Brief Life History of Joseph
When Joseph Goodbar was born on 25 January 1815, in Rockbridge, Virginia, United States, his father, Joseph Goodbar Jr., was 33 and his mother, Mary Pell Irvine, was 32. He married Jennette B. Drummond on 23 March 1840, in Monroe, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Grand River Township, Daviess, Missouri, United States in 1860 and Missouri, United States in 1870. He died on 4 March 1889, in Daviess, Missouri, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Jameson, Daviess, Missouri, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (8)
- Joseph Goodbar, "United States Census, 1850"
- Legacy NFS Source: Joseph Goodbar - Government record: Census record: birth-name: Joseph Goodbar
- Joseph Goodbar, "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970"
Spouse and Children
1815–1889 Male
1819–1894 Female
Children (11)
1841–1881 Female
1842–1918 Male
1845–1922 Male
1846–1935 Female
1849–1935 Female
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Parents and Siblings
1781–1861 Male
1782–1821 Female
Siblings (5)
1811–1892 Male
1813–1866 Female
1815–1889 Male
1817–1893 Female
1819–1890 Male
World Events (8)
1819 · Panic! of 1819
Age 4
1820 · Making States Equal
Age 5
1836 · Remember the Alamo
Age 21
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: German Fritz.
Probably an Americanized form of German Gutbier ‘good beer’ or an altered form of its English cognate Godber .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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