When Alice Goodwin was born in 1861, in San Joaquin, California, United States, her father, Jesse S Goodwin, was 32 and her mother, Lucetta Jane Purdy, was 18. She married Robert P Pollock on 5 February 1877, in Sloughhouse, Sacramento, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She lived in California, United States in 1870 and Cosumne, Sacramento, California, United States in 1880. She died about 1880, in Sloughhouse, Sacramento, California, United States, at the age of 20, and was buried in Sloughhouse, Sacramento, California, United States.
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Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
The Battle of Gettysburg involved the largest number of casualties of the entire Civil war and is often described as the war's turning point. Between 46,000 and 51,000 soldiers lost their lives during the three-day Battle. To honor the fallen soldiers, President Abraham Lincoln read his historic Gettysburg Address and helped those listening by redefining the purpose of the war.
This Act was to restrict the power of the President removing certain office holders without approval of the Senate. It denies the President the power to remove any executive officer who had been appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate, unless the Senate approved the removal during the next full session of Congress. The Amendment was later repealed.
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).
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