Brief Life History of Doris Evelyn
When Doris Evelyn Goodwin was born on 16 August 1922, her father, Chester Bradford Goodwin, was 31 and her mother, Fennella Stoddard, was 30. She married Bowman Levi Adams on 5 July 1941. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She died on 15 April 1999, at the age of 76, and was buried in Old Farm Cemetery, Shag Harbour, Barrington, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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Spouse and Children
1916–1999 Male
1922–1999 Female
Children (1)
1944–2000 Female
Parents and Siblings
1890–1954 Male
1892–1971 Female
Siblings (9)
1916–1981 Male
1918–1967 Male
1919–1976 Male
1922–1999 Female
1924–1970 Male
+4 More Children
World Events (4)
1945 · HMCS Esquimalt Torpedoed
Age 23
1955 · Canso Causeway Completed
Age 33
1976 · Ruling Against Censorship
Age 54
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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