After starting the Wikipedia on Frederick Thomas Green (which is still not finished), I have now also started one on his older brother Henry Green.
I'm intending to add ones on some of the other members of the family, unless someone else does so first.
Since Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, one obviously cannot simply add biographies of every member of one's family. They need to have played a sufficiently significant role in history to make them worthy of inclusion. Fred, Arthur, Henry and Edward Lister Green all made it into the Dictionary of South African biography, so i reckon that gives gives them a claim to inclusion in Wikipedia as well. Apart from anything else, the Wikipedia articles can correct some of the inaccuracies of the DASB ones.
I think Charles Alexander Green might also warrant inclusion, though most of what is known about him is actually included in Fred's biography.
Another who might be worth including is Margaret Agnes Ann Thwaites, formerly Francis, formerly Wilson, born Green, alias Glasgow, alias Elliot. Her claim to inclusion is probably her pioneering work in education in Queanbeyan, New South Wales. Perhaps Bob cowley could write that one, since he is not only descended from her, but has done a lot of the work already.
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Wikipedia link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Thomas_Green
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