Brief Life History of Thomas Milton
When Thomas Milton Goddard was born on 22 March 1816, in Laurens, South Carolina, United States, his father, George Goddard, was 22 and his mother, Mrs. Goddard, was 17. He married Sarah Elender Studdard about 1840, in South Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Tishomingo, Mississippi, United States in 1860 and Booneville, Prentiss, Mississippi, United States in 1870. He died on 8 April 1877, in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States, at the age of 61, and was buried in Siloam Cemetery, Prentiss, Mississippi, United States.
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Sources (8)
- Thos M Goddard, "United States Census, 1850"
- Legacy NFS Source: Thomas Milton Goddard - Government record: birth: 22 March 1816; Laurens, South Carolina, United States
- Goddard, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976"
Spouse and Children
1816–1877 Male
1816–1877 Female
Children (7)
1841–1870 Female
1842–1924 Male
1845–1874 Female
1848–1919 Female
1851–1929 Male
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Parents and Siblings
1795–1816 Male
1800–1816 Female
Siblings (2)
1816–1877 Male
1819–1901 Male
World Events (8)
1817
Age 1
1822 · Slave Rebellion
Age 6
1836 · Remember the Alamo
Age 20
Name Meaning
English (of Norman origin): from Godhard, a personal name composed of the ancient Germanic elements gōd ‘good’ or god, got ‘god’ + hard ‘hardy, brave, strong’. The name was popular in Europe during the Middle Ages as a result of the fame of Saint Gotthard, an 11th-century bishop of Hildesheim who founded a hospice on the pass from Switzerland to Italy that bears his name. This surname is also borne by Ashkenazic Jews, presumably as an Americanized form of one or more similar (like-sounding) Jewish surnames.
English: perhaps occasionally a variant of the occupational name Gothard . The two surnames may have been much confused.
French: variant of Godard , a cognate of 1 above.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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