Brief Life History of George Harrison
When George Harrison Goddard was born on 28 September 1840, in Leicester, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom, his father, George Goddard, was 24 and his mother, Elizabeth Harrison, was 23. He lived in Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom in 1841 and Leicester St Margaret, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom in 1851. He died on 16 July 1852, in North Platte, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States, at the age of 11, and was buried in North Platte, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States.
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Sources (9)
- George Goddard in household of George Goddard, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- George Goddard, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- George Harrison Goddard, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (2)
1843
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
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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