When Noah H Greenleaf was born on 14 March 1813, in Monongalia, Virginia, United States, his father, George Greenleaves, was 48 and his mother, Nancy Ann Barnes, was 39. He married Matilda Townsend on 17 March 1840, in Lewis, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Gilmer, Virginia, United States in 1860 and Center District, Gilmer, West Virginia, United States for about 10 years. He died on 6 April 1896, in Cedarville, Gilmer, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Cedarville Cemetery, Cedarville, Gilmer, West Virginia, United States.
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English (Essex and Middlesex): from Middle English grene ‘green’ + lef ‘leaf’, presumably applied as a nickname, the significance of which is now lost.
Jewish (American): translation into English of the Ashkenazic artificial surname Grünblatt, a compound of German grün + Blatt ‘leaf’.
Americanized form (translation into English) of French Canadian Vertefeuille .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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