Brief Life History of Frances
When Frances Goddard was born on 27 October 1844, in Stockport, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Robert Goddard, was 21 and her mother, Margaret Woolfenden, was 19. She married Orin Nelson Woodbury on 10 October 1863, in Endowment House, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom in 1861 and Utah, United States in 1870. She died on 20 November 1904, in Beaver, Beaver, Utah, United States, at the age of 60, and was buried in Mountain View Cemetery, Beaver, Beaver, Utah, United States.
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- Francis Goddard in household of Robert Goddard, "England and Wales Census, 1851"
- Legacy NFS Source: Frances Goddard - Government record: Death record or certificate: birth: 27 October 1844; Stockport, Lancashire, England
- Frances Goddard in marriage of Joseph Goddard Woodbury & Augusta Ludmila Cady, 'California, County Marriages, 1850-1952' on MyHeritage
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World Events (8)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1857
Historical Boundaries: 1857: Washington, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Washington, Utah, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English (of Norman origin): from Godhard, a personal name composed of the ancient Germanic elements gōd ‘good’ or god, got ‘god’ + hard ‘hardy, brave, strong’. The name was popular in Europe during the Middle Ages as a result of the fame of Saint Gotthard, an 11th-century bishop of Hildesheim who founded a hospice on the pass from Switzerland to Italy that bears his name. This surname is also borne by Ashkenazic Jews, presumably as an Americanized form of one or more similar (like-sounding) Jewish surnames.
English: perhaps occasionally a variant of the occupational name Gothard . The two surnames may have been much confused.
French: variant of Godard , a cognate of 1 above.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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