Bertrand Lafayette Goode

Brief Life History of Bertrand Lafayette

When Bertrand Lafayette Goode was born in 1816, in Huntsville, Madison, Alabama, United States, his father, Joel H Goode, was 32 and his mother, Mary Majors, was 32. He married Nancy Jane Allen on 13 October 1848, in Caddo, Louisiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Panola, Panola, Texas, United States in 1850. He died from 1870 to 1880, in East Texas, Lower Macungie Township, Lehigh, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Bertrand Lafayette Goode
1816–1880
Nancy Jane Allen
1829–1914
Marriage: 13 October 1848
Mary L. Goode
1849–
Nancy J. Goode
1855–
Robert Alexander Goode
1852–1931
Virginia Goode
1855–1878
Montgomery Goode
1857–1860

Sources (7)

  • B L Goode, "United States, Census (Slave Schedule), 1850 "
  • Legacy NFS Source: Bertrand Lafayette Goode - birth-name: Bertrand Lafayette Goode
  • B S Goode, "Louisiana, Parish Marriages, 1787-1958"

World Events (8)

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

1832

The township was created in 1832 when Macungie Township was divided into Upper Macungie Township and Lower Macungie Township.

1836 · Remember the Alamo

Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

Name Meaning

English (Midlands): variant of Good . This name has been used in Ireland since the 16th century.

Possibly an Americanized form of Dutch Goede .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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