Brief Life History of Frank Ernest J
When Frank Ernest J GODFREY was born in 1887, in Berrima, New South Wales, Australia, his father, John George GODFREY, was 28 and his mother, Frances Henrietta Page, was 25. He married Henrietta Cornwell in 1905, in Burwood, New South Wales, Australia. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He died on 4 April 1962, in Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia, at the age of 75.
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Spouse and Children
1887–1962 Male
1887–1966 Female
Children (1)
1905–1955 Male
Parents and Siblings
1859–1932 Male
1862–1956 Female
Siblings (3)
1886–1965 Male
1887–1962 Male
1887–1975 Female
World Events (8)
1892
Age 5
1901
Age 14
1911
Age 24
Name Meaning
English (of Norman origin): from the Norman personal name Godefrei, Godefroi(s), composed of the ancient Germanic elements god, got ‘god’ + frid(u), fred ‘peace’. See also Jeffrey .
Irish: shortened and Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Gothraidh or Ó Gothraidh, ‘descendant of Gothfrith’, an Old Norse personal name often Anglicized as Godfrey. Compare McGorry , McCaffrey .
History: An Irish family of the name Godfrey originated in Romney, Kent. The first of them to settle in Ireland was Colonel John Godfrey, who was rewarded with lands in Kerry for his services in the 1641 rebellion. Godefroy, Lord of Normanville, from Normandy, was married in Trois-Rivières, QC, in 1636. He was captured by the Iroquois in 1652. His brother, Lord of Linctot, from Rouen, was also married in 1636 in Trois-Rivières, and lived from 1629 to 1632 among the Hurons. Another Godefroy, from Paris, was a trader and interpreter from 1623.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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