Brief Life History of Mary Elizabeth
When Mary Elizabeth Green was born on 17 October 1847, in Florence, Douglas, Nebraska, United States, her father, John Hyrum Green Sr., was 46 and her mother, Susannah Phillips, was 30. She married Joseph Robert Harris on 7 January 1855, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Malad, Oneida, Idaho, United States in 1900. She died on 26 September 1911, in Woodruff, Oneida, Idaho, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in Portage, Box Elder, Utah, United States.
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- Elizebeth Harris, "United States Census, 1900"
- Mary Elizebeth Harris, "Idaho Death Certificates, 1911-1937"
- Elizabeth Green in entry for Irene H Bullock, "Idaho, Southeast Counties Obituaries, 1864-2007"
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1854
Historical Boundaries: 1854: Douglas, Nebraska Territory, United States 1867: Douglas, Nebraska, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1864
Historical Boundaries 1864: Owyee, Idaho Territory, United States 1864: Oneida, Idaho Territory, United States 1890: Oneida, Idaho, United States
Name Meaning
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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