Brief Life History of Sophia
When Sophia Goff was born on 29 January 1800, in Hartland, Windsor, Vermont, United States, her father, Hezekiah Goff, was 22 and her mother, Salle Willard, was 16. She married Jonathan Delano Smith about 1820, in Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Sutton, Brome, Quebec, Canada in 1871. She died on 10 August 1884, in Richford, Franklin, Vermont, United States, at the age of 84.
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Sources (8)
- Sophia Davis in household of Gardner Davis, "United States Census, 1860"
- Sophia Davis in household of O J Smith, "United States Census, 1880"
- Sophia Goff, "Vermont, Births and Christenings, 1765-1908"
Spouse and Children
1795–1848 Male
1800–1884 Female
Children (3)
1820–1892 Female
1828–1899 Male
1829– Female
Parents and Siblings
1778–1819 Male
1784–1867 Female
Siblings (8)
1800–1884 Female
1802– Female
1803–1874 Male
1807–1907 Female
1809– Female
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World Events (8)
1803
Age 3
1803 · The U.S doubles in size
Age 3
1825 · The Crimes Act
Age 25
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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