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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Kent => Topic started by: Yuitsu on Friday 16 March 12 13:30 GMT (UK)
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Now digging into my Great-grandmothers background!
Her parents: James William Goodman (also went as William) b 1856, Upwell, Norfolk. Married Elizabeth, b 1853. 9 Children, 7 living, 2 deceased.
All the children were living with them on the 1901 census - the daughters were getting into their 30s at this point.
Children found:
Roseland Ada, 1877
Guessing another child here?
Floria, 1881
Ethel 1883
Alma 1885 (In another household as a servant)
Helen 1887 (not on 1911 census. No death record. Would have been 14.)
Harry 1888
Ruby 1891 (my great-great grandmother, to her shame.)
Horace 1892
Can anyone throw up any light as to their other child, if possible, or what happened to Helen? It's possible she went by another name I don't have yet.
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Not sure why you have listed this post in Kent.
What birth registrations did you find?
Pauline
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1891 census.
James W Goodman 35
Eliza Goodman 37 b west henstead?
Ada R Goodman 14 b west Henstead? (herts)
Fany Goodman 9 b "
Ethel Goodman 8 b hertfordshire
Alma Goodman 6 b middlesex
Helen Goodman 4 b Harpenden
Harry Goodman 2 b Stroud
Ruby Goodman 8/12 (so b 1890!)
1881 st margarets Rochester.
James A. Goodman 28
Eliza Goodman 28
Ada R. Goodman 4 Wheathampstead
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ada and ethels births were regd in st albans but the child between those two. flora's birth was regd in medway,kent
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Lot of the results are registered in Strood or various bits of Kent (as the transciber has it. Being a southerner I have no idea as to placenames at all, horrible geography.)
My 1891 census (GenesReunited) has "Florry", assuming Floria/Flora.
If anyone comes across any marriage records for any of the children, that'll be nice too. I'm digging as well with what I have access to.
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have you read the Kent resources posts?
Lots of free-to-access stuff in there. eg Cityark.
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possible
marr index
name; floria goodman
y.o.r. 1917
qtr;oct/nov/dec
dist; gravesend(this is the dist the family were in in 1901)
vol;2a
page; 1541
spouse; richard.e.beedle
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death index
name; floria beedle
y.o.r. 1963
qtr;apr/may/jun
dist; tonbridge
vol;5b
page; 961
age at death; 83
est birth date;about 1880
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possible
mar index
name; alma goodman
y.o.r. 1917
qtr;apr/may/jun
dist; gravesend
vol;2a
page; 1232
spouse; archibald.t.bailey
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Thanks for comfirming the Beedle marriage! I also found another marriage to a Beedle, with a Flora E in the same year.
I've now got:
Ada - married 1911 to George Herbert Palmer.
Ruby went on to marry an Arthur Godfrey Marten in 1915. Looking at contacting the only person I can find on GR with him in their tree! Ruby I think died in 1944 in Exeter. Can anyone confirm? The age is a bit out.
Alma married Archibald T Bailey in 1917 and went to New York, but they came back as he is listed as dying in Bromley. However I cannot find a record of her death in the UK, and I'm not sure where to look for a death abroad for a regular person.
Stuck here:
Ethel - no marriage I can find. died 1932 in Romford.
Harry - died 1946 in Rowley Regis.
Horace - died 1943 in Chatham.
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Hi, re "Helen" b c 1887 Harpenden:-
Possible birth Ellen Goodman June 1886 St Albans 3a 537
Possible death Ellen Goodman June 1891 Strood 2a 364 aged 5
Keyboard86
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Thanks keyboard86, I was focussing on Helen actually being her name and not soundalikes. It certainly fits right seeing as I can't get any results with Helen. :)