Goode family (Newent c1870 onwards) (General)

by Siggy708, Tuesday, February 03, 2009, 10:14 (5845 days ago) @ bertha

Very many thanks for the baptism info for James John Thomas GOODE and Lewis Wm. Henry Thomas GOODE.

The occupation of the father viz. James GOODE makes interesting reading as in the 1871 Census he was a Toll Gate Collector at Crow Hill Gate (before James J.T. was born on 14/11/1871).

At the time of James' Baptism - 14/1/1872, he was a Mariner and at the time of Lewis's Baptism - 13/3/1879, he was an Engine Driver.

I have been unable trace either of the James's (father or son) except for the fact that the son married my grandmother in Newport in 1897.

By 1881, the Census states that Emily, the two boys' mother was a widow, Lewis was with her mother I cannot trace where young James was.

Emily was married the following year to Richard Keyse.

In the 1891 Census, the KEYSE family entry shows a 'Henry Goode KEYSE and as the age is just about correct this must be Lewis Wm. Henry Thomas GOODE (I hope!).

Contact with someone researching the KEYSE family may well resolve this problem.

Many thanks once again

Brian (Siggy708)