Brief Life History of Emmaretta Eliza
When Emmaretta Eliza Green was born on 23 April 1855, in Chesterton, Westchester Township, Porter, Indiana, United States, her father, Robert Kenyon Green, was 48 and her mother, Esther Eliza Morrison, was 34. She died in 1857, in Scotts Bluff, Nebraska, United States, at the age of 2.
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- Legacy NFS Source: Emmaretta Eliza Green - Church record: birth: 23 April 1855; Chesterton, Porter, Indiana, United States
- Emmaretta Eliza Green, "Utah Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel Database, 1847-1868"
- Legacy NFS Source: Emmaretta Eliza Green -
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1856 · The Town of Santa Claus
The town of Santa Fe was denied their application for a United States Postal Service as a town of Santa Fe, Indiana, was already established. Several meetings were held and the name was changed to Santa Claus, Indiana. The United States Postal Service granted their application. Due to the name, the post office in Santa Claus continues to receive thousands of letters to Santa Claus from children around the world each December.
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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Emmaetta Eliza Green
Emmaetta Eliza Green, born 23 April 1855 in Chesterton, Westchester Township, Porter, Indiana; died 1857 by Scotts Bluff, Nebraska. Remembered at the Pioneer Children’s Memorial; Stone 8 Emmaretta …
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