Hector Reginald Greenwood
1903–1978 (Age 75)
Bairnsdale, Victoria, Australia
The Life of Hector Reginald
When Hector Reginald Greenwood was born in 1903, in Bairnsdale, Victoria, Australia, his father, Herbert John Greenwood, was 33 and his mother, Frances Maria Woodman, was 26. He died on 30 August 1978, in his hometown, at the age of 75.
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Family Time Line
Herbert John Greenwood
1870–1955
Frances Maria Woodman
1877–1946
Doris Isabel Greenwood
1900–1984
Rupert Donald Greenwood
1901–1980
Hector Reginald Greenwood
1903–1978
Irene May Greenwood
1905–1992
Harold Greenwood
1906–1961
Walter Herbert Greenwood
1909–1987
Ronald GREENWOOD
1910–2000
Maisie Blanche Greenwood
1912–2001
Parents and Siblings
1870–1955Male
1877–1946Female
siblings
(8)
1900–1984Female
1901–1980Male
1903–1978Male
1905–1992Female
1906–1961Male
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World Events (8)
1911
Age 8
Canberra is founded and designated as the capital. The Federal Capital Territory is established as an area of two 360 square kilometers in the Yass-Canberra district.
1914
Age 11
August: Australia becomes involved in World War One as Britain is preparing to declare war on Germany.
1939
Age 36
Australia joins Britain in declaration of war on Germany.
Name Meaning
1 English: topographic name for someone who lived in a dense forest, from Middle English grene ‘green’ + wode ‘wood’, or a habitational name from a minor place so named, as for example Greenwood in Heathfield, East Sussex.2 English translation of Ashkenazic Jewish Grünholz, an ornamental compound of German grün ‘green’ + Holz ‘wood’, and probably of German Grünwald ( see Gruenwald ).3 English translation of French Boisvert .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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