Appears to have been born a Goodrich and adopted to the Howe family, likely after the death of father Lorenzo Goodrich in 1879. Not in 1880 census with mother Calista, but with the Howe Family.
1880 Census - Sharon, Windsor, Vermont, United States[4]
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Charles W Howe Self Male 42 Vermont, United States
Mary A Howe Wife Female 35 Canada
Henry L Goodrich Other Male 6 Vermont, United States
Calista Harrington Other Female 41 Vermont, United States
↑ "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XF4P-YVB : 11 February 2018), Lorenzo Goodrich in entry for Lorenzo Goodrich, 24 Feb 1874, Birth; State Capitol Building, Montpelier; FHL microfilm 540,092.
↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8WK-SH8 : 15 July 2017), Henry L Goodrich in household of Charles W Howe, Sharon, Windsor, Vermont, United States; citing enumeration district ED 262, sheet 249B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,350.
Source: S1 Lafayette Wallace Case M.D., Author Role: Editor The Goodrich Family in America. A Genealogy of the Descendants of John and William Goodrich of Wethersfield, Conn., Rich Publication: Fergus Printing Company, Chicago, Illinois, 1889, Second Date, 1984
"Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2V3V-HCT : 3 November 2017), Lorenzo Goodrich in entry for Henry L Howe and Althea G Drake, 03 Jul 1923, Marriage; State Capitol Building, Montpelier; FHL microfilm 2,032,558.
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