Nicholas GOFFINET

U.S./C.S.
Nicholas GOFFINET
Biography
Indiana
Comp. D, 53rd Indiana Volunteers Infantry
Sources

 

Enlisted

Jeffersonville, Ind on the 24th March 1865

Discharged

Louisville, Ky on the 21st July 1865

Height

5 feet 7 inches

Complexion

Dark

Hairs

Dark

Eyes

Gray

Born

4 April 1840 in Les Bulles, Belgium
son of Lambert Goffinet and Marie Bertloot

Married

Marie Seraphine Lambert on 23rd Jan. 1869 by Rev. J. L. Brassard

Death

6 May 1922 from cerebral hemorrhage

Children

Pauline, born 19 Jan. 1870
Mary, born 6 Nov. 1873
Edward, born 18 July 1877

Biography :

Went to California in 1874. Resided there till 1883 before going to Washington.

Lived at Fairfield, Wash. for over 20 years then went to Spokane, Wash. 1703 Broadway Avenue for the next 21 years to the time of his death.

 

Sources :

Pension Files at the NATIONAL ARCHIVES :
Invalid: application # 955427 certificate # 663368
Widows: application # 1190139 certificate # 923474