Brief Life History of Caroline A.
When Caroline A. Greenwood was born on 14 January 1839, in Anson, Somerset, Maine, United States, her father, Thaddeus Greenwood, was 45 and her mother, Melinda Caldwell, was 36. She married William Oscar Merry on 1 January 1861. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 26 June 1916, in her hometown, at the age of 77, and was buried in Madison, Somerset, Maine, United States.
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- Caroline A Greenwood in household of Thaddeus Greenwood, "United States Census, 1860"
- Caroline A Greenwood Merry, "Find A Grave Index"
- Caroline A Greenwood Merry, "Maine, Faylene Hutton Cemetery Collection, ca. 1780-1990"
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World Events (8)
1842 · Webster–Ashburton Treaty
The Webster-Ashburton Treaty was signed on August 9, 1842 and resolved the border issues between the United States and British North American colonies which had caused the Aroostook War. The treaty contained several agreements and concessions. It called for an end on the overseas slave trade and proposed that both parties share the Great Lakes. It also reaffirmed the location of the westward frontier border (near the Rocky Mountains) as well as the border between Lake Superior and Lake of the Woods. The treaty was signed by Daniel Webster (United States Secretary of State) and Alexander Baring (British Diplomat, 1st Baron Ashburton).
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English (Yorkshire and Lancashire): habitational name from Greenwood Lee in Heptonstall (Yorkshire), from Middle English grene ‘green’ + wode ‘wood’.
Americanized form (translation into English) of Jewish (Ashkenazic) Grünholz, an ornamental compound of German grün ‘green’ + Holz ‘wood’, and probably also of the same German surname.
Americanized form (translation into English) of German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) Grünwald (see Grunwald ), and of French Boisvert .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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