See also
Husband:
James Henry GOODSWEN (1861-1948)
Wife:
Sophia Mary EDWARDS (c. 1862-1937)
Children:
Marriage:
29 Oct 1884
James Henry GOODSWEN
Name:
James Henry GOODSWEN
Sex:
Male
Father:
Mother:
Birth:
1 Jun 1861
Census:
1871 (age 9-10)
Pulham St. Mary Magdalen5
Address: Tivetshall Road, Pulham St. Mary Magdalen
9, living with parents James (35, agricultural labourer) and Susan (31), and siblings Mary Ann (11), John (8), Lucy (6, scholar), Rose (5, scholar), George (3) and Harry (1)
Census:
1881 (age 19-20)
Pulham St. Mary Magdalen6
Address: Station Road, Pulham St. Mary Magdalen
19, agricultural labourer, living with parents James (47, agricultural labourer) and Susan (41), and siblings John (18, agricultural labourer), Lucy (16, domestic servant out of situation), Rose (15), George (13, page boy, sleeps at home), Harry (11, agricultural labourer), Annie (9, scholar), Sally (7, scholar), Herbert (5), Lily (3) and Arthur (11 mths)
Census:
1891 (age 29-30)
Long Stratton St. Mary7
Address: Norwich Road, Long Stratton St. Mary
29, agricultural labourer, living with wife Sophia (28) and children Mary (5, scholar), Harry [Henry] (4), Agnes (2) and Edith (8 mths)
Census:
1901 (age 39-40)
Pulham St. Mary Magdalen8
Address: Near Dairy Farm, Pulham St. Mary
39, horseman on farm, living with wife Sophia (38) and children James H (14, cattle feeder on farm), Agnes E (12, scholar), Edith A (10, scholar), Hilda L (7, scholar), Arthur G (5, scholar) and Mabel L (2)
Census:
1911 (age 49-50)
Pulham St. Mary9
49, horseman on farm, living with wife Sophia (48) and children Henry (24, farm labourer), Mabel (12), Gertrude (9) and Lily (7)
Miscellaneous event:
c. 1938
After Sophia died in 1937 in Tharston, James went to live with his married daughter Gertrude in Hillingdon, Middlesex, and died there in 1948 to be buried at Tharston.
1939 Register:
1939 (age 77-78)
Hillingdon, Middlesex4
Address: 117 Sutton Court Road, Hillingdon, Middlesex
widower, retired farm labourer, b.01.06.1861
Death:
22 Feb 1948 (age 86)
Burial:
28 Feb 1948
Tharston10
MI:
Tharston11
Address: St. Mary's Churchyard
IN LOVING MEMORY OF • SOPHIA MARY • THE BELOVED WIFE OF • JAMES HENRY GOODSWEN • WHO PASSED PEACEFULLY AWAY • JULY 28TH 1937 • AGED 75 YEARS • REST IN PEACE • ALSO OF • JAMES HENRY GOODSWEN • BELOVED HUSBAND OF THE ABOVE • PASSED PEACEFULLY AWAY • FEB. 22ND 1948 • AGED 86 YEARS • THROUGH THE CROSS TO THE CROWN
Sophia Mary EDWARDS
Name:
Sophia Mary EDWARDS
Sex:
Female
Father:
Mother:
Birth:
c. 1862
Baptism:
5 Oct 1862 (age 0)
Long Stratton St. Mary12
Census:
1881 (age 18-19)14
18, general domestic servant, living in the household of Edward FUTTER (56, farmer of 136 acres employing 6 men and 2 boys
Census:
1891 (age 28-29)
Long Stratton St. Mary7
Address: Norwich Road, Long Stratton St Mary
28, living with husband James (29, agricultural labourer) and children Mary (5, scholar), Harry [Henry] (4), Agnes (2) and Edith (8 mths)
Census:
1901 (age 38-39)
Pulham St. Mary Magdalen8
Address: Near Dairy Farm, Pulham St. Mary
38, living with husband James (39, horseman on farm) and children James H (14, cattle feeder on farm), Agnes E (12, scholar), Edith A (10, scholar), Hilda L (7, scholar), Arthur G (5, scholar) and Mabel L (2)
Census:
1911 (age 48-49)
