When Lucy Louisa Wisdom was born on 20 May 1816, in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, her father, John Wisdom, was 37 and her mother, Elizabeth Elliot, was 30. She married Benjamin Pike Green on 30 August 1835, in Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 7 daughters. She immigrated to Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1855. She died on 20 May 1870, in Upper Lake, Lake, California, United States, at the age of 54, and was buried in Lakeview Cemetery, Township of Elk, Lake, Michigan, United States.
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English (Middlesex, Surrey, Hampshire, and Kent): nickname for a wise or learned person, from Middle English wisdom (Old English wīsdōm) ‘wisdom, learning’.
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BENJAMIN PIKE GREEN & LUCY WISDOM GREEN & daughter SUSAN GREEN BINGHAM Researched by Fred D. Halls 1997 Benjamin Pike Green was born 27 Sep. 1809, in Lawrencetown, Nova Scotia, Canada. His parents …
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