Brief Life History of Jack
When Jack Goodwin was born on 3 June 1921, in Kim, Las Animas, Colorado, United States, his father, Dugas George Goodwin, was 41 and his mother, Mabel A Smelker, was 36. He married Luella M Dunsworth on 13 September 1938, in Springfield, Baca, Colorado, United States. He lived in Las Animas, Colorado, United States in 1935 and Hasty, Bent, Colorado, United States in 1940. He died on 11 May 1997, in La Junta, Otero, Colorado, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Fairview Cemetery, La Junta, Otero, Colorado, United States.
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Sources (7)
- Jack Goodwin in household of Freddie L Dunsworth, "United States Census, 1940"
- Jack Goodwin, "Colorado Statewide Marriage Index, 1853-2006"
- Jack Goodwin, "Colorado, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945"
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World Events (8)
1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack
Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.
1929 · Denver Airport opens
On Oct 17 1929, Denver Municipal Airport opens. Later, in 1964, it would be renamed Stapleton International Airport. It would be replaced by Denver International Airport, 31 years later.
1941
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.
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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