Whitehill

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Whitehill is a family surname, appearing both in literature and in historical references.

[edit] Whitehills in literature

As fictional family, the Whitehills are featured in the short stories of Brazilian writer Rita Maria Felix da Silva.

The first reference to them was Lord Douglas Whitehill in "San Juan Romero" which was followed by Walter and Edgar Whitehill in "O Tesouro de Omalura" (The Treasure of Omalura), the vampire Adam Whitehill in "Adam e Sarah" (Adam and Sarah), Agnes Whitehill in "Uma Epifania para Agnes" (An Epiphany For Agnes), the scientists Quentin Whitehill in "Seria Melhor..." (It would be better...)and Peter Whitehill in O Contrário da Sorte (The Contrary of the Luck), the rough agent Kate Whitehill in "Quando Kate Visitou Debby em Julho" (When Kate Visited Debby in July) and Lucius Whitehill, a businessman/gangster/collector cited in epilogue of "Khen-Zur".

Generally in these tales, the Whitehills are shown involved at substantial problems. There is a tendency of the readers to consider them as an "evil family" while other ones state is just "bad luck".

The fictional Whitehills originated from London.

There is also a reference to a Whitehill (Victoria?) in Bram Stoker's Dracula.

[edit] Whitehills of literature

Robert Whitehill (Hebrew poet) is an American Hebrew poet.

[edit] Whitehills in History

The Whitehills are also a real family originating in the 1400s in Calais and later appearing in Scotland. The Whitehills emigrated to the United States in the mid 1700s. A James Whitehill fought in the Revolutionary war against the British. Camphill, Pennsylvania was originally called Whitehill, but changed its name during the American Civil War in respect to a group of soldiers who had camped there.

The real Whitehills are not regarded as an "evil family".