Brief Life History of Annie Laura
When Annie Laura Goff was born on 18 May 1908, in South Carolina, United States, her father, William Melton Goff Sr., was 21 and her mother, Stella Rebecca Frady, was 20. She lived in Seneca, Oconee, South Carolina, United States in 1935 and Greenwood Township, Greenwood, South Carolina, United States in 1940. She died on 9 December 1955, in Judson, Greenville, South Carolina, United States, at the age of 47, and was buried in Woodlawn Memorial Park, Greenville, Greenville, South Carolina, United States.
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- Annie Lain Goff in household of R B Cothran, "United States Census, 1940"
- Annie Laura Goff, "Find A Grave Index"
- Annie L Goff in household of Ralph Cothran, "United States Census, 1930"
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World Events (8)
1909 · The NAACP is formed
Organized as a civil rights organization, The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is a bi-racial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans. It is one of the oldest civil rights organizations in the nation.
1916 · Anthony Crawford Lynched
South Carolina native, father to 13 children, and a local farmer, Anthony Crawford, is lynched on October 21, 1916, in Abbeyville, South Carolina. The lynching is followed after Crawford has an arguement with a white storekeeper.
1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack
Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.
Name Meaning
English: if originally pronounced with a soft G-, this is from the Middle English personal name Goff(e), Joff(e), a short form of Geoffrey (see Jeffrey ).
English (of Cornish and Breton origin): occupational name from Cornish and Breton goff ‘smith’ (cognate with Gaelic gobha). The surname is common in East Anglia, where it is of Breton origin, introduced by followers of William the Conqueror.
Welsh and Cornish: nickname from a variant of Welsh or Cornish coch, goch ‘red(-haired)’; see Gough .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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