Pulham St. Mary9
48, living with husband James (49, horseman on farm) and children Henry (24, farm labourer), Mabel (12), Gertrude (9) and Lily (7)
Death:
28 Jul 1937 (age 74-75)
Burial:
31 Jul 1937
Tharston15
MI:
Tharston11
Address: St. Mary's Churchyard
IN LOVING MEMORY OF • SOPHIA MARY • THE BELOVED WIFE OF • JAMES HENRY GOODSWEN • WHO PASSED PEACEFULLY AWAY • JULY 28TH 1937 • AGED 75 YEARS • REST IN PEACE • ALSO OF • JAMES HENRY GOODSWEN • BELOVED HUSBAND OF THE ABOVE • PASSED PEACEFULLY AWAY • FEB. 22ND 1948 • AGED 86 YEARS • THROUGH THE CROSS TO THE CROWN
Name:
Sophia Mary GOODSWEN
Sex:
Female
Spouse:
Birth:
27 Jun 1885
Long Stratton16
Baptism:
16 Aug 1885 (age 0)
Stratton St. Mary16
Census:
1891 (age 5-6)
Long Stratton St. Mary7
Address: Norwich Road, Long Stratton St Mary
5, scholar, living with parents James (29, agricultural labourer) and Sophia (28), and siblings Harry [Henry] (4), Agnes (2) and Edith (8 mths)
Census:
1911 (age 25-26)
Shepperton, Middlesex17
Address: Halliford Square, Shepperton, Middlesex
25, living with husband Richard Edward (28, general labourer) and children Herbert Edward (6), Leslie William (4) and Dorothy Irene (3)
Death:
c. 1923 (age 37-38)18
Name:
James Henry (Harry) GOODSWEN
Sex:
Male
Spouse:
Birth:
c. 1887
Baptism:
3 Apr 1887 (age 0)
Stratton St. Mary19
Census:
1891 (age 3-4)
Long Stratton St. Mary7
Address: Norwich Road, Long Stratton St Mary
4, living with parents James (29, agricultural labourer) and Sophia (28), and sisters Mary (5, scholar), Agnes (2) and Edith (8 mths)
Census:
1901 (age 13-14)
Pulham St. Mary Magdalen8
Address: Near Dairy Farm, Pulham St. Mary
14, cattle feeder on farm, living with parents James (39, horseman on farm) and Sophia (38), and siblings Agnes E (12, scholar), Edith A (10, scholar), Hilda L (7, scholar), Arthur G (5, scholar) and Mabel L (2)
Census:
1911 (age 23-24)
Pulham St. Mary9
24, farm labourer, living with parents James (49, horseman on farm) and Sophia (48), and sisters Mabel (12), Gertrude (9) and Lily (7)
Death:
Burial:
16 Feb 1935
Thorpe Abbotts21
age 48
Name:
Agnes Emma GOODSWEN
Sex:
Female
Spouse:
Birth:
18 Sep 1888
Baptism:
7 Sep 1890 (age 1)
Stratton St. Mary23
additional baptism
Census:
1891 (age 2-3)
Long Stratton St. Mary7
Address: Norwich Road, Long Stratton St Mary
2, living with parents James (29, agricultural labourer) and Sophia (28), and siblings Mary (5, scholar), Harry [Henry] (4) and Edith (8 mths)
Census:
1901 (age 12-13)
Pulham St. Mary Magdalen8
Address: Near Dairy Farm, Pulham St. Mary
12, scholar, living with parents James (39, horseman on farm) and Sophia (38), and siblings James H (14, cattle feeder on farm), Edith A (10, scholar), Hilda L (7, scholar), Arthur G (5, scholar) and Mabel L (2)
1939 Register:
1939 (age 50-51)
Aslacton24
unpaid domestic duties, b. 18.09.1888
Death:
c. 1972 (age 83-84)
Weston Longville25
reg: Norwich Outer Norfolk
Name:
Edith Anna GOODSWEN
Sex:
Female
Spouse (2):
Birth:
28 Jul 1890
Baptism:
7 Sep 1890 (age 0)
Stratton St. Mary23
Census:
1891 (age 0-1)
Long Stratton St. Mary7
Address: Norwich Road, Long Stratton St Mary
8 mths, living with parents James (29, agricultural labourer) and Sophia (28), and siblings Mary (5, scholar), Harry [Henry] (4) and Agnes (2)
Census:
