Brief Life History of Mary Ellen
When Mary Ellen Goddard was born on 6 March 1841, in Bartlett, Coshocton, Ohio, United States, her father, William Pitt Putnam Goddard, was 26 and her mother, Jane Faires, was 21. She had at least 1 son. She lived in Fairfield Township, Washington, Ohio, United States for about 10 years and White Oak Township, Mahaska, Iowa, United States in 1910. She died on 19 June 1924, in Washington, Ohio, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Washington, Ohio, United States.
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- Mary E Goddard in household of Alva C Goddard, "United States Census, 1910"
- Mary Ellen Goddard, "Ohio, Deaths, 1908-1953"
- Mary E. Goddard in entry for Alva Curtis Goddard, "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953"
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1843
Historical Boundaries: 1843: Mahaska, Iowa Territory, United States 1846: Mahaska, Iowa, United States
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
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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