Whitehill is a family

Family

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 surname, appearing both in literature

Literature

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 and in historical references.

Whitehills in literature

As fictional family, the Whitehills are featured in the short stories

Short Stories

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 of Brazil

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ian writer Rita Maria Felix da Silva.

The first reference to them was Lord Douglas Whitehill in "San Juan Romero

San Juan Romero

"San Juan Romero" is a short story by the Brazilian writer, Rita Maria Felix da Silva. It is also the name of the fictional Mexican village the story features and was the first story to feature the recurring character, "Sir James Winterwood". In the tale, Winterwood arrives in San Juan Romero...

". The complete list of Whitehills and where they appeared is listed below:



‹› Lord Douglas Whitehill in "San Juan Romero

San Juan Romero

"San Juan Romero" is a short story by the Brazilian writer, Rita Maria Felix da Silva. It is also the name of the fictional Mexican village the story features and was the first story to feature the recurring character, "Sir James Winterwood". In the tale, Winterwood arrives in San Juan Romero...

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‹› Walter and Edgar Whitehill in "O Tesouro de Omalura" (The Treasure of Omalura)

‹› Adam Whitehill, a vampire

Vampire

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 in "Adam e Sarah" (Adam and Sarah)

‹› Agnes Whitehill in "Uma Epifania para Agnes" (Epiphany For Agnes)

‹› Quentin Whitehill, a scientist

Scientist

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s in "Seria Melhor..." (It would be better...)

‹› Peter Whitehill in "O Contrário da Sorte" (Contrary of the Luck)

‹› Lucius Whitehill, a businessman/gangster

Gangster

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/collector

Collecting

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 cited in epilogue

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 of "Khen-Zur"

‹› Kate Whitehill, the rough agent

Espionage

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 first appeared in "Quando Kate Visitou Debby em Julho" (When Kate Visited Debby in July). Kate and her partner (Ken McSmith)then returned in "Jogo de Facas" (A Game of Knives), "Cacos de Porcelana" (Porcelain Shards) and "O Legado do Demônio de Barro" (The Legacy of the Clay Demon), all three short stories

Short Stories

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 written by Daniel Folador Rossi, a Brazil

Brazil

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ian writer and a friend of Rita Maria Felix da Silva.



Generally in these tale

Narrative

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s, 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

Luck

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The fictional Whitehills originated from London

London

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There is also a reference to a Whitehill (Victoria?) in Bram Stoker

Bram Stoker

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's Dracula

Dracula

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Whitehills in Media

David Whitehill

David Whitehill

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 is an Australian TV presenter/producer and ocean conservationist: http://www.davidwhitehill.com/

Whitehills in History

The Whitehills are also a real family originating in the 15th century in Calais

Calais

Calais is a town in Northern France in the department of Pas-de-Calais, of which it is a sub-prefecture. Although Calais is by far the largest city in Pas-de-Calais, the department's capital is its third-largest city of Arras....

 and later appearing in Scotland

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. The Whitehills emigrated to the United States

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 in the mid 18th century. 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

American Civil War

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in respect to a group of soldiers who had camped there.