George GOODMAN

[1783caz]

yup ...thats correct ...same info as ive got ...

[[Ray]]

1841 census does not give place of birth, only "Y" or "N".
For Thomas and Mary, in West Hyde, the census records just that they were "N" (not born in county - Herts)


In case you have not got this ...............

1861 Woodcock Hill Rickmansworth
John Thackham 25 "Day Labourer Ag" Rickmansworth
Lousia Thackham 26 Rickmansworth
William Goodman 4 "wife's son" Rickmansworth

Marriage Dec 1859 Watford 3a 457 Louisa Goodman / John Thackham

Birth Dec 1856 Watford 3a 278 William Goodman


Ray

[1783caz]

Good sunny morning 

1851 census says Russell, Wiltshire, England ... ( can only be rushall )
ooh theres this ...    Betty Goodman
Gender:    Female
Christening Date:    24 Jan 1773
Christening Place:    Laycock, Wiltshire, England
Father's Name:    Thomas Goodman
Mother's Name:    Sarah

and this ...Name:    Thomas Goodman
Gender:    Male
Christening Date:    11 Sep 1774
Christening Place:    Laycock, Wiltshire, England
Father's Name:    Thomas Goodman
Mother's Name:    Sarah

i wonder if they are ours ?

[bgoodman]

Hi, sorry Ray that was me getting ahead of myself. It would have been the 1851 census. I agree 1783caz, it would be interesting to find some connections with Rushall as I went through all the familysearch.org stuff and there appears to be several Thomas Goodmans in Wiltshire.

[[Ray]]

Hi

Duh!

Same couple 1851 in West Hyde as 1841 West Hyde.
Same dwelling, same neighbour Godliman.

Ray

[1783caz]

i have got thomas goodman down as 2 diff birth dates ...1766 & 1777 ...these are the dates i found in the census records in the past ... i cant clarify right now which records exactly but i threw me hes got 2 diff dates ...but then they never knew how old they were most the time lol ...
Being as we know kids got names after their fathers quite a bit i do reckon a thomas in devizes could be one of ours its just a matter of knowing how to back it up ?

[bgoodman]

Hi all, thank you Ray for your post. I hadn't noticed that the Godliman family were next door neighbors in both of the censuses. In fact when I first looked at the 1851 census I thought that there were two Thomas Goodmans. Ten years, for the Goodman family seems like a long time to be at the same address, given their previous record of moving around. Although I suppose it was not such a wide area. Mainly Ricky, Watford, and West Hyde. I wonder if both families  liked each other, ha ha.
I found a document on, I think it is called Genku, re parish records for Wiltshire. Although I couldn't find much about Goodman or Pursler. I did find an Edward Goodman as a witness in 1770s scrolled down and lost the details. Very difficult to read the way it is laid out. From the earlier times it is even written in Latin.

[bgoodman]

Hi to you all. Earlier, by inbox message, Maddie commented on Thomas and Zelpah's son George Hale Sloper Goodman who was born 1814. She wondered if Hale and Sloper were family names. Very good point Maddie. I have noticed that there is reference to a marriage between Sloper and Hale on Rootschat. It mentions Rushall Wiltshire also As Maddie said "food for thought". I left an inbox message with one of the Rootschatters. Should I not receive a reply I may put it on the thread. Right people collective thinking hats on when you get a mo.

[Maddie]

Well done you for finding that post re Sloper & Hale, it does at least prove that the names are local to Rushall, would be brilliant if the Chatter has come across any mention of the Goodman name whilst researching their own ancestors. I still can't find a baptism for any Goodman's at all in Rushall, very strange.

Maddie