When Lucius William Godfrey was born about 1838, in Sheldon, Wyoming, New York, United States, his father, Molbone Godfrey Jr., was 33 and his mother, Anna V Holcomb, was 30. He had at least 1 son and 1 daughter with Laura Jane Marther. He lived in Avon, Livingston, New York, United States in 1875 and Bradford, McKean, Pennsylvania, United States in 1880. He died in 1898, at the age of 61, and was buried in Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States.
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Historical Boundaries 1841: Wyoming, New York, United States
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English (of Norman origin): from the Norman personal name Godefrei, Godefroi(s), composed of the ancient Germanic elements god, got ‘god’ + frid(u), fred ‘peace’. See also Jeffrey .
Irish: shortened and Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Gothraidh or Ó Gothraidh, ‘descendant of Gothfrith’, an Old Norse personal name often Anglicized as Godfrey. Compare McGorry , McCaffrey .
History: An Irish family of the name Godfrey originated in Romney, Kent. The first of them to settle in Ireland was Colonel John Godfrey, who was rewarded with lands in Kerry for his services in the 1641 rebellion. Godefroy, Lord of Normanville, from Normandy, was married in Trois-Rivières, QC, in 1636. He was captured by the Iroquois in 1652. His brother, Lord of Linctot, from Rouen, was also married in 1636 in Trois-Rivières, and lived from 1629 to 1632 among the Hurons. Another Godefroy, from Paris, was a trader and interpreter from 1623.
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