Brief Life History of Godiva Grace
When Godiva Grace Geary was born on 24 March 1891, in Greenock Township, Bruce, Ontario, Canada, her father, Robert William Geary, was 31 and her mother, Jessie Pascoe Burgess, was 25. She lived in Ontario, Canada in 1891 and Welland, Ontario, Canada in 1911. She was buried in Niagara Falls, Welland, Ontario, Canada.
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Family Time Line
Sources (11)
- Godiva Geary, "Canada Census, 1891"
- Godiva Grace Geary, "Ontario Births, 1869-1911"
- Godiva Grace Geary, "New York, Northern Arrival Manifests, 1902-1956"
Parents and Siblings
1859–1933 Male
1865–1951 Female
Siblings (5)
1885– Female
1887– Female
1891–1961 Female
1897– Female
1901–1976 Male
World Events (8)
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
Age 5
1906 · Hydro-Electric of Ontario
Age 15
1910 · The BSA is Made
Age 19
Name Meaning
Irish (Cork): shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Gadhra ‘descendant of Gadhra’ (see O'Gara ).
Irish: alternatively, possibly a shortened form of McGeary .
English: from the Old French personal name Geri, ancient Germanic Geric, from gēr ‘spear’ + rīc ‘power(ful)’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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