Brief Life History of Amos
When Amos Greenamyre was born on 17 March 1840, in Milton Township, Mahoning, Ohio, United States, his father, Solomon Greenamyer, was 28 and his mother, Mary Ann Best, was 24. He married Margaret Sisler on 25 August 1864, in Princeton, Bureau, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in Lancaster, Lancaster, Nebraska, United States in 1880 and Grant Election Precinct, Lancaster, Nebraska, United States in 1885. He died on 18 April 1926, in Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Lancaster, Nebraska, United States.
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- Amos Greenamyer, "United States Census, 1910"
- Amos Greenamyre, "Washington Deaths and Burials, 1810-1960"
- Amos Greenamyre in entry for Mytle Adelia Butler, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
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World Events (8)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1854
Historical Boundaries: 1854: Unorganized Federal Territory, United States 1855: Pierce, Nebraska Territory, United States 1856: Lancaster, Nebraska Territory, United States 1867: Lancaster, Nebraska, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
Americanized form of German Grünemeier or Grön(e)meier (see Gronemeyer ), a compound name from Middle High German grüene ‘green, fresh’ or Middle Low German grōne + Middle High German meier ‘(tenant) farmer’, probably, in the early period of surname formation, denoting a farmer whose land was in a woodland clearing. In later formations, the first element, taken from a placename or topographic feature, may have been added to distinguish the bearer from other bearers of the common surname Meyer.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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