When Ruthy Goff was born in 1804, in Guilford, North Carolina, United States, her father, Samuel Goff, was 27 and her mother, Elleanor Simpson, was 31. She married Elijah Duncan on 29 December 1820, in Rockingham, Richmond, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She died before 1835, in Sangamon, Illinois, United States.
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Lewis and Clark set out from St. Louis, MO to explore the West.
With not having a very clear statement in the Constitution about Presidents and Vice Presidents, the Twelfth Amendment was Born. Before the Electoral College could cast two votes for those that they saw fit for President. This was changed to just one electoral vote for President and one electoral vote for Vice President. With the amount of people even allowed to vote, there was no way for there to be a tie during the elections.
Historical Boundaries: 1821: Sangamon, Illinois, United States
English: if originally pronounced with a soft G-, this is from the Middle English personal name Goff(e), Joff(e), a short form of Geoffrey (see Jeffrey ).
English (of Cornish and Breton origin): occupational name from Cornish and Breton goff ‘smith’ (cognate with Gaelic gobha). The surname is common in East Anglia, where it is of Breton origin, introduced by followers of William the Conqueror.
Welsh and Cornish: nickname from a variant of Welsh or Cornish coch, goch ‘red(-haired)’; see Gough .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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