When George Henry Goodenough was born on 7 May 1835, in Chippawa, Stamford Township, Welland, Ontario, Canada, his father, George Washington Goodenough, was 31 and his mother, Sarah "Sally" Rogers, was 26. He married Margaret Rachel Billhoffer on 26 May 1861, in Tonawanda, Erie, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Tonawanda, Erie, New York, United States in 1905 and Clatskanie, Columbia, Oregon, United States in 1910. He died on 19 September 1924, in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Rose City Cemetery, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States.
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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.
Established in 1836.
British Columbia joins the confederation.
English:
(southern England): nickname from Middle English god(e), gud(e), goud(e) ‘good’ + inough ‘abundant; sufficient, adequate, satisfactory’ (Old English genōh). Possibly bestowed on one who was easily satisfied; it may also have been used with reference to one whose achievements were average, ‘good enough’ though not outstanding.
alternatively, a nickname meaning ‘good lad’ or ‘good servant’, from Middle English gode knave, from Old English gōd ‘good’ + cnafa ‘boy, servant’.
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