When Othniel Niles Charles Green was born on 23 December 1872, in Mansfield, Cattaraugus, New York, United States, his father, Othniel Greene Jr, was 115 and his mother, Elizabeth Johnson, was 122. He married Louisa H Meacham on 5 June 1828, in Cattaraugus, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 3 daughters. He died on 2 August 1941, in Mansfield, Cattaraugus, New York, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Maples Cemetery, Mansfield, Cattaraugus, New York, United States.
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English: either a nickname for someone who was fond of dressing in this color (Old English grēne) or was young or immature, or who had played the part of the ‘Green Man’ in the May Day celebrations, or a topographic name for someone who lived near a village green (Middle English grene, a transferred use of the color term). This is one of the most common and widespread of English surnames. In North America it has assimilated cognates from other languages, notably German Grün (see Gruen ) and Dutch Groen ; compare 7 below. This surname is also very common among African Americans.
English: alternatively, from a Middle English personal name Grene.
Irish: adopted for Ó hUainín ‘descendant of Uainín’, a personal name from a pet form of uaine ‘green’, see Honan .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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