When Bela Goodyear was born in 1799, in Hamden, New Haven, Connecticut, United States, his father, Simeon Goodyear, was 34 and his mother, Hannah Beardslee, was 31. He married Delia A. Gill on 16 November 1826. They were the parents of at least 7 sons. He lived in North East Village, New Haven, Connecticut, United States for about 30 years. He died on 23 August 1885, at the age of 86, and was buried in North East Village, New Haven, Connecticut, United States.
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While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
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English: probably a nickname from Middle English expression gode ‘good’ (Old English gōd) + year, yere ‘year’, commonly used as an intensifier in questions, e.g. ‘What the good year?’. Perhaps bestowed on someone who frequently used the saying, possibly also in the sense ‘(as I hope to have a) good year’ or as a New Year salutation.
Americanized form (translation into English) of German Gutjahr .
History: The inventor of vulcanized rubber, Charles Goodyear (1800–60) was of the fourth generation descended from Stephen Goodyear (1598–1658), who succeeded Gov. Theophilus Eaton as leader of the company of London merchants that founded the New Haven colony in CT in 1638.
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