Brief Life History of Lewis Peter
When Lewis Peter Goozey was born in June 1853, in Vermont, United States, his father, Charles Casimir Gouzy dit Carcassonne, was 30 and his mother, Julia Sherman, was 23. He married Agnes Evelyn Mclaren on 30 June 1897, in Johnson, Lamoille, Vermont, United States. He lived in Johnson, Lamoille, Vermont, United States for about 60 years. He died on 6 February 1936, in Lyndon, Caledonia, Vermont, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Lyndon, Caledonia, Vermont, United States.
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- Lewis, "United States Census, 1870"
- Lewis P Goozey, "Find A Grave Index"
- Lewis P Goozey, "Vermont, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1732-2005"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1864 · St. Albans Raid
St. Albans Raid took place on October 19, 1864. It was a Confederate raid from Canada into Union territory. Confederate soldiers that were in Canada raided the town of St. Albans killed one person and robbed three banks.
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
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.
Name Meaning
English (Northamptonshire): nickname from Middle English gos ‘goose’ + eie ‘eye’.
English: alternatively, a habitational name from Goosey (Berkshire), or perhaps from Goose Eye (Cottage) in Handborough (Oxforshire), both of which are named from Old English gōs ‘goose’ + ēg ‘island’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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