HELP! flag male ancestor  Ernest Clarence  GOFF

  (b. 05/12/1912 ,  East St. Louis, St. Clair Co., Illinois, USA   d. 05/11/1941 ,  East St. Louis, St. Clair Co.,Illinois, USA )  
Cause of Death: Suicide by hanging.

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Ernest Clarence GOFF was born 05/12/1912 in East St. Louis, St. Clair Co., Illinois, USA

Ernest Clarence GOFF was the child of Ernest Clyde GOFF   and   Grayce Madeline FRANKLIN and the grandchild of: (paternal)  John William GOFF and Lovina FORD (maternal)  Charles FRANKLIN and Zobeda Amarilla BRANDENBURG

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Ernest Clarence  married  Allenora A MCKINNON abt. 1930 .  The couple had (at least) 1 child. Allenora A MCKINNON  was born 23 March 1915 in Hibbing, Minnesota, USA.  Allenora A died 7 January 1989 in Fayetteville, North Carolina, USA.  Allenora A was the child of Frank Charles MCKINNON and Laura FREDRICKSON.

Ernest Clarence GOFF died 05/11/1941 in East St. Louis, St. Clair Co.,Illinois, USA.
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Ernest Clarence GOFF married flag photo of Allenora A MCKINNON  Allenora A MCKINNON-- Date: abt. 1930 Place: 
Allenora A MCKINNON was the child of Frank Charles MCKINNON and Laura FREDRICKSON




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Grave has been locatedflag male ancestor Ernest Clyde LIBERTY (GOFF) (b.11/30/1933, Los Angeles, California, USA  d. 10/31/2008, Hopkinsville, Christian County, Kentucky, USA)



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birth1912 Birth
05/12/1912
East St. Louis, St. Clair Co., Illinois, USA
Invention 1913 - The assembly line is invented (Henry Ford, United States)

The bra is invented (Mary Phelps Jacob, United States)
U.S. President1913 - Woodrow Wilson becomes President of the United States
News1913 - October 31 – The Lincoln Highway, the first automobile road across the United States, is dedicated
News1915 - January 25 - First United States coast-to-coast long-distance telephone call
News1917 - March 2 – The enactment of the Jones Act grants Puerto Ricans United States citizenship.
News1917 - April 6 – WWI: The United States declares war on Germany
News1918 - March 19 – The United States Congress establishes time zones and approves daylight saving time
News1919 - June 4 – Women's rights: The United States Congress approves the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which would guarantee suffrage to women, and sends it to the U.S. states for ratification
News1920 - January 17 - Prohibition goes into effect on January 17, 1920, under the provisions of the 18th Amendment to the United States Constitution
U.S. President1921 - Warren G. Harding becomes President of the United States
Invention 1921 - Charles Strite of Minnesota patents the pop-up toaster.
Invention 1923 to 1927 - Television is invented (Vladimir Kosma Zworykin (Russia), Philo Taylor Farnsworth (United States))
U.S. President1923 - Calvin Coolidge becomes President of the United States
Invention 1927 - The aerosol can is invented (Erik Rotheim, Norway)
News1927 - April 7 – Bell Telephone Co. transmits an image of Herbert Hoover (then the Secretary of Commerce), which becomes the first successful long distance demonstration of television
Invention 1928 - Sliced bread (bread slicing machine) is invented by Otto Frederick Rohwedder (United States)
U.S. President1929 - Herbert Hoover becomes President of the United States
News1929 - October 29 - Black Tuesday - Stock market crash - The Great Depression Begins - It lasted until 1941 (WW2)
Invention 1930 - Scotch tape is invented (Richard Drew (3M), United States)
Invention In 1930, on February 18, Pluto was discovered by astronomer Clyde Tombaugh at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, marking a significant milestone in the study of our solar system.
Invention 1931 - The paper towel is invented (Arthur Scott, United States)
News1931 - March 3 – The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the United States National anthem.
U.S. President1933 - Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes President of the United States
1933 Birth of Child
Ernest Clyde LIBERTY (GOFF) was born 11/30/1933, Los Angeles, California, USA

Ernest Clarence was 21 years old.
News1933 - December 5 – The 21st Amendment to the United States Constitution is passed, repealing Prohibition
Invention 1934 - The metal beverage can is invented (American Can Co., United States)
Invention 1935 - The snowmobile was invented by Joseph Bombardier (Quebec, Canada)
News1935 - August 14 – United States President Franklin Roosevelt signs the Social Security Act into law
Invention 1938 - The ballpoint pen is invented (Lazlo Biro, Hungary)
Invention 1938-1944 - Sunscreen is invented (Franz Greiter, Switzerland and Benjamin Green, United States)
Invention 1938 - October 27 - Du Pont announces a name for its new synthetic yarn: nylon.
Invention 1940 - April - 1st electron microscope demonstrated (RCA), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
death1941 Death
05/11/1941
East St. Louis, St. Clair Co.,Illinois, USA

He died at the age of 29.

Ernest is buried at: Mount Hope Cemetery, Belleville, St. Clair Co., IL 62223
(no headstone yet)
Mount Hope Cemetery, 9173 W. Main St., Belleville, St. Clair Co., IL. 62223-1712 (Plot: Section O, Row X-1, Grave 22)
Added: 3/27/2019 4:54:53 PM - Updated: 12/14/2020 2:39:48 PM
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