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The Avery and Goodwin Family Pages
Hannah GORE Durkee - (1769-1821) - Sketches of the Life of - as told by HERSELF and written down direct from her lips by her daughter Amanda ALLEN.  A first hand description of the difficult lives our ancestors lived in during the Revolutionary War times of the 1770 ~1780's and Indian threats affecting so many settlers. Genealogical Connection: 1.Barbara Mary GOODWIN (1919-2000), 2.Clarissa Louise POWERS (1894-1978). 3 Jessie Delphine GORE (1869-1942), 4.William Learned GORE (1843-1912), 5.Silas GORE (1804-1856), 6.George GORE (1781-1856), 7.Daniel GORE (1746-1809), 8.Obadiah GORE (1714-1779).
 
John Phillip GOODWIN - (1924-1997) - Accounts of 20 year old "Uncle John" as a pilot of a C-47 transport plane in WWII.  After being shot down and wounded over the English Channel on the second day of D-day, June 7, 1944 (see newspaper clippings on first page), he later returned to duty and continued to fly missions towing gliders, dropping paratroopers and delivering supplies to the battle fields as documented in an article in Blue Book magazine written by his co-pilot C. Donald Wire covering the August 1944 southern France landing. Click here to view John's C-47 position (#12) in the V of Vs  D-Day formation as part of the "Albany" mission.  
 
As time permits, we plan to expand this page with many family stories collected from letters, diaries, newspaper articles, documented stories, and other media passed on to us.

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