- First white child
The birth of the first white child was a celebrated occasion across many parts of the
New World . Such births are a matter of pride for manytownship s, and they are commemorated with plaques and monuments at the location of the event.Fact|date=November 2007 The birth was seen as such an honor that it was at times controversial as to who could claim the title.Cox, Mike. July 2003. " [http://www.texasescapes.com/MikeCoxTexasTales/144FirstWhitesTexas.htm First Whites] ". AccessedAugust 7 2007 .] AsEurope an settlers spread throughout America and Australia, the birth of a white child symbolized the growth and increasing permanence of their expanding civilisations.Fact|date=November 2007Americas
The first white people native to the Americas were the children of settlers from Europe.
Snorri Þorfinnsson (likely born between 1005 and 1013) was the son of Þorfinnur Karlsefni and Guðríður Eiríksdóttir. Generally known to his contemporaries as Snorri Guðríðsson, as his mother outlived his father, he was purported to be born in
Vinland , possibly making him the first European to be born in North America.Martín de Argüelles, Jr., born in the Spanish colony of St. Augustine,
Florida , was the first white child born in what is now thecontinental United States ."Time". " [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,795469,00.html First Native White] ". AccessedAugust 7 2007 .] Born in 1566, his father was a hidalgo and one of the expeditioners who went toNew Spain with Captain GeneralPedro Menéndez in 1565.St. Augustine, Florida is also the oldest continuously occupied European-founded city anywhere in theUnited States excludingPuerto Rico .Word, Ron.July 30 2007 . " [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20070730/ap_tr_ge/travel_trip_st__augustine St. Augustine celebrates 442nd birthday] ". AccessedAugust 7 2007 .]Virginia Dare , born in 1587 at theRoanoke Colony , was the first child born in the Americas to English parents, and her memory was celebrated in the British colonies.Peregrine White , born aboard the "Mayflower " atProvincetown Harbor in 1620, was the first Pilgrim birth.Sarah Rapelje , bornJune 6 1625 , was the first white child born inNew Netherland in what is now New York state.Colonial Ancestors. " [http://colonialancestors.com/yearbook/june.htm This Day in Colonial Times - June] ". AccessedAugust 9 2007 .] Decoursey, William. " [http://www.teachout.org/du/decoursey.html Bill Decoursey's notes on old Dutch families] ". AccessedAugust 9 2007 .] Helena Dill Berryman, bornSeptember 8 1804 in what is now Nacogdoches County, was the first Anglo child born inTexas .Hélène Desportes is often cited as the first white child born inNew France in what would later beCanada . She was born in the early 17th century, but there is considerable disagreement about whether she was born inQuebec or before her family arrived on the continent. Bennett, Ethel M. G. Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online. 2000. " [http://www.biographi.ca/EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=34294 Hélène Desportes] ". AccessedAugust 10 2007 .]Australia
In
Australia the first white child was born on26 January 1788 to the wife of Thomas Whittle, asergeant in themarine s.National Library of Australia . " [http://www.nla.gov.au/exhibitions/upsidedown/timeline/1788.html The World Upside Down: Australia 1788-1830] ". AccessedAugust 9 2007 .]New Zealand
In
New Zealand , the first white child wasThomas Holloway King , born in February1815 , at Rangihoua in theBay of Islands , a mission station founded bySamuel Marsden of the (Anglican)Church Missionary Society .Antarctica
Emilio Palma (bornJanuary 7 ,1978 ) was the first person of any race to be born on the continent ofAntarctica .References
Further reading
*Molony, John. 2000. "The Native-Born: The First White Australians". ISBN 0522849032
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