Brief Life History of Edgar
When Edgar Green was born on 5 September 1851, in Liberty Township, Wabash, Indiana, United States, his father, Timothy Green, was 30 and his mother, Catherine Webb, was 26. He married Mary Ann Spradling on 5 September 1872, in Wabash, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He died on 7 October 1905, in La Fontaine, Liberty Township, Wabash, Indiana, United States, at the age of 54, and was buried in La Fontaine, Liberty Township, Wabash, Indiana, United States.
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- Edgar Green in household of Timothy Green, "United States Census, 1860"
- Edgar Green, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
- Edgar Green, "Find A Grave Index"
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1856 · The Town of Santa Claus
The town of Santa Fe was denied their application for a United States Postal Service as a town of Santa Fe, Indiana, was already established. Several meetings were held and the name was changed to Santa Claus, Indiana. The United States Postal Service granted their application. Due to the name, the post office in Santa Claus continues to receive thousands of letters to Santa Claus from children around the world each December.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1866 · The First Civil Rights Act
The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.
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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