Brief Life History of Douglas Balfour
When Douglas Balfour Green was born on 5 October 1892, in Krugersdorp, Transvaal, South Africa, his father, Richard Thompson Green, was 30 and his mother, Margaretha Grimm, was 24. He married Vera Alice Gilson on 1 September 1920, in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa. He died on 29 June 1939, in Johannesburg, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa, at the age of 46.
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- Douglas Balfour Green, "South Africa, Transvaal, Civil Marriages, 1870-1930"
- Douglas Balfour Green, "South Africa, Transvaal, Civil Death, 1869-1954"
- Douglas Balfour Green, "South Africa, Church of the Province of South Africa, Parish Registers, 1801-2004"
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1897
Part of Zululand incorporated into British colony of Natal. King Solomon ka Dinizulu exiled.
1899
British troops gather on the Transvaal border and ignore an ultimatum to disperse. The second Anglo-Boer War begins.
1905
Last Zulu uprising against British.
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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