William Greenwood III

Brief Life History of William

When William Greenwood III was born on 27 July 1852, in Nebraska, United States, his father, William Greenwood Jr, was 33 and his mother, Anne Hartley, was 31. He married Martha Matilda Stewart on 8 February 1877, in St. George, Washington, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Union, Oregon, United States in 1910 and Tremonton, Box Elder, Utah, United States in 1920. He died on 27 July 1930, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Greenwood III
1852–1930
Martha Matilda Stewart
1859–1907
Marriage: 8 February 1877
William Alma Greenwood
1878–1880
Anna Neal Greenwood
1880–1984
Blanche Greenwood
1882–1971
Reuben Percy Greenwood
1886–1960
Ethel Greenwood
1889–1983
Leuree Greenwood
1892–1961
Frank James Greenwood
1895–1987

Sources (41)

  • William M Greenwood, "United States Census, 1910"
  • W M Greenwood, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
  • William Greenwood, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"

World Events (8)

1854

On May 30, 1854, the Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed. It allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide whether or not they wanted to allow slavery within their borders. This Act repealed the Missouri Compromise of 1820.

1863

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

1873

Historical Boundaries 1873: Sevier, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Sevier, Utah, United States

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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RUTH GREENWOOD

RUTH GREENWOOD Ruth Greenwood was born August 8, 1865, in Beaver, Utah. She was the eleventh child of William Greenwood Jr. and Ann Hartley. When she was very young, her older brother Barney ret …

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