Guess what! My GGGrandmother was also Elizabeth Leggett Gould, her son, Frederick Gould being my GGrandfather. He was a mariner and I attach a photo of him and one of his brother Joseph. In fact, until recent times my family has always been associated with the Little Clacton/Wivenhoe/Brightlingsea area. Whilst not a mariner, my Grandfather, Arthur Harlow, worked in the Wivenhoe shipyard for many of his earlier years and always had close contacts with fishing and sailing in the River Colne and associated coastal parts.
Like many families, in recent years we have moved away from the Essex area (to Cornwall) but I still have a strong affinity N E Essex. Might still move back that way!
Hi:
I'm descended from the Gould family. Joseph Gould/Gold was born in Messing in the 1700's. The family then moved to Little Clacton and Great Clacton. Several of the Goulds were carpenters/joiners. My gg grandmother, Elizabeth Leggett Gould, ran a beer house in Great Clacton during the 1800s.
My father was born in Dudley Rd. in Clacton-on-Sea, 1901. He was a master bricklayer.
During the 1800s, some of the Gould men were mariners. At least one of these men ended up moving to Harwich.
One my ancestors either lived at, or ran, the Roaring Donkey Pub in Holland.
The other names connected with Gould were Bareham and Butcher and possibly Lazelle.
I'm researching my ancestors and am very interested in the local history there even though I have moved to Canada (50 years ago).
Any sort of information, no matter how trivial, is of interest to me.
I'm glad to see someone is taking such an interest in this area.
Lady J
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