Brief Life History of Martha Jane
When Martha Jane Godfrey was born on 24 October 1854, in Rock Township, Jefferson, Missouri, United States, her father, John Phillip Godfrey, was 29 and her mother, Narcissa Walker, was 27. She married James Madison Sutton on 1 October 1871, in Douglas, Kansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Kansas, United States in 1870 and Wyandotte, Kansas, United States in 1910. She died on 27 December 1931, in Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas, United States.
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Sources (10)
- M J Potts, "United States Census, 1920"
- Martha Jane Godfrey, "Kansas County Marriages, 1855-1911"
- Martha Jane Godfrey Sutton-Potts, "Find A Grave Index"
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1855
Historical Boundaries: 1855: Douglas, Kansas Territory, United States 1861: Douglas, Kansas, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
English (of Norman origin): from the Norman personal name Godefrei, Godefroi(s), composed of the ancient Germanic elements god, got ‘god’ + frid(u), fred ‘peace’. See also Jeffrey .
Irish: shortened and Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Gothraidh or Ó Gothraidh, ‘descendant of Gothfrith’, an Old Norse personal name often Anglicized as Godfrey. Compare McGorry , McCaffrey .
History: An Irish family of the name Godfrey originated in Romney, Kent. The first of them to settle in Ireland was Colonel John Godfrey, who was rewarded with lands in Kerry for his services in the 1641 rebellion. Godefroy, Lord of Normanville, from Normandy, was married in Trois-Rivières, QC, in 1636. He was captured by the Iroquois in 1652. His brother, Lord of Linctot, from Rouen, was also married in 1636 in Trois-Rivières, and lived from 1629 to 1632 among the Hurons. Another Godefroy, from Paris, was a trader and interpreter from 1623.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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