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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- Lillie England, "United States Census, 1950"
- Tillie Goodwin England, "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950"
- Lillie F. England, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
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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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