When Almira Louisa Greenleaf was born on 27 February 1838, in Woodstock, Windsor, Vermont, United States, her father, Charles Ward Greenleaf, was 32 and her mother, Louisa Harriet Howe Greenwood, was 29. She married Thomas Howard White on 2 November 1858, in Orange, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 19 September 1900, in Perris, Riverside, California, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States.
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U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
The Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati Railroad started running in February 1851, 15 years after it was charted for construction. It later absorbed a small bankrupt railroad in 1861 to help expand its services beyond just Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati. In May 1868, the railroad merged with the Bellefontaine Railway to connect the current cities with Indianapolis.
The Perry Monument was erected at the center of Public Square to commemorate the victory of the Battle of Lake Erie by Oliver Hazard Perry. It was Ohio's first monumental sculpture. It has since been moved to Fort Huntington Park.
English (Essex and Middlesex): from Middle English grene ‘green’ + lef ‘leaf’, presumably applied as a nickname, the significance of which is now lost.
Jewish (American): translation into English of the Ashkenazic artificial surname Grünblatt, a compound of German grün + Blatt ‘leaf’.
Americanized form (translation into English) of French Canadian Vertefeuille .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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