Brief Life History of Abraham
When Abraham Greenwood was born in December 1847, in Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom, his father, Abraham Greenwood, was 37 and his mother, Alice Ashworth, was 37. He lived in Hancock Township, Hancock, Illinois, United States in 1850 and Warsaw, Hancock, Illinois, United States in 1860.
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Family Time Line
Sources (3)
- Abraham Greenwood in household of Alice Greenwood, "United States Census, 1860"
- Abram Greenwood in household of Abram Greenwood, "United States Census, 1850"
- Legacy NFS Source: Abraham Greenwood - Government record: birth: December 1847; Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Parents and Siblings
1810–1855 Male
1810–1882 Female
Siblings (4)
1844– Female
1846–1850 Female
1847– Male
1854–1895 Female
World Events (8)
1854 · The Crimean War
Age 7
1863
Age 16
1880 · School Attendance Becomes Mandatory for Children
Age 33
Name Meaning
English (Yorkshire and Lancashire): habitational name from Greenwood Lee in Heptonstall (Yorkshire), from Middle English grene ‘green’ + wode ‘wood’.
Americanized form (translation into English) of Jewish (Ashkenazic) Grünholz, an ornamental compound of German grün ‘green’ + Holz ‘wood’, and probably also of the same German surname.
Americanized form (translation into English) of German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) Grünwald (see Grunwald ), and of French Boisvert .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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