Lena Godfrey

5 April 1885–August 1972 (Age 87)
Sennett, Cayuga, New York, United States

The Life Summary of Lena

When Lena Godfrey was born on 5 April 1885, in Sennett, Cayuga, New York, United States, her father, Robert Godfrey, was 57 and her mother, Aurelia Cady, was 42. She died in August 1972, in Fernwood, Richland, Oswego, New York, United States, at the age of 87.

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Family Time Line

Robert Godfrey
1828–1885
Aurelia Cady
1842–1891
Fred R Godfrey
1869–1951
Martha A. Godfrey
1872–1957
Philo Cady Godfrey
1874–1932
Lula Maud Godfrey
1876–1961
Raymond Able Godfrey
1878–1921
Spencer T. Godfrey
1880–1880
Harold E. Godfrey
1882–1934
Lena Godfrey
1885–1972

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World Events (8)

1886
Age 1
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1886 · Giving Working Men a Union
Age 1
The largest union group in the United States during the first half of the 20th century. It still exists today but merged with The Congress of Industrial Organization.
1908 · The Bureau of Investigation is formed
Age 23
Known as the National Bureau of Criminal Identification, The Bureau of Investigation helped agencies across the country identify different criminals. President Roosevelt instructed that there be an autonomous investigative service that would report only to the Attorney General.

Name Meaning

1 English: from the Norman personal name Godefrei, Godefroi(s), composed of the Germanic elements god, got ‘god’ + frid(u), fred ‘peace’. See also Jeffrey .2 Americanized form of Irish Mac Gothraidh or Ó Gothraidh, patronymics from the Irish equivalent of Godfrey (see 1 above), borrowed from the Vikings.3 Americanized form of the French surname Godefroi, of the same origin as 1.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

Possible Related Names

Jeffrey
Geurts
Goffredo
Jodrey
McCaffrey
McCorry

Sources (2)

  • Lena M Bishop Godfrey, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Lena Godfrey, "United States Social Security Death Index"

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