Brief Life History of Mamie Amelia
When Mamie Amelia Goff was born in November 1887, in Converse, Wyoming, United States, her father, Willard Richard Goff, was 33 and her mother, Mary Francis Brown, was 26. She married John Edward Morgan on 16 April 1909, in Spokane, Spokane, Washington, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Roslyn, Kittitas, Washington, United States in 1920. She died on 27 October 1958, in Seattle, King, Washington, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Evergreen, Transvaal, South Africa.
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Sources (21)
- Minnie A Morgan in household of John E Morgan, "United States Census, 1910"
- Legacy NFS Source: Mamie Amelia Goff - Individual or family possessions: birth: 30 November 1887; Almy, Uinta, Wyoming, United States
- Mamie Goff, "Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008"
Spouse and Children
1882–1948 Male
1887–1958 Female
Children (3)
1910–1983 Male
1913–1977 Male
1921–2010 Female
Parents and Siblings
1854–1898 Male
1861–1897 Female
Siblings (7)
1880–1953 Female
1881–1957 Male
1885–1958 Male
1887–1958 Female
1890–1947 Male
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World Events (8)
1889 · Washington Becomes a State
Age 2
1890
Age 3
1906 · Saving Food Labels
Age 19
Name Meaning
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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