Othniel Niles Charles Green

Brief Life History of Othniel Niles Charles

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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Family Time Line

Othniel Niles Charles Green
1872–1941
Louisa H Meacham
1842–1916
Emmett Greene
1829–1830
Horace Greene
1830–
Sanford F Greene
1832–1891
Lovisa A. Greene
1833–1918
Charles Green
1836–1903
Lucinda Greene
1838–1853
Othniel Greene
1840–1941
William H Greene
1847–1926
Huldah O. Greene
1850–1927
Benjamin Franklin Greene
1852–1872

Sources (10)

  • Athniel Green, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Othniel Charles Green, "Find a Grave Index"
  • Othniel Green, "United States Census, 1860"

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.

1875 · A New Civil Rights Act

During the response to civil rights violations to African Americans, the bill was passed giving African Americans equal treatment in public accommodations, public transportation, and to prohibit exclusion from jury duty. While many in the public opposed this law, the African Americans greatly favored it.

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: 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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