When Henry Goddard was born on 10 January 1849, in Leicester, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom, his father, George Goddard, was 33 and his mother, Elizabeth Harrison, was 31. He lived in Leicester St Margaret, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom in 1851. He died on 11 July 1852, in North Platte, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States, at the age of 3, and was buried in North Platte, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1850: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Davis, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Davis, Utah, United States
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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