Brief Life History of Orlando Joseph
When Orlando Joseph Goddard was born on 24 July 1853, in Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Samuel Goddard, was 44 and his mother, Eliza Edith Pike, was 26. He married Ellen Florance Brimhall on 27 March 1873, in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. He lived in Auburn, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States in 1865 and Massachusetts, United States in 1870. He died on 28 October 1876, in Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 23, and was buried in Hope Cemetery, Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.
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- O J Goddard in household of Eliza E Goddard, "Massachusetts State Census, 1865"
- Olsander Joseph Goddard, "Massachusetts, Births, 1841-1915"
- Orlando J. Goddard, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915"
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World Events (6)
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1863 · The Battle at Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg involved the largest number of casualties of the entire Civil war and is often described as the war's turning point. Between 46,000 and 51,000 soldiers lost their lives during the three-day Battle. To honor the fallen soldiers, President Abraham Lincoln read his historic Gettysburg Address and helped those listening by redefining the purpose of the war.
1866 · The First Civil Rights Act
The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.
Name Meaning
English (of Norman origin): from Godhard, a personal name composed of the ancient Germanic elements gōd ‘good’ or god, got ‘god’ + hard ‘hardy, brave, strong’. The name was popular in Europe during the Middle Ages as a result of the fame of Saint Gotthard, an 11th-century bishop of Hildesheim who founded a hospice on the pass from Switzerland to Italy that bears his name. This surname is also borne by Ashkenazic Jews, presumably as an Americanized form of one or more similar (like-sounding) Jewish surnames.
English: perhaps occasionally a variant of the occupational name Gothard . The two surnames may have been much confused.
French: variant of Godard , a cognate of 1 above.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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