Brief Life History of Ephraim
When Ephraim Green was born on 9 May 1796, in Andover, Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States, his father, Eliphalet Green, was 36 and his mother, Jane "Jennie" Cilley, was 16. He married Amelia Babb in 1820. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Gilford, Belknap, New Hampshire, United States for about 10 years and Michigan, United States in 1870. He died on 16 August 1871, in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Laconia, Belknap, New Hampshire, United States.
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- Epherin Green in household of Thomas Jenkins, "United States Census, 1870"
- Ephraim Green, "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900"
- Ephraim Green, "New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947"
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1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
1805
The Territory of Michigan was organized as an incorporated territory of the United States on June 30, 1805, with Detroit as the territorial capital.
1817 · Catholepistemiad Established
The University of Michigan, also known as Catholepistemiad, was established in Detroit on August 26 by the governor of the Michigan Territory. Rev. John Monteith became its first president and held seven of the professorships and Father Gabriel Richard was made vice president and held the other six professorships. When Lansing was chosen as the state capital, the city of Ann Arbor offered land to the university, which caused the university to fully move in 1837.
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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