Lillie Goodwin

Brief Life History of Lillie

When Lillie Goodwin was born in 1914, in Alabama, United States, her father, Will Goodwin, was 44 and her mother, Narcissa, was 25. She married Washington England on 13 December 1929, in Jefferson, Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in United States in 1949 and Adamsville, Jefferson, Alabama, United States in 1950. She died in 1980, at the age of 66, and was buried in Crestview Memorial Gardens, Adamsville, Jefferson, Alabama, United States.

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Family Time Line

Washington England
1911–1987
Lillie Goodwin
1914–1980
Marriage: 13 December 1929
James Howard England
1934–1967
Edgar E England
1939–2002
Lawrence Leon England Sr
1945–2016
Regina England
1950–2003

Sources (15)

  • Lillie England, "United States Census, 1950"
  • Tillie Goodwin England, "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950"
  • Lillie F. England, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress

Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.

1917

U.S. intervenes in World War I, rejects membership of League of Nations.

1932

Amelia Earhart completes first solo nonstop transatlantic flight by a woman.

Name Meaning

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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