Brief Life History of Rachel Matilda
When Rachel Matilda Green was born in 1872, in Illinois, United States, her father, Benjamin Green, was 40 and her mother, Cynthia Jane Mackey, was 29. She married Harley Erastus Davenport on 18 March 1896, in McDonough, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Hire Township, McDonough, Illinois, United States for about 30 years. She died on 30 September 1941, in Blandinsville, McDonough, Illinois, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Blandinsville, McDonough, Illinois, United States.
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- Rachel Davenport in household of Harley Davenport, "United States Census, 1940"
- Rachel Matilda Davenport, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"
- Rachel Matilda Green Davenport, "Find a Grave Index"
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1872 · The First National Park
Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
1877 · The First Workers Strike
The country was in great economic distress in mid-1877, which caused many workers of the Railroad to come together and began the first national strike in the United States. Crowds gathered in Chicago in extreme number to be a part of the strike which was later named the Great Railroad Strike. Shortly after the strike began, the battle was fought between the authorities and many of the strikers. The conflict escalated to violence and quickly each side turned bloody.
1892 · The Chicago Canal
The Chicago River Canal was built as a sewage treatment scheme to help the city's drinking water not to get contaminated. While the Canal was being constructed the Chicago River's flow was reversed so it could be treated before draining back out into Lake Michigan.
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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