When Raymond Williams Green was born on 14 June 1894, in Wellsville, Cache, Utah, United States, his father, Heber Chase Kimball Green, was 32 and his mother, Elizabeth Jane Williams, was 28. He married Nellie Elizabeth Crook on 7 September 1922, in Utah, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Inglewood Judicial Township, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1940 and Logan, Cache, Utah, United States in 1950. He registered for military service in 1918. He died on 25 May 1978, in Spokane, Spokane, Washington, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Wellsville Cemetery, Wellsville, Cache, Utah, United States.
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A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
The Logan Temple Barn was built on the edge of the Logan temple property to house the animals belonging to the builders of the temple. It was one of only two stone barns built in Cache Valley. These barns became obsolete during the rise of the automobile era. The building and the land it was on was sold in 1919 and became an automobile repair shop. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 19, 1985, and is still standing today.
Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.
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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