Brief Life History of Alvin General
When Alvin General Green was born on 27 May 1829, in Carlton, Orleans, New York, United States, his father, Robert Kenyon Green, was 22 and his mother, Fanny Louise Greeley, was 23. He married Frances Abigail Gibson on 27 November 1850, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1870. He registered for military service in 1849. He died on 3 August 1912, in Cottonwood, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Murray Cemetery, Murray, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Alvin Green, "United States Census, 1870"
- Alvin General Green, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
- Alvin G Green, "Utah, Territorial Militia Records, 1849-1877"
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1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
1847
Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1868: Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States
1853
EARLIEST KNOWN BURIAL: Boy Kallen BIRTH unknown DEATH 3 Aug 1853 BURIAL Murray City Cemetery Murray, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA PLOT 08 032 6 MEMORIAL ID 59154
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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Excerpt from Murray Centennial book "Faces of Murray"
Robert Green (1806-1884) and his wife Fanny Greeley (1806-1900) with their three children immigrated to Utah from New York. George Washington Gibson (1800-1871) and his wife Mary Ann Sparks (1802-1871 …
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