George GOODMAN

[1783caz]

anyone heard anything?

[bgoodman]

Hi, just checked my e-mails again and still no reply. I will check the actual site later as sometimes the company mention where they are at, in their process of checking.

[bgoodman]

Hi all, I checked the familytreedna site and it appears that the basic 12 marker test will be available on the 6th of March. The 37 marker, which is the one that I purchased, is available on the 20th of March. I think that will be the date of the complete testing.
I was thinking of the George Goodman born 1844, James the Blacksmith's son, and the age difference with my George. My chap, according to his death, would be born approx 1848. It appeared that Mary McCarthy married when she was quite young and she may have met my ancestor sometime before marriage. If the 1844 George is one and the same it may be that the age difference would have had an influence on George not wishing to disclose his real age.
I know that my dear departed dad was conscious of the nine year age difference between my mother and himself. When they first met, according to my mother, my dad didn't tell her his real age for some time. She was only sixteen years and had to wait until she was twenty one before marriage. Of course full age on Mary McCarthy's (nee Goodman) marriage cert could have been 16 years as in 1875 it would have been OK to marry younger. Still, hopefully all will be revealed soon.

[bgoodman]

Hi all, my brother managed to keep some letters from my (now departed) Aunt's house. She was the wife of George Goodman, George senior's grand son and my uncle. Unfortunately my uncle had no surviving children of his own, beyond the age of four years.
When my grand father Hubert was in Cork hospital in1954 his children, including my father, wrote him quite a few letters. My uncle appears to have taken those letters with him when he moved out of the family home. In one such letter my father refers to a gentleman calling to his place of work looking for relatives of Mary Goodman (nee McCarthy) from Cashel. Apparently this message came from America and the local constabulary were contacted. It appears from further letters that my grandfather was not able to reply in writing to their letters due to his condition.
What a bummer that was as it may have thrown more light on things. However it was interesting reading those letters as it gave some insight to how close the family were. I would never have thought my uncle who appeared such a joker would have any interest in family history as such. I wish I had racked his brains when he was alive.

[Maddie]

Hi

I wonder if the contact from America had anything to do with your Grandfather's missing brother George. Could he have died c1954 & whomever was trying to find relatives, especially as the police were involved.

Perhaps a little more digging in the US round about that date might fetch up something.

Maddie

[bgoodman]

Thank you Maddie for your reply. I will ask my brother what he thinks as he still has the letters. I was just reading them all at once one evening and I got the impression that it referred to Mary's McCarthy people. I know from what my father told me that my grandfather did try and find out what happened to his brother by posting his request in a newspaper. From what my dad led me to believe it was to no avail. Never thought at the time to ask which paper.

[bgoodman]

Hi, today I went to the -Who do you think you are event in London. I noticed that there was a Wiltshire Family History Society stall. On their website www.wiltshirefhs.co.uk there are details of forth coming Family History days. One is in April at Swindon and the other is in June at Wilton. There are no admissions fees and according to their leaflets there will be quite a lot of information available on these days. I just thought 1783Caz may be interested as I know that you mentioned that was where your Rickmansworth Goodmans came from originally.
Now for my second piece of information, it may be time to get the grapes ready 1783Caz. Familytreedna are often unpredictable re the availability of their results etc. I got an e-mail to say that my dad's DNA had matched on the 12 marker test with another person. I was surprised as my dad had only matched with two others before and none of those were Goodman. My dad didn't even match with the Devon guy who had pages of matches (none Goodman) on the 12 marker test. Well 1783Caz, go ahead and crush just one grape for now because my dad does match with your brother at the 12 marker test. I realize that the 37 marker result will be the real identifier. However, at least there is hope now and I was overjoyed to see the first result matched.

[1783caz]

Hi there , thanks for the wiltshire info ...i didnt know there were events in London ...i must keep an eye out for the next one ...
Bit far for me to go to Swindon to an event though ...was thinking last month that i need to visit their history/archive place ... its just to far though .

Wow... the DNA 12 marker has matched !!!  ...this is nail biting stuff now lol ...the suspence is killing me !!!!!

[Maddie]

I think we shall all be crushing more than just grapes if the 37 marker test result is also a match.........

All fingers & toes are crossed for you both.

Maddie