Researching Chester Greenough
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 756 people with the Greenough surname? In that year Greenough was ranked number 2825 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Chester means "From the fortified camp" and is of Latin origin.
Records of Chester Greenough on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Chester Greenough and the Greenough Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Greenough Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources listed below it will be possible to locate a birth record and, from that record, a birth certificate may be obtainable which is likely to list the names of the parents, therefore taking you back another generation. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Greenough family tree.
Check out Parish Records for Chester Greenough at Find My Past.
Study for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Chester Greenough using the FreeBMD database.
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| Did you know that there are currently 913 people with the Greenough surname in the UK? Greenough is now ranked number 3182 for popularity in the UK. |
Greenough Family Tree Databases
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Greenough Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 3038 people with the Greenough surname in the USA? Greenough is ranked number 156 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Greenough Databases
Study the Ellis Island Database for information on Chester Greenough. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Chester Greenough
Chester Noyes Greenough
Chester Noyes Greenough (1874 – February 27, 1938) was a Professor of English and Dean at Harvard University.
Born in Wakefield, Massachusetts in 1874, Greenough graduated from Harvard College in 1898, received his master's degree in 1899 and his doctorate in 1904, both from Harvard University. He taught at Harvard briefly before becoming head of the English Department at the University of Illinois in 1907. He returned to Harvard as Assistant Professor of English in 1910 and became Professor of English in 1915.
While serving a two-year term as Acting Dean of Harvard College from 1919 to 1921, he played a principal role in Harvard's purge of homosexuals known as the Secret Court of 1920.
He held the post of Dean from 1921 to 1927. He became the first Master of Dunster House, a Harvard student residence, serving from 1930 to 1934.
One of his publications, History of Literature in America, which he authored with Barrett Wendell, became a popular textbook.
He married twice. His first wife, Marietta McPherson, died in 1925. He married Ruth Hornblower Atkins, who survived him, in 1931. He died in Belmont Massachusetts, on February 27, 1938.
Greenough Hall, a Harvard dormitory, is named for him.
Source: Chester Noyes Greenough, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Greenough
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