The goodwin Surname

goodwin Name Meaning and History

English: from the Middle English personal name Godewyn, Old English Godwine, composed of the elements god ‘good’ + wine ‘friend’.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

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goodwin Family Facts

Distribution of goodwin Families in the US in 1920

Number of goodwin families

471-940

158-470

1-157

Compiled by Ancestry.co.uk from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 1496 - Messages: 3228

Thread	Author	Replies
Methodist Preacher Goodwin	Leilus	4
Goodwins of Blackburn Lancashire UK	yess1_1	0
obit fyi: Yancy Levi Goodwin. 198802008	MargaretBumgarner	0
GOODWIN Lottie DOWNING 1895 1933	t42IOOF_DenCoTX	0
GOODWIN Roy Earl 1876 1937	t42IOOF_DenCoTX	0
GOODWIN Flora English	t42IOOF_DenCoTX	0
GOODWIN Clara Estelle	t42IOOF_DenCoTX	0
GOODWIN Cora Alice 1872 1937	t42IOOF_DenCoTX	0
GOODWIN Flora RICE 1883 1928	t42IOOF_DenCoTX	0
GOODWIN Martha Jane 1852 1936	t42IOOF_DenCoTX	0

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