Brief Life History of Toney
Toney Gooden was born in 1882, in Muscogee (Creek) Nation, Indian Territory, United States as the son of Daniel Gooden. He died about 1983, in Cherokee, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 102.
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Daniel Gooden
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Toney Gooden
1882–1983
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1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
Age 0
A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
1886
Age 4
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1889
Age 7
The Oklahoma Land Run on April 22, 1889, was the first land rush, or land opened for settlement on a first-come basis, opened to the Unassigned Lands. The land rush lured approximately 50,000 people, saddled with their fastest horses, looking to claim their piece of the newly available two million acres. The requirements included the settler to live and improve on their 160 acres for five years in order to receive the title. Choice land tempted people to hide out and get an early lead on their claim. These people became known as “sooners.” It is estimated that eleven thousand homesteads were claimed. Oklahoma Historical Society - Land Run of 1889
Name Meaning
habitational name from Gooden in Hopwood (Lancashire).
alternatively, a variant of Godden or sometimes a late variant of Goodwin .
English:
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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