Esther Smilinda Goodridge

Brief Life History of Esther Smilinda

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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Family Time Line

Leonard Wilford Hardy
1805–1884
Esther Smilinda Goodridge
1836–1914
Marriage: 20 August 1854
Esther Isabelle Hardy
1855–1946
Edward Hunter Hardy
1857–1859
Owen Smoot Hardy
1860–1942
Rhoda Alice Hardy
1862–1938
Sarah Louisa Hardy
1864–1865

Sources (38)

  • Esther Hardy, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Esther Smilinda Goodridge - Government record: Death record or certificate: birth: 16 March 1836; Lunenburg, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
  • Esther S. Hardy, "Idaho, Death Certificates, 1911-1937"

World Events (8)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1847

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

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Goodrich .

Americanized form of German Güttrich (see Goodrich ).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Story Highlight

The Goodrich Family comes to Utah April-October 1850: Compiled by Rick McConkie

When 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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