Edgar Lavell Goodwin

Brief Life History of Edgar Lavell

When Edgar Lavell Goodwin was born on 3 March 1922, in Blackfoot, Bingham, Idaho, United States, his father, Joseph Edgar Goodwin, was 30 and his mother, Helen Edna Parsons, was 25. He married Grace LaRue Cobbley on 2 April 1942, in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in United States in 1949 and Idaho Falls, Bonneville, Idaho, United States in 1950. He died on 7 July 2010, in St. George, Washington, Utah, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Tonaquint Cemetery, St. George, Washington, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Edgar Lavell Goodwin
1922–2010
Grace LaRue Cobbley
1923–2007
Marriage: 2 April 1942
Karen Goodwin
1945–2018
Kent L Goodwin
1955–2024

Sources (38)

  • Gaolwin, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Edgar Lavell Goodwin, "Arizona, County Marriages, 1871-1964"
  • Edgar Lavell Goodwin, "California, 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.

1923 · The Last Indian War

The Posey War was to be considered the final Indian War in American history. It was a minor conflict, but it involved a mass exodus of Ute and Paiute from their land around current day Bluff, Utah. The natives were led by a chief named Posey, hence the name, who took his people into the mountains to try and escape his pursuers. The war ended after a skirmish at Comb Ridge. Posey was badly wounded, and his band was taken to a prisoner-of-war camp in Blanding. When Posey's death was confirmed by the authorities, the prisoners were released and given land allotments to farm and raise livestock.

1945 · Peace in a Post War World

The Yalta Conference was held in Crimea to talk about establishing peace and postwar reorganization in post-World War II Europe. The heads of government that were attending were from the United States, the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union. Later the Conference would become a subject of controversy at the start of the Cold War.

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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A Brief History of Joseph E. Goodwin written by Helen Goodwin Davenport

Joseph Edgar Goodwin was born in Sugar House, Utah on 5 February 1892. He came to Idaho when he was 19 years old to visit his brothers Avery and Nathan and his sister Mrs. Florence Turpin whose homes …

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