Brief Life History of Francis
When Francis Goddard was born on 19 July 1830, in Parke, Indiana, United States, his father, Francis Portis Goddard, was 32 and his mother, Margaret Groves, was 28. He married Lucinda Morey on 13 October 1853, in Cameron, Warren, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Warren, Illinois, United States in 1850 and Floyd Township, Warren, Illinois, United States for about 20 years. He died on 31 July 1887, in Cameron, Warren, Illinois, United States, at the age of 57, and was buried in Silent Home Cemetery, Cameron, Warren, Illinois, United States.
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- Francis Goddard, "United States Census, 1870"
- Francis Goddard, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
- Francis Goddard, "Illinois Deaths and Burials, 1749-1999"
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1832 · Black Hawk War
The Black Hawk War was a brief conflict between the United States and Native Americans led by Black Hawk, a Sauk leader. The war erupted soon after Black Hawk and a group of other tribes, known as the "British Band", crossed the Mississippi River, into Illinois, from Iowa Indian Territory in April 1832. Black Hawk's motives were ambiguous, but records show that he was hoping to avoid bloodshed while resettling on tribal land that had been given to the United States in the 1804 Treaty of St. Louis.
1836 · The Massive Internal Improvements Act
The Massive Internal Improvements Act of 1836 loaned Indiana $10,000,000 to create infrastructure such as canals, railroads, and roads across the state. The act was signed by Whig Governor Noah Noble and passed by the Indiana General Assembly. However, the financial crisis known as the Panic of 1837 thwarted these plans as costs ballooned. Construction on the infrastructure was not completed and the state debt rapidly increased.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
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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