Seeking information about my father's ancestors, sirname: GOFF.

Mother: Mathilda (Tillie) Hasselbring 1/24/1880 to 7/13/1952
Father: Philip Allen Goff 3/22/1879 to 5/14/1934

Married: 3/22/1900 Jasper County, Indiana

Parents of Philip: Nancy Jane Burns and Francis Marion Goff (Son of Amos Goff of Kentucky/Indiana and Jerusha Mahala Pierce Murphy, Grandson of John Goff of Kentucky, Great-grandson of Sir Thomas Goff)

Philip's siblings: Clarence, Francis "Frankie", Arthur, Lillian, Estie, Effie & Martha

Children of Mathilda and Philip: Lester, Leonard, Marvin (my father), LaVern, Lucille, Flossie, Beulah

Children born in Cissna Park, Illinois. Family relocated to Chicago Heights, Illinois in 1922.

Philip worked for the City of Chicago Heights Water Department, owned his own cab and was a mechanic.

• Mathilda & Philips wedding photo (41 KB)
  Mathilda & Philip Goff. Married March 22, 1900.
• Mathilda & Philip's Children (59 KB)
  Picture of Mathilda and her 7 children taken in the late 1940's. (Top, from left) Beulah, Lester, Marvin, LaVerne, Lucille (Bottom, from left) Leonard, Mathilda, Flossie.
• Francis & Nancy's Sons (57 KB)
  Photo of Philip, Clarence, Frank Goff with Philip's brother-in-law, Bill Hasselbring
• Francis & Nancy's Daughters (89 KB)
  Photo of Effie, Martha, Estie & Lillian Goff
• Francis & Nancy with young children (98 KB)
  Picture of Francis & Nancy with young children. Thanks to Elaine Cecil for providing this photo.

Mary Jo (Goff) Springer
marys1111@aol.com

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