Lora Lydia Gossard

Brief Life History of Lora Lydia

When Lora Lydia Gossard was born on 7 March 1871, in Stokes Township, Madison, Ohio, United States, her father, Robert A Gossard, was 37 and her mother, Barbara Catherine Huffman, was 28. She married Orris Erastus Duff on 27 November 1895, in Madison, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She lived in Deer Creek Township, Madison, Ohio, United States in 1900. She died on 7 March 1944, in Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in South Solon, Madison, Ohio, United States.

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Family Time Line

Orris Erastus Duff
1871–1954
Lora Lydia Gossard
1871–1944
Marriage: 27 November 1895
Robert William Duff
1896–1914
Edwin Brooks Duff
1899–1952

Sources (11)

  • Laura L Duff in household of Orris E Duff, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Lora L. Gossard, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016"
  • Mrs Lora L Duff, "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953"

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Name Meaning

English (West Midlands): occupational name for a keeper of geese, from Middle English goseherde, from Old English gōs ‘goose’ + hierde ‘herdsman, keeper’. The surname in this spelling is now extinct in Britain but it survives as Gozzard, mainly recorded in Staffordshire in the 19th century.

French: from the ancient Germanic personal name Gozhard, composed of the elements goz (from gaut, an ethnic name meaning ‘Goth’ or ‘Geat’; see Goss ) + hard ‘hardy, brave, strong’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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