Geniveve Sweet

Brief Life History of Geniveve

When Geniveve Sweet was born on 1 September 1860, in Joliet, Will, Illinois, United States, her father, Lewis Gilbert Sweet, was 29 and her mother, Charlotte Frances Buell, was 28. She married William Morgan Green on 23 February 1881, in Channahon, Will, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. She lived in Lockport Township, Will, Illinois, United States in 1900 and Lockport, Will, Illinois, United States in 1910. She died on 5 April 1932, in Saint Petersburg, Pinellas, Florida, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Joliet, Will, Illinois, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Morgan Green
1858–
Geniveve Sweet
1860–1932
Marriage: 23 February 1881
Lois Frances Green
1887–1974
Jessie Green
1889–1973
Gertrude Buell Green
1891–1927
Ralph William Green
1895–

Sources (14)

  • Geneveve Green in household of Wm Green, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Geneveiv Sweet, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
  • Genevieve Green, "Florida Deaths, 1877-1939"

World Events (8)

1861

Florida has had 6 Constitutions since it became a state. The first Constitution was drafted in Saint Joseph, now known as Port St. Joe. Presently Florida is governed by the Constitution of 1968.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

Name Meaning

English (Somerset): from the Middle English personal name Swet(e) (Old English Swēt(a) (male), Swēte (female)), or else a nickname from Middle English swet(e), sweyt ‘sweet; pleasing; beloved; attractive’ (Old English swēte, swōt), from which the personal names derive. Compare Swett .

Americanized form (translation into English) of German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) Suess and French Ledoux ‘the gentle, the sweet’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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