Eleanor (Green) Piel (1911 - 2006)

Born 8 Feb 1911 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

Died 20 Feb 2006 at age 95 in Sherman, Connecticut, USA

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Biography

Eleanor Green was born in Milwaukee, Wis. on February 8, 1911, attended school there, and spent two years and many summers at "Bonnie Oaks," her ancestral and historic home near Portage, Wis. She was a "founding daughter" and member of the first class to graduate from Sarah Lawrence College, class of 1930.

In 1952, she married William Piel, Jr. chief litigator at the law firm of Sullivan and Cromwell in New York City. They shared a Greenwich Village townhouse in the city as well as their "Tree House" country home in Sherman.

Accomplished in music and dance, Eleanor Green was a writer of short stories and novels, including: The Hill (1936), Pastoral (1937), Ariadne Spinning (1941), The Dear Little Doves (1941), Today or Tomorrow (1945), Beautyrest (1947), and Dora (1948). These were republished under the compilation title, Pilgrims and Strangers (1998).

Records

Census

US Census 1920 (living in Milwaukee Ward 18, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA):

• Harrison S Greene Head M 46 1874 Wisconsin (father born in PA, mother in England)
• Mildred O Greene Wife F 47 1873 Wisconsin (father born in OH, mother born in VT)
• Catherine Greene Daughter F 15 1905 Wisconsin
• Margaret Greene Daughter F 11 1909 Wisconsin
• Eleanor Greene Daughter F 8 1912 Wisconsin
• Eleanor A Pipkorn Servant F 25 Wisconsin
• Fred W Mathiesson Lodger M 27 Wisconsin

US Census 1930 (living in Douglas, Marquette, Wisconsin, USA):

• Mildred G Green Head F Divorced 57 1873 Wisconsin (father born in OH, mother born in VT)
• Margot Green Daughter F 21 1909 Wisconsin
• Eleanor Green F 19 1911 Wisconsin
• Elinor Webb Servant F 54 Wisconsin
• Gustave Witt Lodger M 60 Germany
• Otto G Beyer Partner M

Sources

• Eleanor Piel from www.geni.com

• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFK2-YF7 : accessed 3 April 2016), Eleanor Greene in household of Harrison S Greene, Milwaukee Ward 18, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States; citing sheet 5A, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,822,002.

• "United States Census, 1930", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X99Q-FG2 : accessed 3 April 2016), Eleanor Green in entry for Mildred G Green, 1930.

• "New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2HMZ-3LP : accessed 3 April 2016), Eleanor Piel, 1952; citing Immigration, New York City, New York, United States, NARA microfilm publication T715 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2H4B-LSK : accessed 3 April 2016), Eleanor Piel, 1954; citing Immigration, New York City, New York, United States, NARA microfilm publication T715 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2HDL-TRB : accessed 3 April 2016), Eleanor G Piel, 1956; citing Immigration, New York City, New York, United States, NARA microfilm publication T715 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "United States Public Records, 1970-2009," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KGKQ-3ZM : accessed 3 April 2016), Piel Eleanor Green, Residence, Sherman, Connecticut, United States; a third party aggregator of publicly available information.

• "United States Public Records, 1970-2009," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KGKQ-3DL : accessed 3 April 2016), Eleanor G Piel, Residence, Sherman, Connecticut, United States; a third party aggregator of publicly available information.

• FindAGrave Memorial from www.findagrave.com