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Bedfordshire / Re: John GOODWIN
« on: Monday 02 March 09 05:16 GMT (UK)  »
Dear cousin Andy

Alas, I am still none the wiser in regard to the parents of John Goodwin. We just have to guess.

As regards the family line, my line extends to James Goodwin who moved to
Leeds from Great Barford in the 1840's, his son William, my great grandfather, his son George Alfred who migrated to Australia in 1911.  Anything you have on this family would be greatly appreciated.  Kind Regards


JohnArthur

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Bedfordshire / Re: John GOODWIN
« on: Monday 30 June 08 09:44 BST (UK)  »
To my mind, the parentage of John Goodwin,who married Frances Woodroffe in 1788, is still not certain.

I believe he is the man who died at Willington in 1830, aged 64, which suggests he was born in 1765.

John Goodwin, the son of Nathan and Ann, was born in 1765, but is said to have died in 1774. However there is no certainty that he is the lad born in 1765, as the death certificate describes him as an infant?

The other apparent discrepancy is that John, if the son of Nathan, did not name any of his sons Nathan. One possible reason for this may have been a family rift.


I think there are 7 chances in 10 that John is the son of Nathan.


Another possibility is that John Goodwin, the husband of Frances Woodroffe, was the son of Richard Gooding and Sarah, who married at Kempston in 1759.
At the present time, I rate that possibility as 1 chance in 4.

The other possibility is that he was from Kempston, but raised elsewhere.
Possible, but unlikely.

I would appreciate anything unearthed about Ann Line and her family.


 

 

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Bedfordshire / Re: John GOODWIN
« on: Saturday 28 June 08 04:45 BST (UK)  »
Maisie

We share a common g-g-g grandfather so I am also trying to definitively establish the parentage of the John Goodwin who married Francis Woodroffe.

It's a bit difficult, as I live in Melbourne. My niece spent a week in Bedfordshire last year, but confined most of her research to time spent at Great Barford and at  Bedford.

We are currently evaluating the possibility that one other of the sons of Nathan and Ann Goodin (Ebenezer or Thomas Goodwin) was known as "John" after their brother John died in 1774. What information (marriage or death certificates) do you have for these two?
 
(My grandfather was George Alfred Goodwin, the son of William Thomas Goodwin. He migrated to Australia in 1911 bringing his family with him.)


JohnArthur

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