George GOODMAN

[Maddie]

Hi

Don't really know why Ray & I seem to gel, unless it's because we have near enough 63 years of experience between us in the Ricky area.

I have been looking again at the ages & info for the guys who are on the Attestation list with George. Strangely, I can only pick up Ebenezer Ralph on the census & Free BMD have him as Relph born Mar qtr 1853, doesn't that make him 17 in 1871 not 18 years & 8 months. The other names are a mystery which makes me suspicious about the info.

There is a complete list of Depot Rolls for the 34th Foot Cumberland from 1838 to 1873 on the net & George appears to be the only one that enlisted at Westminster on May 10th 1871. (Yes, I've been through the lot )

Don't suppose any of this helps but I'm trying.

Maddie

[bgoodman]

Thank you Maddie I really do appreciate your efforts. I agree that this age thing re the army is a bit too precise. Also generally there does appear to have been quite  a few mistakes in the civil recording at the time. All this makes life very difficult indeed.

[1783caz]

hi there ...i cant help much with this info lately as its a bit to out my depths lol ...but if you need to know anyting regarding boxmoor church in st john rd i would be happy to pop across there as its right near me ...

[[Ray]]

Hi

Gel? Can only be the sense of humour, natural charm, quick-wittedness, "born" personality, and VERY modest. 

Then there is me. Stubborn, OCD, terse, unedoocatted and illiterut.

I'm going to "tidy up" what I found about RevFr HJH.
I noticed that he (poss) wasn't educated at Oxford but at his father's London.
Also, poss connection? Railway.
HarrowOnHill to Rickmansworth is direct.
Harrow/Wealdstone to HemelH/Boxmoor.
Harrow to Ruislip/Uxbridge

ps Don't forget that most people could not read/write let alone work out to the month how old they were.

Ray

[Maddie]

Morning all

Ray,    .

Yes, you are right, the railway could figure in here & as has been said before ages were a thing of mystery way back then. I certainly have a few of my ancestors who had no idea how old they were.

Caz,
That's a thought re the Boxmoor church, could come in handy.

One day we might find George..........

Maddie

[1783caz]

Hi Maddie i had to check that midwife record with the Ellen Goodman just to clarify its not one of mine ...and its not ...but what i have found is that she lived in Talbot road with her husband Henry Goodman and kids ... (so she married into the family ) ...His father was Henry W Goodman (1833) was born in Chesham ... and step mother Priscilla A.Puddephatt  (1856) and born in Chesham ... He was a baker in 1881 and they had a servant named Mary Pratt ....Henrys W goodmans father is William Goodman
 Priscillas father is William Puddephatt...I think Henry junior married twice and his first wife is Sarah ...

[Maddie]

Hi Caz

Yes, you are right, that is the correct family but I think the midwife Ellen was the daughter of Henry & Ellen as she was 31 in 1934. Born 1904 in Ricky.

 Henry married Ellen Gibbs in 1883 & they were my Uncles Grandparents.

Henry's father was Henry William, he married Sarah Beckley in 1859 in Latimer Bucks, she died in 1875 & he then married Priscilla A Puddephatt in 1876 Newington Surrey.

Confusing, all these Goodman's in Ricky "aint it".

Maddie

[[Ray]]

. . . . . not Gibbs? Another blacksmith?!

[jtas]

Hi Maddie,

I have just been looking at the 1851 census for james goodman the blacksmith, his next door neighbours are the Beckley family  who were the rellies of my mum`s aunt and uncle that married two Beckley`s from the same family. At this rate we will soon find that we are all related one way or another. I wonder if your Sarah Beckley was connected to this branch.

I also noticed on the 1851 that there were a few Gristwood families living near to James goodman, and it was Elizabeth Winfield (nee Gristwood) that reported George `s death, if she had grown up with him she would have had a vague idea of his date of birth and that could explain why she was there when he died.

bye for now

Jackie