Brief Life History of Green Leonard
When Green Leonard Gooch was born on 8 May 1858, in Pulaski, Kentucky, United States, his father, Stephen Colyer Gooch, was 29 and his mother, Mary Jane Eoff, was 27. He married Mary Mead on 19 April 1879, in Crawford, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Illinois, United States in 1870 and Robinson, Crawford, Illinois, United States in 1880. He died on 20 June 1916, in Waco, Milam, Republic of Texas, at the age of 58, and was buried in Waco, Milam, Republic of Texas.
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- Green L Govoh in household of Stephen C Govoh, "United States Census, 1870"
- Green F Govch, "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977"
- Green L Gooch, "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976"
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1861
Kentucky sided with the Union during the Civil War, even though it is a southern state.
1861 · Simple life to Soldiers
Illinois contributed 250,000 soldiers to the Union Army, ranking it fourth in terms of the total men fighting for a single state. Troops mainly fought in the Western side of the Appalachian Mountains, but a few regiments played important roles in the East side. Several thousand Illinoisians died during the war. No major battles were fought in the state, although several towns became sites for important supply depots and navy yards. Not everyone in the state supported the war and there were calls for secession in Southern Illinois several residents. However, the movement for secession soon died after the proposal was blocked.
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 (East Anglia): from the rare Middle English personal name Goche (also found as Joche). It was current in East Anglia from the early 12th to the early 13th centuries as a variant of Anglo-Norman French Go(s)ce, Jo(s)ce, a pet form of Old French Goscelin.
English: alternatively, a nickname from Anglo-Norman French gouge (from Latin gobio), the nominative form of Old French goujon (from Latin gobionem) ‘gudgeon’, perhaps for a gullible person.
Welsh: in southwestern England, possibly an Anglicized form of Welsh coch, goch ‘red(-haired)’, though the sound change is irregular. Compare Gough . It may also be a variant of Cornish and Welsh Couch , with the same meaning.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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