When Isaac Goff was born on 25 June 1812, in Long Whatton, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Abraham Goff, was 43 and his mother, Alice Lester, was 41. He married Mary Naylor on 26 August 1833, in Long Whatton, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1870 and West Jordan, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1880. He died on 16 February 1903, in East Jordan, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in West Jordan, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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English: if originally pronounced with a soft G-, this is from the Middle English personal name Goff(e), Joff(e), a short form of Geoffrey (see Jeffrey ).
English (of Cornish and Breton origin): occupational name from Cornish and Breton goff ‘smith’ (cognate with Gaelic gobha). The surname is common in East Anglia, where it is of Breton origin, introduced by followers of William the Conqueror.
Welsh and Cornish: nickname from a variant of Welsh or Cornish coch, goch ‘red(-haired)’; see Gough .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesBy granddaughter Ann Goff Dowding. Grandfather Goff was a man with some odd mannerisms. If he were asked, 'How old are you?' his answer was always, 'Five-foot eight.' If asked when he was born he wou …
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