Brief Life History of Elmer
When Elmer Goodwin was born on 20 May 1850, in Lisbon, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States, his father, Joel Graves Goodwin, was 29 and his mother, Eliza Ann Chase, was 26. He married Luvia A Chase on 17 June 1872, in Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Danville, Caledonia, Vermont, United States in 1860 and Cabot, Washington, Vermont, United States in 1880. He died on 26 August 1897, in Westborough, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 47, and was buried in Westborough, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.
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- Goodwin, "United States Census, 1850"
- Goodwin, "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900"
- Elmer Goodwin, "Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1864 · St. Albans Raid
St. Albans Raid took place on October 19, 1864. It was a Confederate raid from Canada into Union territory. Confederate soldiers that were in Canada raided the town of St. Albans killed one person and robbed three banks.
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became 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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