When Lora Elizabeth Green was born in September 1853, in Watauga, North Carolina, United States, her father, Alexander Greene, was 41 and her mother, Rhoda Estes, was 37. She married Benjamin Green on 21 April 1872, in Watauga, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Blue Ridge Township, Watauga, North Carolina, United States in 1860 and Blowing Rock, Watauga, North Carolina, United States in 1880. She died on 14 June 1892, in Watauga, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 38, and was buried in Blowing Rock, Watauga, North Carolina, United States.
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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.
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