1901 (age 10-11)
Pulham St. Mary Magdalen8
Address: Near Dairy Farm, Pulham St. Mary
10, scholar, living with parents James (39, horseman on farm) and Sophia (38), and siblings James H (14, cattle feeder on farm), Agnes E (12, scholar), Hilda L (7, scholar), Arthur G (5, scholar) and Mabel L (2)
Census:
1911 (age 20-21)
Ketton, Rutland27
Address: St. Mary's Home, Ketton, Rutland
21, inmate, housemaid, residing in Rutland, near Stamford, at a 'home for girls in moral danger run by an order of Anglican nuns as a laundry'
1939 Register:
1939 (age 48-49)
Freckenham, Suffolk26
Address: 1 Warren Road, Freckenham, Suffolk
unpaid domestic duties, b.28.07.1890
Death:
c. 1991 (age 100-101)28
reg:Sudbury Suffolk
Name:
Hilda Lucy GOODSWEN
Sex:
Female
Birth:
11 Jun 1893
Long Stratton31
Baptism:
27 Aug 1893 (age 0)
Stratton St. Mary31
Census:
1901 (age 7-8)
Pulham St. Mary Magdalen8
Address: Near Dairy Farm, Pulham St. Mary
7, scholar, living with parents James (39, horseman on farm) and Sophia (38), and siblings James H (14, cattle feeder on farm), Agnes E (12, scholar), Edith A (10, scholar), Arthur G (5, scholar) and Mabel L (2)
Census:
1911 (age 17-18)
Pulham St. Mary The Virgin32
17, general domestic servant, living in the household of Elizabeth MAYES (widow, 72, pensioner of Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution and let rooms occasionally
1939 Register:
1939 (age 45-46)
Cholsey, Berkshire33
Address: Mead Comer Reading Road, Cholsey, Berkshire
nurse, b.11.06.1893, living in a boarding house run by Marjorie R HATCHAND proprietress
Travel OUT:
15 Jun 1948 (age 55)
Southampton
on board the Cunard White Star ship the Aquitania bound for Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. At that time she had been living at 165 Lynton Road, Harrow, Middlesex, 55 years old and occupation was given as nurse.
Residence:
btw 1948 and 1954 (age 54-61)
Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
family recollection of the place she lived
Travel IN:
21 May 1954 (age 60)
Southampton
on board the Cunard White Star ship the R.M.S. Scythia from Canada. She was unaccompanied, 61 years old and occupation was given as housewife. It gives her proposed residence as 117 Sutton Court Road, Hillingdon, Middlesex.
Death:
30 Aug 1983 (age 90)
Great Witchingham34
Address: 52 Fakenham Road, Great Witchingham
Probate:
18 Oct 198334
GOODSWEN. Hilda Lucy of 52 Fakenham Rd Great Witchingham Norfolk died 30 August 1983 Probate Ipswich 18 October Not exceeding £40000 831103134J
Name:
Arthur George GOODSWEN
Sex:
Male
Spouse:
Birth:
14 May 1895
Baptism:
30 May 1895 (age 0)
Tharston35
Census:
1901 (age 5-6)
Pulham St. Mary Magdalen8
Address: Near Dairy Farm, Pulham St. Mary
5, scholar, living with parents James (39, horseman on farm) and Sophia (38), and siblings James H (14, cattle feeder on farm), Agnes E (12, scholar), Edith A (10, scholar), Hilda L (7, scholar) and Mabel L (2)
Census:
1911 (age 15-16)
Pulham St. Mary37
15, farm servant, living in the household of Alfred WEBB (33, farmer)
Military period:
frm 11 Oct 1915 to 9 Nov 1918 (age 20-23)
Served in France with the 1st. Norfolk Regiment, Private, Ser. No. 17511
1939 Register:
1939 (age 43-44)
Ashford, Middlesex36
Address: 68 Woodthorpe Road, Ashford, Middlesex
