George GOODMAN

[1783caz]

hi bgoodman ...it wasnt unusual for families in them days to try to have kids soon after a death of a child ...it was the thing as you know to have kids as soon as ...( or in my josephs case married within a year of 1st child prob to poor ) its actualy very possible to get preg as soon as youve had a child infact a women is very at her peek after having a child to get pregnant again as to what she is normaly ...( a) it happened to me after i lost my 1st stillborn  ...(b) theres only 1yrs diff to me and my brother just about ...esp if a childs born earlier than expected ...  

i to had a cousin ask me 4 months ago if her husbands goodmans are connected to ours ...totaly bent my head lol .

ive already opened a group on facebook on goodmans of watford ...anyone can join if they have a goodman in watford ,,the idea is we might find stuff that google etc doesnt give us ...the more the merrier.. im also opening a watford group of pics ive found ..i already run one for hemel ...called hemel hempstead ago ...its nearly due to open ....once thats up and going i will be starting opening watfords by end of next week ...lots of pics to view and everything will be cut into folders of diff parts ie: croxley green ,sarratt,watford town centre ,rickmansworth ...the lot will be in their on folders to view ...

All us different Goodmans pulling together makes me chuckle lol

[bgoodman]

That is a great idea 1783Caz I will look into the Goodman site. I must also try that birth cert re Margaret Goodman, even though it may not give me much more info. If the birth proves to me my ancestor I will be able to go for the death cert. At least it is something to chew on for now.

[1783caz]

lets just hope it brings good news ...i might be going to london archives this month if things go well and works quiet ...if all goes well then i shall try and look for some bits for you whilst im there .fingers crossed.

[bgoodman]

Thank you 1783Caz that is really kind of you. Maybe one day we will find our elusive George, yours and mine, even if they are not one and the same.

[1783caz]

if you dont mind me asking ...roughly how much does the DNA test cost to do ? i was thinking if its not to high then we might be able to do one with one of my male goodmans...if it is then cant see it happening esp this side of xmas ...

[bgoodman]

Hi 1783Caz, no I don't mind you asking at all. It was about £105.00 with the 37 marker test and that was apparently slightly cheaper as there is a project going for Goodman. It would depend on the exchange rate with the dollar etc. If you can get a male Goodman to have the DNA test done I would consider forking out again also. It is with familytreedna an American company.

[1783caz]

oh thats not to bad ... was thinking it was going to be treble that phew! ....
getting a male to do the test isnt a problem ...does it matter which male ? as my brother is in direct line with the goodman males or we have an older cousin who comes from a female goodman ...does it make a difference who i was to use ?

Whats this project going for goodman ?

[bgoodman]

Yes, it does make a difference it would definitely have to be from the direct male line. I think the project is about a Goodman person having a sort of clearing house site, as he appears to be trying to locate his family. I know that there has been a larger project by a National Genealogical group who did a world wide DNA test of different people. I would have to read it up again to recall the details exactly, although that last project is mentioned on the familytreedna.com site.

[bgoodman]

I have sent off a copy of Mary goodman's photo to 'who do you think you are' magazine. It was the one of her in her uniform. Hopefully the editor may be able to enlighten me as to whether it was her housekeeper or midwife's uniform. Thanks for that suggestion jtas. Sorry also that you have had some disappointing news with one of your leads of late.
I haven't received anything back re the death cert for that Margaret who died in 1881. Although it does seem a bit of a long shot, given that Mary had just given birth on the 4th of July to young George.