Brief Life History of Oliver Green
When Oliver Green Bain was born on 4 January 1850, in Tindall, Grundy, Missouri, United States, his father, Jesse Bain, was 37 and his mother, Catherine Ogletree, was 31. He married Rosa Brunson on 14 February 1878, in Grundy, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Trenton Township, Grundy, Missouri, United States in 1900 and Trenton, Grundy, Missouri, United States in 1920. He died on 10 April 1941, at the age of 91.
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- Oliver N Bain, "United States Census, 1850"
- Legacy NFS Source: Oliver Green Bain - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Oliver Green Bain
- O G Bain, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1869
Historical Boundaries: 1869: Grundy, Missouri, United States
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
Scottish, Manx, and Irish: nickname for a fair-haired man, from Gaelic bàn, Irish bán ‘white, fair’. This surname is common in the Highlands, first recorded in Perth in 1324. It is also found as a shortened form of McBain , from Mac B(h)eathain. As a Manx name (spelled Bane) this may be a shortened form of Manx Macguilley Vane, equivalent to Irish Mac Giolla Bháin ‘son of the fair youth’. Compare Irish Kilbane .
English (northern) and Scottish: nickname for a hospitable person, from northern Middle English beyn, bayn ‘welcoming, friendly’ (Old Norse beinn ‘straight, direct’).
English (northern) and Scottish: nickname from northern Middle English bān, bain ‘bone, leg’ (Old English bān, Old Norse bein), perhaps denoting someone with a gammy leg. In northern Middle English -ā- was preserved, whereas in southern dialects (which later became standard), it was changed to -ō-.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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