British Legion Poppy worker, b.14.05.1895
Death:
12 Feb 1976 (age 80)
Address: 143 Elizabeth Avenue, Laleham, Middlesex
reg: Surrey Northern
Probate:
28 Apr 1976
London39
GOODSWEN; Arthur George of 143 Elizabeth Av Laleham Staines Middx died 12 February [1976] Probate London 28 April £2834 760205486V
Name:
Mabel Louisa GOODSWEN
Sex:
Female
Birth:
c. 1898
Baptism:
12 Feb 1899 (age 0-1)
Tharston45
Census:
1901 (age 2-3)
Pulham St. Mary Magdalen8
Address: Near Dairy Farm, Pulham St. Mary
2, living with parents James (39, horseman on farm) and Sophia (38), and siblings James H (14, cattle feeder on farm), Agnes E (12, scholar), Edith A (10, scholar), Hilda L (7, scholar) and Arthur G (5, scholar)
Census:
1911 (age 12-13)
Pulham St. Mary9
12, living with parents James (49, horseman on farm) and Sophia (48), and siblings Henry (24, farm labourer), Gertrude (9) and Lily (7)
Travel OUT:
10 Apr 1922 (age 23-24)
Southampton
aboard the Dunluce Castle, aged 26, a nurse, bound for Natal; she shared the journey with two other nurses, Mrs. J.W. HOWDEN and Miss A. HOWDEN
Name:
Gertrude May GOODSWEN
Sex:
Female
Spouse:
Birth:
6 May 1901
Census:
1911 (age 9-10)
Pulham St. Mary9
9, living with parents James (49, horseman on farm) and Sophia (48), and siblings Henry (24, farm labourer), Mabel (12) and Lily (7)
1939 Register:
1939 (age 37-38)
Hillingdon, Middlesex4
Address: 117 Sutton Court Road, Hillingdon, Middlesex
unpaid domestic duties, b.06.05.1901
Death:
24 Sep 1974 (age 73)
Address: 117 Sutton Court Road, Hillingdon, Middlesex
Probate:
23 Dec 1974
London48
WITCHER. Gertrude May of 117 Sutton Court Road Hillingdon Middx died 24 September 1974 Probate London 23 December £10320 740139119A
Name:
Margery Lilian GOODSWEN
Sex:
Female
Spouse:
Birth:
c. 1903
Pulham St. Mary Magdalen49
Census:
1911 (age 7-8)
Pulham St. Mary9
7, living with parents James (49, horseman on farm) and Sophia (48), and siblings Henry (24, farm labourer), Mabel (12) and Gertrude (9)
London Gazette:
9 Nov 1943 (age 39-40)
NOTICE is hereby given that I, MARGERY LILIAN GOODSWEN of 117 Sutton Court Road Hillingdon in the county of Middlesex a natural British born subject intend at the expiration of twenty-one days from the date of publication of this notice to assume the surname of Goodswen-Blake in lieu of my present surname of Goodswen. - Dated the 2nd day of November 1943. MARGERY LILIAN GOODSWEN (207)
There are references to James William rather than James Henry in some records but the other data similarities are such that these must be the same person.
James was a farm labourer, he looked after the farm horses on whichever farm he was working on. Constance remembered him taking her and Sybil to the cinema in Norwich, they travelled in a horse drawn farm cart. I think he and Sophia moved around in this small area of Norfolk as he could find work, until they finally settled in Tharston. In 1918 they were living at Hall Farm, then a few years later 'near Chequers', then in 1926 at Forncett Road. - Source: a family recollection.
Parish register - marriage. Stratton St. Mary. Cit. Date: 29 October 1884.
Civil Registration - marriage. 1884 Q4 Depwade4B 631. Cit. Date: Q4 1884.
Civil Registration - birth. 1861 Q2 Depwade 4B 238. Cit. Date: Q2 1861.
