Brief Life History of George
When George Greening was born on 16 March 1894, in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Henry James Greening, was 24 and his mother, Emma Sophia Millwater, was 21. He married Gertrude Alice Bishop on 28 January 1922. He died on 17 April 1981, at the age of 87.
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- George Greening in household of H J Greening, "England and Wales Census, 1911"
- Legacy NFS Source: George Greening - Government record: birth-name: George Greening
- George H Greening in household of Henry J Greening, "England and Wales Census, 1901"
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World Events (8)
1904 · The Entente Cordiale
The Entente Cordiale was signed between Britain and France on April 8, 1904, to reconcile imperial interests and pave the way for future diplomatic cooperation. This ended hundreds of years of conflict between the two states.
1908
London, United Kingdom hosts Summer Olympic Games.
1918
WWI ends in November with armistice. The number of UK war dead runs to several hundred thousand.
Name Meaning
English (Gloucestershire and Dorset): nickname perhaps from an unrecorded Middle English grening, a derivative of grene ‘green’ (Old English grēne), i.e. ‘the green one’, whether physically or metaphorically ‘green’.
English: alternatively, from an unrecorded Middle English personal name Grening, a derivative (originally patronymic) of the Middle English personal name Grene. See Green .
Americanized form of German Grüning, a variant of Groening .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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