Emily Patience Dayhoff^[1]

1910 - 2005  (95 years)

• Name	Emily Patience Dayhoff
  Birth	7 Sep 1910	Oella, Baltimore County, Maryland
  Gender	Female
  Death	7 Sep 2005	Baltimore City, Maryland
  Burial	10 Sep 2005	Ellicott City, Howard County, Maryland
  Person ID	I3131	The Road to Here
  Last Modified	23 Dec 2021

  
  

  Family 1	Ralph Kenneth Easton,   b. 29 Mar 1908   d. Jul 1966, Crofton, Anne Arundel, Maryland (Age 58 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1950
  Family ID	F1111	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 May 2026

  
  

  Family 2	Richard Bell Godfrey,   b. 15 Jan 1912, Galashiels, Scottish Borders, Scotland d. 16 Jan 1993 (Age 81 years)
  Children	1. Robert Donald Godfrey,   b. 23 Feb 1932   d. 1 May 1932, Oella, Baltimore County, Maryland (Age 0 years)
  Family ID	F1112	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 May 2026

  
  

  Family 3
  Family ID	F1113	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 May 2026

  
  

  Family 4
  Children	1. Calvin Thomas Godfrey,   b. 22 Aug 1930, Baltimore City, Maryland d. 1 Feb 2011 (Age 80 years)
  Family ID	F1114	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 May 2026

  
  

• Notes

  https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/96406385/ea Patience Dayhoff born in Oella, Baltimore County, MD. She was the daughter of Andrew Hanson Dayhoff and Sarah Matilda Gordon. She was the oldest of nine children. Patience did not have an easy life. She had to quit school after the sixth grade to help her mother with chores and the younger children. While in school, her mother would also keep her home on Mondays to help with the laundry. She worked at Dickey's Mill in Oella for over 40 years. One of her jobs there was running one of the large looms. Patience was married three times: First to Richard Bell Godfrey, Jr., second to Albert Benjamin Church, and third to Ralph Kenneth Easton. She had two children. First was Calvin Thomas Godfrey, whose father was Sterling Kennon Collier III. The second was Robert Donald Godfrey, whose father was Richard Bell Godfrey, Jr. Patience passed away in her sleep on her 95th birthday at the home of her son Calvin Thomas Godfrey, who she lived with during her later years. She was buried on September 10, 2005.

  
  

• Sources

  [S64] 1940 U.S. Census.