1939 Registration. RG101/0939G/007/33 : BVAK. Cit. Date: 1939.
1871 Census. RG10 1836 92 4. Cit. Date: 1871.
1881 Census. RG11 1968 97 21. Cit. Date: 1881.
1891 Census. RG12 1545 101 15. Cit. Date: 1891.
1901 Census. RG13 1860 108 12. Cit. Date: 1901.
1911 Census. RG14 PN11435 RD230 SD1 ED10 SN130. Cit. Date: 1911.
Parish register - burial. Tharston. Cit. Date: 28 February 1948.
Memorial. St. Mary's Chirch, Tharston.
Parish register - baptism. Long Stratton St. Mary. Cit. Date: 5 October 1862.
Civil Registration - birth. 1862 Q3 Depwade 4B 214. Cit. Date: Q3 1862.
1881 Census. RG11 1968 58 9. Cit. Date: 1881.
Parish register - burial. Tharston. Cit. Date: 31 July 1937.
Parish register - baptism. Stratton St. Mary. Cit. Date: 16 August 1885.
1911 Census. RG14 PN6740 RD126 SD1 ED16 SN113. Cit. Date: 1911.
Civil Registration - death. 1923 Q4 Staines Middlesex 3A 8. Cit. Date: Q4 1923.
Parish register - baptism. Stratton St. Mary. Cit. Date: 3 April 1887.
Civil Registration - birth. 1887 Q1 Depwade 4B 248. Cit. Date: Q1 1887.
Parish register - burial. Thorpe Abbotts. Cit. Date: 16 February 1935.
Civil Registration - death. 1935 Q1 Depwade 4B 254. Cit. Date: Q1 1935.
Parish register - baptism. Stratton St. Mary. Cit. Date: 7 September 1890.
1939 Registration. RG101/6542B/003/13 : TREI. Cit. Date: 1939.
Civil Registration - death. 1972 Q3 Norwich Outer 4B 1955. Cit. Date: Q3 1972.
1939 Registration. RG101/6675A/010/8 : TZIN. Cit. Date: 1939.
1911 Census. RG14 PN19427 RD411 SD1 ED15 SN127. Cit. Date: 1911.
Civil Registration - death. 1991 Q1 Sudbury Suffolk 10 3434. Cit. Date: Q1 1991.
Parish register - baptism. Stratton St. Mary. Cit. Date: 8 April 1892.
Civil Registration - death. 1892 Q2 Depwade 4B 148. Cit. Date: Q2 1892.
Parish register - baptism. Stratton St. Mary. Cit. Date: 27 August 1893.
1911 Census. RG14 PN11435 RD230 SD1 ED10 SN175. Cit. Date: 1911.
1939 Registration. RG101/2084E/004/25 : DUPA. Cit. Date: 1939.
Government Probate Death Index. 1983 Page 3744. Cit. Date: 18 October 1983.
Parish register - baptism. Tharston. Cit. Date: 30 June 1895.
1939 Registration. RG101/0898E/004/42 : BRBF. Cit. Date: 1939.
1911 Census. RG14 PN11435 RD230 SD1 ED10 SN74. Cit. Date: 1911.
Civil Registration - death. 1976 Q1 Surrey Northern 17 0628. Cit. Date: Q1 1976.
Government Probate Death Index. 1976 Page3237. Cit. Date: 28 April 1976.
Civil Registration - birth. 1897 Q2 Depwade 4B 247. Cit. Date: Q2 1897.
Parish register - baptism. Tharston. Cit. Date: 30 May 1897.
Parish register - burial. Tharston. Cit. Date: 13 January 1898.
Civil Registration - death. 1898 Q1 Depwade 4B 187. Cit. Date: Q1 1898.
Civil Registration - birth. 1899 Q1 Depwade 4B 237. Cit. Date: Q1 1899.
Parish register - baptism. Tharston. Cit. Date: 12 February 1899.
Civil Registration - birth. 1901 Q2 Depwade 4B 228. Cit. Date: Q2 1901.
Civil Registration - death. 1974 Q3 Hillingdon Middlesex 13 0857. Cit. Date: Q3 1974.
Government Probate Death Index. 1974 Page 9914. Cit. Date: 23 December 1974.
Civil Registration - birth. 1903 Q3 Depwade 4B 224. Cit. Date: Q3 1903.
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