Brief Life History of Sarah Edna Lee
When Sarah Edna Lee Greever was born on 21 April 1874, in White Church, Wyandotte, Kansas, United States, her father, Leonidas George Washington Greever, was 44 and her mother, Sarah Hutton Porterfield, was 42. She married William Charles Allen on 16 February 1898, in Leavenworth, Leavenworth, Kansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Reno Township, Leavenworth, Kansas, United States in 1900 and Tonganoxie Township, Leavenworth, Kansas, United States in 1920. She died on 30 October 1933, in Tonganoxie, Leavenworth, Kansas, United States, at the age of 59, and was buried in Maple Grove Cemetery, Tonganoxie, Leavenworth, Kansas, United States.
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- Sadie Allen in household of William C Allen, "Kansas State Census, 1925"
- Sadie E Greever, "Kansas County Marriages, 1855-1911"
- Sarah Edna Lee Greever Allan, "Find A Grave Index"
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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.
1877 · Nicodemus is Founded
The town of Nicodemus was founded by African-American migrants from Kansas in 1877.
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
Name Meaning
Probably an Americanized form of German Grever or, alternatively, Gruber . Compare Greaver .
Alternatively, perhaps an altered form of English Graver .
History: The Greevers trace their origin to Philip Greever, born in the mid 1740s probably in Germany (or, alternatively, in MD to Philip Ernst Gruber, an earlier immigrant from Germany), who in the second half of the 18th century came to VA and settled in Washington County. In VA he married Margaret Bosang, the daughter of David Bosang, who died in 1777 and whose will mentions Philip Gruber, Jr, as his son-in-law.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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