



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