Brief Life History of Flora Platt
When Flora Platt Goodwin was born on 28 June 1862, in Nebraska, United States, her father, Levi Goodwin, was 28 and her mother, Elizabeth Violet Smith, was 19. She married Talmage Eugene Crane from January 1881 to December 1881, in Farmington, Davis, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Soda Springs, Bannock, Idaho, United States in 1900 and Tacoma, Pierce, Washington, United States for about 10 years. She died on 10 April 1946, in Seattle, King, Washington, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Seattle, King, Washington, United States.
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- Felbora McDonal in household of Levi McDonal, "United States Census, 1870"
- Flora P. Crane, "Washington Deaths and Burials, 1810-1960"
- Flora Platt Hollingsworth, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1864
Historical Boundaries 1864: Oneida, Idaho Territory, United States 1885: Bingham, Idaho Territory, United States 1890: Bingham, Idaho, United States 1893: Bannock, Idaho, United States 1919: Caribou, Idaho, United States
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
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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