Brief Life History of Clarence Earl
When Clarence Earl Goddard was born on 16 January 1898, in Kansas, United States, his father, Clarence Erwin Goddard, was 43 and his mother, Ann Eliza McKee, was 38. He married Gladys Tschabold on 12 June 1926, in Pierce, Washington, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Medford, Taylor, Wisconsin, United States in 1910 and Larchmont, Pierce, Washington, United States in 1920. He registered for military service in 1919. He died on 15 June 1962, in Tacoma, Pierce, Washington, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in New Tacoma Cemetery, University Place, Pierce, Washington, United States.
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- Earl Goddard, "United States 1950 Census"
- Earl Goddard, "Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008"
- Earl Goddard, "Washington, County Death Registers, 1881-1979"
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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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