Descendents of Albert Smith / Rhoda Goode (General)

by Lawrencef , Trentham, Australia, Thursday, July 02, 2009, 14:28 (5697 days ago)

Hi

I'm wondering if a cursory glance through the phone book in Little Dean, Gloster Mitcheldean, Tibberton, Gloucester etc shows any descendents with the following surnames...

Smith (sigh too commmon), Goode, Hughes, Tresham, Pearce, Holder.

I know that some of those names are very common but the more I research the more I think that there has to be living decendents still in the forest of dean area. I'm interested in writing to them if possible.

Slowhands, I've made some real progress on Caldwell, and have isolated Thomas and Elizabeth Goode's (nee pearce) daughter (Rachael) as the mother of Rhoda Minnie Goode. I doubt that I'll ever find a father as it seems that all the illigitimate children (Lovell raised by James Smith / Elizabeth Hughes, Rhoda M Goode raised by Thomas Goode / Elizabeth Pearce for example) all seem to be given over to their Grandparents for raising. The actual mother then pretends to have never had a child and manages to get married later on.

Can anyone tell me if this was a common practice of the time (it seems to be common in my family at least).

I located Lovells wife and family in the UK and am going to try and contact descendents next, oddly his wife Stella Burton died in 1963 (she never remarried) in the suburb in sydney (Balmain) I was bought up in (this is odd as I'm a new zealander and came here at the age of 12). It was a rough old suburb then and still was when I arrived, full of miners cottages, children. When I came there it was a real mix of new money and working class miners and there children, school was similer to being in hell with all the issues that caused.

Regards

Lawrence

ps the South Africa geneologist hit a brick wall so am still unable to find out anything about Olive Elizabeth Smith and her voyages far and wide (I have found her trip to canada and her death in NZ though).