When Almira Greenman was born on 7 April 1849, in Tazewell, Illinois, United States, her father, Lieutenant John Wesley Greenman, was 52 and her mother, Mary A Stevens, was 46. She married Matthew Monti on 3 July 1864, in Wisconsin, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Wheatland, Vernon, Wisconsin, United States in 1860 and Genoa, Vernon, Wisconsin, United States for about 35 years. She died on 27 May 1925, in Viroqua, Vernon, Wisconsin, United States, at the age of 76.
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Historical Boundaries: 1851: Bad Ax, Wisconsin, United States 1862: Vernon, Wisconsin, United States
A debate continues over the location of the creation of the Republican Party. Some sources claim that the party was formed in Ripon, Wisconsin, on February 28, 1854. Others claim the first meeting of the Republican Party took place in Jackson, Michigan, on July 6, 1854, where the Republican Party was officially organized. Over 1,000 people were present and candidates were selected for the party, thus making it the first Republican convention.
Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
English (Wiltshire): from Middle English grene ‘green’ + man ‘man’, a nickname from the Green Man of folklore, or a topographic name for someone who lived by the village green. Compare Green .
Americanized form (translation into English) of German Grunemann or Grünemann: topographic name for someone who lived by the village green (compare above and Greenland ), or a habitational name for someone from any of numerous places called Grüna, Grünau, or Grüne.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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