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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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"
Spouse and Children
1880–1963 Male
1880– Female
Children (3)
1903–1968 Male
1906– Female
1910– Male
Parents and Siblings
1847– Male
1845–1924 Female
Siblings (1)
1880–1963 Male
World Events (8)
1884
Age 4
1890 · Welsh Industry Affected by U.S Tariff
Age 10
1904 · The Entente Cordiale
Age 24
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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