Mary Green

14 December 1807–6 January 1846 (Age 38)
Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom

The Life Summary of Mary

When Mary Green was born on 14 December 1807, in Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom, her father, Denton Green, was 28 and her mother, Anne Dixon, was 24. She married Alexander Finlayson on 3 January 1832, in St George Hanover Square, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Duanesburg, Schenectady, New York, United States in 1835 and Warren, Herkimer, New York, United States in 1840. She died on 6 January 1846, in Warren, Warren, Herkimer, New York, United States, at the age of 38, and was buried in Warren, Warren, Herkimer, New York, United States.

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Family Time Line

Alexander Finlayson
1806–1884
Mary Green
1807–1846
Marriage: 3 January 1832
Mary Finlayson
1833–1860
Clara Finlayson
1835–1910
Ann Finlayson
1837–1854
Denton Green Finlayson
1839–1923
Bell Ross Finlayson
1843–1911
Isabell Finlayson
1844–1943

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    3 January 1832St George Hanover Square, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom
    • Children

    (6)

    +1 More Child

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (4)

    World Events (8)

    1808
    Age 1
    Atlantic slave trade abolished.
    1808 · The British West Africa Squadron
    Age 1
    The British West Africa Squadron was formed in 1808 to suppress illegal slave trading on the African coastline. The British West Africa Squadron had freed approximately 150,000 people by 1865.
    1819 · Panic! of 1819
    Age 12
    With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

    Name Meaning

    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.Irish: adopted for Ó hUainín ‘descendant of Uainín’, a personal name from a pet form of uaine ‘green’, see Honan .

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

    Possible Related Names

    Greenman
    Greening
    Gruen
    Greene

    Sources (12)

    • Mary Green in entry for Isabel Fuller, "Ohio, Deaths, 1908-1953"
    • Mary Green, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
    • Mary Finlayson in entry for Mary Finlyaon, "England, Middlesex Parish Registers, 1539-1988"

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