Rolly Alexander Goodwin

Male20 March 1872–19 March 1958

Brief Life History of Rolly Alexander

When Rolly Alexander Goodwin was born on 20 March 1872, in Wapello, Louisa, Iowa, United States, his father, Rolly L. Goodwin, was 37 and his mother, Martha E. Brown, was 28. He lived in Wapello, Iowa, United States in 1895 and Center Township, Wapello, Iowa, United States for about 40 years. He died on 19 March 1958, in Ottumwa, Wapello, Iowa, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Chillicothe, Wapello, Iowa, United States.

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Family Time Line

Rolly L. Goodwin
1835–1890
Martha E. Brown
1843–1920
Lucretia Lutie Goodwin
1863–1960
Mary E Goodwin
1864–1948
Harry A. T. Goodwin
1868–1953
Rolly Alexander Goodwin
1872–1958
Rosa Ellen Goodwin
1874–1945

Sources (8)

  • Rolly A Goodwin, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Rolley A. Goodwin, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Rolly A Goodwin in household of Rolly L Goodwin, "Iowa State Census, 1885"

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World Events (8)

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

Age 3

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

1884 · There is now a Capital Building

Age 12

The capitol building in Des Moines originally had a budget of $1,500,000 but complications arose because of the need of a redesign. The building was dedicated on January 17, 1884, but it wasn’t completed until 1886. On January 4, 1904, a fire started and swept through the areas that housed the Supreme Court and Iowa House of Representatives. A major restoration was performed and documented, with the addition of electrical lighting, elevators, and a telephone system. By the early 1980s, the sandstone exterior of the Capitol had started deteriorating and prompted the installation of canopies to protect pedestrians from falling rubble. The entire reconstruction process took around 18 years to complete.

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

Age 24

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

Name Meaning

English: from the Middle English personal name Godwin (Old English Gōdwine). Compare Godwin .

Irish: adopted in Mayo for Ó Goidín, a variant of Ó Godáin, ‘descendant of Godán’, a diminutive personal name from got ‘stammering, lisping’.

History: This name was brought independently to New England by many bearers from the 17th century onward. William Goodwin was one of the founders of Hartford, CT, in 1635 (coming from Cambridge, MA with Thomas Hooker).

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

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