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