When John Goodwin was born on 9 August 1835, in Kingsley, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, William Goodwin, was 36 and his mother, Martha Mosley, was 27. He married Veronica Gibson in 1861, in Kingsley, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 7 daughters. He died on 8 February 1911, in Wilkins Township, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Wilkinsburg, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States.
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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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