Raymond Lennington Goodwin

Male3 November 1882–4 June 1961

Brief Life History of Raymond Lennington

When Raymond Lennington Goodwin was born on 3 November 1882, in Stuart, Guthrie, Iowa, United States, his father, Thomas Andrew Godwin, was 38 and his mother, Martha Ann Lenington, was 29. He lived in Pasadena, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1930 and Monrovia Judicial Township, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1940. He died on 4 June 1961, in San Bernardino, California, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Twentynine Palms, San Bernardino, California, United States.

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Raymond Lennington Goodwin
1882–1961
Mabel A Godwin
1888–1968

Sources (8)

  • Raymond Godwin, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Raymond Lenington Godwin, "Iowa, County Births, 1880-1935"
  • Raymond Lennington Godwin, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"

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World Events (8)

1886

Age 4

Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

1889

Age 7

Historical Boundaries: 1889: Orange, California, United States

1903 · Department of Commerce and Labor

Age 21

A short-lived Cabinet department which was concerned with controlling the excesses of big business. Later being split and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor splitting into two separate positions.

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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