Emanuel Goan was born on 8 June 1835 at
Somerset Co., Pennsylvania. He was the son of
Jacob Gohn and
Sally (?). Emanuel Goan was census 1850 - free in 1850 at
Red Bank Twp., Armstrong Co., Pennsylvania; Emanuel was listed as a foster child of Joseph Moemaker, a farmer in Red Bank Twp., Armstrong Co., Pennsylvania 1850 census. He married
Judith Shelley at
Somerset Co., Pennsylvania. Emanuel Goan was Emanuel was a carpenter, undertaker, furniture maker and operator of a planning mill. At
Lebanon, Linn Co., Oregon. He married
Elizabeth R. Gibson, daughter of
John H. Gibson and
Sarah Rogers, on 31 December 1884 at
Lebanon, Linn Co., Oregon. Emanuel Goan died on 8 August 1895 at
Lebanon, Linn Co., Oregon, at age 60. He was buried in August 1895 at
Masonic Cemetery, Lebanon, Linn Co., Oregon. He was New Tag Obituary from the Lebanon Oregon Express:
"Emanuel Goan was born in Somerset Co., Pennsylvania, emigrated to Illinois in 1854 and from there to California in 1864. He came to this part of Oregon in 1878 where he lived until his death. He leaves a wife and five children to mourn the loss of a kind husband and father." On 16 August 1895 at
Lebanon, Linn Co., Oregon.