Samuel Glass Greenland

Male26 December 1880–1963

Brief Life History of Samuel Glass

When Samuel Glass Greenland was born on 26 December 1880, in Chipping Sodbury, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Edward Greenland, was 34 and his mother, Maria Stowe, was 35. He had at least 2 sons and 1 daughter with Edith May Iles. He lived in Bristol, England, United Kingdom for about 10 years and Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, Wales, United Kingdom in 1939. In 1911, at the age of 31, his occupation is listed as baker & van man in Bristol, England, United Kingdom. He died in 1963, in Carmarthenshire, Wales, United Kingdom, at the age of 83.

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Family Time Line

Samuel Glass Greenland
1880–1963
Edith May Iles
1880–
Harold Hector Greenland
1903–1968
Clarice May Greenland
1906–
Clifford Kenneth Greenland
1910–

Sources (7)

  • Samuel Greenland in household of Edward Greenland, "England and Wales Census, 1891"
  • Samuel Glass Greenland, "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008"
  • Samuel Glass Greenland, "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005"

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Children (3)

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World Events (8)

1884

Age 4

Art Nouveau Period (Art and Antiques).

1890 · Welsh Industry Affected by U.S Tariff 

Age 10

In 1890, President McKinley and Congress passed the McKinley Tariff, which have had direct effect on Southern Wales. All foreign exports were taxed, including tinplates from the iron and copper mines in Wales.

1904 · The Entente Cordiale

Age 24

The Entente Cordiale was signed between Britain and France on April 8, 1904, to reconcile imperial interests and pave the way for future diplomatic cooperation. This ended hundreds of years of conflict between the two states.

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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