Brief Life History of Mary Highley
When Mary Highley Goodwin was born on 4 January 1879, in Scott, Iowa, United States, her father, Alonzo Lee Goodwin, was 30 and her mother, Emma C Highley, was 32. She married George Washington Thornburgh on 12 February 1896, in Anita, Cass, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Jerauld, South Dakota, United States in 1920 and Afton, Union, Iowa, United States for about 10 years. She died on 10 February 1956, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Park Hill Cemetery, Vancouver, Clark, Washington, United States.
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- Mary H Thornburg in household of George W Thornburg, "United States Census, 1930"
- Mary Goodwin, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
- Mary Highly Goodwin Thornburg, "Find A Grave Index"
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1882
Historical Boundaries: 1882: Faulk, Dakota Territory, United States 1889: Faulk, South Dakota, United States
1889 · Washington Becomes a State
On November 11, 1889, Washington Territory became Washington State the 42nd state to enter the Union. The state was named in honor of George Washington.
1900 · Frederick Weyerhaeuser's Logging Business
Weyerhaeuser Company started with 900,000 acres of timberland, with barely 3 employees and a small office in Tacoma, Washington. It has grown to become one of the largest sustainable forest products companies in the world.
Name Meaning
English: from the Middle English personal name Godwin (Old English Gōdwine). Compare Godwin .
Irish: adopted in Mayo for Ó Goidín, a variant of Ó Godáin, ‘descendant of Godán’, a diminutive personal name from got ‘stammering, lisping’.
History: This name was brought independently to New England by many bearers from the 17th century onward. William Goodwin was one of the founders of Hartford, CT, in 1635 (coming from Cambridge, MA with Thomas Hooker).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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