Guide to the Archival Collections.pdf - Missouri History Museum

Cite as: Leon Gumbel Godchaux Biographical Data Sheet, Missouri History Museum Archives,
St. Louis.
A0590
Goddard Family.
Papers, 1839-1850. 1 folder (approximately 10 items)
Letters from members of the Stephen Goddard family in Clay County, Missouri, to relatives
in Pennsylvania, dealing with the early customs and farm life in Missouri, especially Clay
County. Discusses Mormonism and politics of the day. These are photostat copies; the original
documents are at the Minnesota Historical Society.
Cite as: Goddard Family Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A0591
Godefroy Manufacturing Company.
Records, 1935-1955. 1 box
Godefroy Manufacturing Company, founded in 1882 by Alexandre F. Godefroy, for the
manufacturing of cosmetics. Charles W. Godefroy succeeded his father as president of the firm.
Business correspondence, directives, employment data, memos, price control regulations and
materials, World War II quota notices, and technical instructions concerning the Godefroy
Manufacturing Company.
Cite as: Godefroy Manufacturing Company Records, Missouri History Museum Archives, St.
Louis.
A2164
Godfrey-Morton Family.
Papers, 1838-1960. 1 box
J.W. Godfrey and family were from McLean County, Illinois, during the late 1830s to 1870s.
John Washington Godfrey ran for overseer of the poor and won on April 6, 1858, for McLean
County. The Morton family was from Dickens County, Georgia. Evelyn Tate and Isaac P.
Morton were married in Dickens County, Georgia, in 1906. The Morton family relocated to St.
Louis, Missouri, circa 1920. The Morton family descends from John Alston and family in 1711
in Gater County, North Carolina, which was formerly Chowan County. A.H. Eilers, who was
born around 1844, was married to Agnes Coudy. He had two sons, Roy M. and Ralph H. A.H.
Eilers was the founder of Church and Sunday School Supply House. A.H. Eilers was born in
Germany and made his home in Milwaukee. Roy Eilers was an attorney for Century Electric Co.
and Ralph Eilers was an alderman from the twenty-sixth ward.
The papers contain personal letters, promissory notes, receipts, tax receipts, legal documents,
and manuscripts.
Finding aid available.
Cite as: Godfrey-Morton Family Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A0592
Goebel, Gert (1816-1878).
“Laenger als ein Menschenleben in Missouri” / by Gert Goebel; manuscript translation by
M. Heinrichsmeyer, [1956]. 1 box
Gert Goebel, born in 1816 in Coburg, Germany, son of David Goebel (1787-1872) and
Henrietta Kessell who died in 1860. The family came to Missouri in 1834, settled in Newport,
Franklin County. David was county surveyor, 1849-1851, his son acting as his deputy, and