Howard James Stoddard was born on November 1, 1901 in Baker, Oregon to Ellen Izatt and George Eckersley Stoddard. Shortly after his birth, the family moved to LaGrande, where Howard was raised. As a boy, Howard loved to read and was a good student. He also loved to work with his hands, and won the prize in the LaGrande "pushmobile" contest. Howard's father died when he was just sixteen years old. After completing High School, Howard attended Oregon State University. At the end of his sophomore year, he was called to serve a mission in Germany. He spent most of his time in Frankfurt, where he served as branch president. He was a hardworking and devoted missionary and was released in April of 1923. After his mission, Howard attended college at the University of Utah, where he met Jennie Creer. They were married on September 4th, 1924 in the Salt Lake Temple by Orson F. Whitney. Howard and Jennie moved to New York City where he attended Columbia University. Their first child, Howard Preston Stoddard, was born there in April of 1927. While in New York, Howard arranged for the Manhattan branch of the church to meet on Sunday mornings at Carnegie Hall. His baby son Howard was blessed there. Howard and Jennie moved their family a number of times between 1928 and 1939, as Howard began his career in banking. Virginia and Stanford were both born in Salt Lake City, during his years with National Copper Bank. In 1932, Howard relocated to Washington D. C. to work with the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, reorganizing banks after the depression. The move to Michigan came in 1934, and finally to Lansing in 1939. Charles Creer Stoddard was born there in 1945. Along with several partners, Howard worked to found the newly formed Michigan Bank, later, Michigan National Bank. He was a forward thinker, a hard worker and an innovator in the banking world. His bank was one of the first to introduce Saturday banking, drive up windows and credit cards. Howard loved his family, his faith and his work. He died on June 18, 1971, in Southfield, Michigan after several years of illness. He is buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Lansing, Michigan.
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English and Scottish: occupational name for someone who looked after a stud of horses, from Middle English and Older Scots stod(e), stud(e) ‘establishment where horses were bred’, ‘herd of stallions or mares’ + herd(e) ‘herdsman’.
English: variant of Stothard, an occupational name for a keeper of cattle or horses, from Middle English stot ‘steer, bullock’ or ‘horse’ + herd(e) ‘herdsman’. The name was probably confused with Stodeherd ‘keeper of stud-horses’ (see above).
History: The Stoddard family of Boston, MA, was introduced by Anthony Stoddard (1600–1686), who settled there in 1639. Solomon Stoddard (1643–1728/9) was a prominent Congregational clergyman in MA, the grandfather of Jonathan Edwards, and progenitor of many noted descendants.
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