Brief Life History of Reba May
When Reba May Goodwin was born on 28 July 1896, in Arkansas, United States, her father, John Porter Goodwin, was 35 and her mother, Sarah Catherine Wells Luster, was 31. She died on 13 January 1899, in her hometown, at the age of 2.
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1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
Name Meaning
English: from the Middle English personal name Godwin (Old English Gōdwine). Compare Godwin .
Irish: adopted in Mayo for Ó Goidín, a variant of Ó Godáin, ‘descendant of Godán’, a diminutive personal name from got ‘stammering, lisping’.
History: This name was brought independently to New England by many bearers from the 17th century onward. William Goodwin was one of the founders of Hartford, CT, in 1635 (coming from Cambridge, MA with Thomas Hooker).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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