When Robert Kenyon Green was born on 6 June 1852, in Michigan, United States, his father, Robert Kenyon Green, was 45 and his mother, Esther Eliza Morrison, was 31. He married Mary Emeline Kenner about 1873. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Naples, Uintah, Utah, United States for about 10 years and Election Precinct 20 Davis, Uintah, Utah, United States in 1920. He died on 9 November 1925, in Vernal, Uintah, Utah, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Vernal Memorial Park, Vernal, Uintah, Utah, United States.
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A debate continues over the location of the creation of the Republican Party. Some sources claim the party was formed in Ripon, Wisconsin, on February 28, 1854. Others claim the first meeting of the Republican Party took place in Jackson, Michigan, on July 6, 1854, where the Republican Party was officially organized. Over 1,000 people were present and candidates were selected for the party, thus making it the first Republican convention.
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
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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