When Esther Smilinda Goodridge was born on 16 March 1836, in Lunenburg, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Benjamin Franklin Goodridge, was 41 and her mother, Penelope Randall Gardner, was 42. She married Leonard Wilford Hardy on 20 August 1854. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in East Millcreek, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1900 and Sugar House, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1900. She died on 29 August 1914, in Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1868: Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
English: variant of Goodrich .
Americanized form of German Güttrich (see Goodrich ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesWhen George Albert Goodrich was eleven years old his family of nine left their home in Lunenburg on April 9, 1850 and joined Wilford Woodruff’s 1850 Company headed for the Salt Lake Valley.[1] At Pi …
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