Charles Edward Greening

Brief Life History of Charles Edward

When Charles Edward Greening was born on 4 March 1872, in Holliday, Shawnee, Johnson, Kansas, United States, his father, William Henry Greening, was 25 and his mother, Martha E. Ford, was 22. He married Laura Ann Ogden on 16 May 1894, in Holliday, Shawnee, Johnson, Kansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Shawnee Township, Wyandotte, Kansas, United States in 1910 and Grand Canyon, Coconino, Arizona, United States for about 10 years. He died on 27 February 1953, in Williams, Coconino, Arizona, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Williams, Coconino, Arizona, United States.

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Family Time Line

Charles Edward Greening
1872–1953
Laura Ann Ogden
1874–1955
Marriage: 16 May 1894
Elzeda Sanora Greening
1896–1984
John K. Greening
Edna Hildreth Greening
1898–1962
Madonna Grace Greening
1901–1986
Charles Ogden Greening
1903–1971
Howard Lewis Greening
1909–1992

Sources (12)

  • Charles Graening in household of William Graening, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Charles Greening, "Kansas County Marriages, 1855-1911"
  • Charles E. Greening, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

1881

Historical Boundaries 1881: Yavapai, Arizona Territory, United States 1891: Coconino, Arizona Territory, United States 1912: Coconino, Arizona, United States

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

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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