When Mary Greenwood was born on 1 May 1811, in Walsden, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, her father, James Greenwood, was 45 and her mother, Elizabeth Law, was 41. She married William Broadbent on 6 June 1836, in Oldham, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. She immigrated to United States in 1845 and lived in Jersey Township, Jersey, Illinois, United States in 1860 and Utah, United States in 1870. She died on 7 December 1889, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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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.
Possible Related NamesMARY GREENWOOD Mary Greenwood was born April 30, 1811 in Todmorden, Lancashire, England. She was the twelfth child of thirteen children born to James Greenwood and Elizabeth Law. She married William …
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