Amanda Jean Green

20 December 1890–27 January 1986 (Age 95)
Illinois, United States

The Life Summary of Amanda Jean

When Amanda Jean Green was born on 20 December 1890, in Illinois, United States, her father, Nelson Rowland Greene, was 37 and her mother, Matilda Jane Dean, was 33. She married Fredrick Franklin Silkwood on 22 June 1908, in Calhoun, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Belleview, Calhoun, Illinois, United States in 1900 and Pearl, Pike, Illinois, United States in 1910. She died on 27 January 1986, in La Grange, Lewis, Missouri, United States, at the age of 95.

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Family Time Line

Fredrick Franklin Silkwood
1883–after 1915
Amanda Jean Green
1890–1986
Marriage: 22 June 1908
Kenneth Wayne Silkwood
1909–1973
Byron Gerald Silkwood
1910–1936
Glenn Everett Silkwood
1912–1979
Buelah Lorene Silkwood
1914–2003

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    22 June 1908Calhoun, Illinois, United States
    • Children

    (4)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (7)

    +2 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1892 · The Chicago Canal
    Age 2
    The Chicago River Canal was built as a sewage treatment scheme to help the city's drinking water not to get contaminated. While the Canal was being constructed the Chicago River's flow was reversed so it could be treated before draining back out into Lake Michigan.
    1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
    Age 6
    A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
    1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
    Age 26
    Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.

    Name Meaning

    (1997: 131873;2007: 304479; 2010: 430182)English: either a nickname for someone who was fond of dressing in this color (Old English grēne) or was young or immature, or who had played the part of the ‘Green Man’ in the May Day celebrations, or a topographic name for someone who lived near a village green (Middle English grene, a transferred use of the color term). This is one of the most common and widespread of English surnames. In North America it has assimilated cognates from other languages, notably German Grün (see Gruen ) and Dutch Groen ; compare 7 below. This surname is also very common among African Americans.English: alternatively, from a Middle English personal name Grene.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

    Possible Related Names

    Greenman
    Greening
    Gruen
    Greene

    Sources (6)

    • Legacy NFS Source: Amanda Jean Green - Government record: birth-name: Amanda Jean Green
    • Jeanne A Silkwood in household of Frederick F Silkwood, "United States Census, 1910"
    • Amanda Roberts, "United States Social Security Death Index"

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