Caroline Greenwood

Brief Life History of Caroline

When Caroline Greenwood was born on 20 April 1839, in Morton, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Richard Greenwood, was 37 and her mother, Sarah Lockwood, was 37. She married Lawson Clayton on 22 December 1860, in Bradford, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She lived in Bingley, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom in 1841 and North Andover, Essex, Massachusetts, United States in 1880. She died on 9 August 1882, in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 43, and was buried in North Andover, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.

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Family Time Line

Lawson Clayton
1839–1918
Caroline Greenwood
1839–1882
Marriage: 22 December 1860
David Henry Clayton
1862–1940
George Clayton
1862–1919

Sources (9)

  • Caroline Clayton in household of Lawson Clayton, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Emma Caroline Greenwood, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
  • Caroline Greenwood Clayton, "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915"

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World Events (7)

1843

Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1854 · The Crimean War

The Crimean War was fought between Russia and an alliance of Britain, France, Sardinia and Turkey on the Crimean Peninsula. Russia had put pressure on Turkey which threatened British interests in the Middle East.

Name Meaning

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.

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