Brief Life History of Charles Edward
When Charles Edward Greenland was born on 11 July 1848, in Hunslet, Yorkshire, England, his father, Charles Alfred Greenland, was 25 and his mother, Ann Margaret Richardson, was 27. He married Mary Elizabeth Dawes on 20 November 1878, in Dudley, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Tamworth, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom in 1881 and West Derby, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom in 1891. He died on 23 October 1899, in Manchester, Lancashire, England, at the age of 51, and was buried in Manchester, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom.
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- Charles E Greenland, "England and Wales Census, 1881"
- Charles Edward Greenland, "Find A Grave Index"
- Charles Edmond, "England, Lancashire, Liverpool, Baptisms, 1557-1919"
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World Events (7)
1850 · Coal Fields in South Wales Developed
Like the iron and copper mines, the coal fields in South Wales were very important to the industrial revolution. Many of those that worked in the coal mines were part of the Merthyr uprising.
1850 · Belle Vue Gaol Opens
Belle Vue Gaol was a Victorian prison in Gorton, Manchester. The living conditions for the prisoners were horrible. It was intended to be a prison for both males and females and also became a military prison. In 1892, the prison was demolished.
1867 · Great Reform Act of 1867
The Great Reform Act of 1867 gave males the right to vote. This also helped to form the Welsh Liberal Party. It was the second of three reforms that would take place.
Name Meaning
English: topographic name for someone who lived ‘(by the) green meadow’, Middle English grene, grein + land, or a habitational name from a minor place so named.
Americanized form (translation into English) of Dutch Groenland and possibly also of German Grönland: habitational name from any of several farmsteads or hamlets so named, with the same meaning as 1 above, from Dutch groen, Low German grön ‘green’ + land ‘land’. The surname Grönland is very rare in Germany.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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