Goodwin George

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30. Goodwin George [12], son of Unknown Male (Charles?) George [393] and Unknown Female George [392], was born circa 1850 in Missouri.

General Notes: Goodwin George: attested as such in the 1880 federal census.

His birth: His birth place as Missouri and his approximate age come from the 1880 census.

1860: I do not see him in the 1860 census, although that is now online and indexed. Nor does searching for "G. George" in Missouri turn up anything plausible, if our birth-year is right.

1870: A Goodwin George appears in the 1870 federal census, Missouri, St. Louis County, Township 3 W. St. Louis Subd. 7, page 251. This entry is probably not a match: it gives an 1845 birth-year and a KY birth place. This should not necessarily be ruled out completely. Charlotte George’s 1900 census entry lists her father’s birth place as Kentucky. However, information in her mother’s entry above appears erroneous.

1880: Goodwin must have moved from Missouri to Iowa before 1880, since Colbert is born in Iowa in circa 1880. (Izetta’s family had made the same move, but presumably something like 4 to 14 years before.) Goodwin George, Izetta, and "infant" (Colbert) appear in the 1880 census: Iowa, Fremont, Other Townships, District 68. He is listed as 30, she 18, the child 1/12. Goodwin is listed therein as a grain dealer. His birth-place comes from this entry, as do his parents’ birth places. This entry contradicts his son Colbert’s 1930 Federal Census entry, which indicates Colorado as his father’s place of birth. Izetta’s family appears immediately above them in the census record.

1880s: He does not appear to be in the Colorado 1885 census, but the family is there in 1887, as Charlotte is born there in that year.

According to the family story, Izetta’s husband was a "military man" and not around all that often. Does this mean that he joined the military after ending a career as a grain dealer at the age of 30? Is this why they left Missouri for Colorado? Specifically, Charlotte recalls Leona Jane asking Charlotte George about whether she had known her father well, and Charlotte replied, "No, he was in the military."

1890: Did Goodwin bring his daughter Charlotte back to Chicago in 1890, to visit his "Mama George"? This is how I read the letter (page 1 & page 2) from Charlotte’s grandmother to Izetta. This is his last attestation. He is not listed in the 1890 Denver City Directory.

We have an unlabeled picture of two unknown women standing in front of a sign that says "Forest Preserve of [...]k County". On a pure guess, is this two of Goodwin George’s relatives (therefore unrecognized by later family members) in Cook County, Illinois?

His death: he does not appear with Izetta and Charlotte in their 1900 census entry, where they are lodgers with another family in Denver. Nor does he appear with Izetta when she is in Massachusetts in the 1910 census entry. In both entries, Izetta is listed as widowed. This prseumably means he died at some point between 1890 and 1900.

Military Service.

Goodwin married S. Izetta (Isettia) Davis [13] [MRIN: 6].

Children from this marriage were:

15	i.	Charlotte George [9]
	ii.	Colbert C. George [14] was born circa 1880 in Iowa. Another name for Colbert was Bertie.