Brief Life History of Grace
When Grace Green was born on 17 February 1879, in Dumont, Clear Creek, Colorado, United States, her father, Vinson Green, was 30 and her mother, Lena Ewers, was 22. She married Chester Arthur River on 31 August 1900, in Gypsum, Eagle, Colorado, United States. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Leadville, Lake, Colorado, United States in 1885 and Garfield, Colorado, United States in 1920. She died on 14 February 1944, at the age of 64.
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Family Time Line
Sources (10)
- Grace Rivers, "United States Census, 1940"
- Grace Green, "Colorado Statewide Marriage Index, 1853-2006"
- Legacy NFS Source: Grace Green - Individual or family possessions: death: ; Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado, United States
Spouse and Children
1875–1931 Male
1879–1944 Female
Children (13)
1901–1919 Male
1903–1994 Male
1907–1993 Male
1909–1961 Male
1909–1909 Male
+8 More Children
Parents and Siblings
1849–1903 Male
1856–1926 Female
Siblings (9)
1877–1942 Female
1879–1944 Female
1881–1903 Male
1883–1892 Female
1885–1952 Male
+4 More Children
World Events (8)
1880
Age 1
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Age 2
1898 · War with the Spanish
Age 19
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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