Donald Austin Green

Male30 November 1919–15 March 1972

Brief Life History of Donald Austin

When Donald Austin Green was born on 30 November 1919, in Burlington, Des Moines, Iowa, United States, his father, Henry Elliott Green, was 21 and his mother, Ila V Dugger, was 22. He married Doris Esther Van Osdol on 12 July 1944, in Burlington, Des Moines, Iowa, United States. He died on 15 March 1972, in Athens, Athens, Ohio, United States, at the age of 52, and was buried in Aspen Grove Cemetery, Burlington, Des Moines, Iowa, United States.

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Donald Austin Green
1919–1972
Doris Esther Van Osdol
1924–2019
Marriage: 12 July 1944

Sources (8)

  • Donald Green in household of Henry E Green, "Iowa State Census, 1925"
  • Donald Austin Green, "Iowa, County Births, 1880-1935"
  • Donald Green, "Iowa, Marriage Records, 1941-1951"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    12 July 1944Burlington, Des Moines, Iowa, United States

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    Siblings (2)

    World Events (8)

    1920

    Age 1

    The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.

    1922 · Oldest radio station west of the Mississippi

    Age 3

    The Karlowa Radio Corporation, in Davenport, was issued a new license for broadcasting and with it they were randomly assigned call letters of WOC. The small studio was the first to reach the Iowa area and was identified as one of 21 stations that were desirable because of coverage area and performance. In September 1927, WOC became a member of the new NBC radio network and still is today. In 1932, Ronald Reagan got his first broadcasting job at WOC as a sportscaster and he returned in 1988 after his presidency tour. WOC is the oldest surviving broadcasting station in the middle Mississippi Valley and was the first to keep logs on their electrical consumption and their on-air programming.

    1934 · The Grout Museum

    Age 15

    The museum started as a private collection given to the city by Henry W. Grout. Today it is still a nonprofit educational museum that helps engage students and all people from the surrounding communities.

    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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