Minnie Bell Rhoades

Brief Life History of Minnie Bell

When Minnie Bell Rhoades was born on 3 December 1870, in Bay Center, Pacific, Washington, United States, her father, Lewis Henry Rhoades, was 26 and her mother, Catherine M. Parrott, was 25. She married Gerald Frank Goodpasture on 26 December 1892, in Bay Center, Pacific, Washington, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 daughters. She died on 16 November 1956, in Raymond, Pacific, Washington, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Bay Center, Pacific, Washington, United States.

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Family Time Line

Gerald Frank Goodpasture
1872–1941
Minnie Bell Rhoades
1870–1956
Marriage: 26 December 1892
Marguerite Katherine Goodpasture
1893–1912
Laura Louise Goodpasture
1907–1995
Geraldine Frances Goodpasture
1914–2005

Sources (40)

  • Minnie B Goodpasture in household of G Frank Goodpasture, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Washington Select Death Certificates 1907-1960 - Re: Birth and Death of Minnie B. GOODPASTURE, nee RHOADES
  • Minnie Bell Rhoades, "Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008"

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Name Meaning

English (Lincolnshire): variant of Rhodes .

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

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