Tuesday 1 October 2013

6. George Gooch


1841 Census George and Charlotte Gooch Household

Residence t Back St St Albans Hertfordshire
Name                             Status                  Occupation                Age            Birthplace
George                           Head                    Gunmaker                     30 or 36    Not in Hert
Charlotte                                                                                          36              Not in Hert

1845 3 September Marriage Sarah Brown and George Gooch

Groom George Gooch Gunmaker Father William Gooch, Bride Sarah Brown Father William Brown

1851 Census George and Sarah Gooch

165 Back St St Albans
Name                             Status                  Occupation                Age            Birthplace
George                           M Head                Gunmaker                     45               Ipswich Suffolk
Sarah                              F Wife                                                       31               Hemel Hempstead
George                           M Son                                                        3                 St Albans
William                          M Son                                                        2                St Albans
Ellen                               F Dau                                                        5mo            St Albans
Elizabeth Ansell                                      House Servant              18                St Albans

1861 Census George and Sarah Gooch

9 Back St St Albans
Name                             Status                  Occupation                Age            Birthplace
George                           M Head               Gunmaker                      53              Ipswich Suffolk
Sarah                              F Wife                                                       41              Hemel Hempstead
George                           M Son                                                        13              Scholar    St Albans
Ellen                               F Dau                                                        10              Scholar    St Albans
Julia H                            F Dau                                                         9               Scholar    St Albans
Martha Davis                 F                           House Servant              22              Somerset

1861 Death Sarah Gooch

Hertford Mercury and Reformer
Saturday 21 March 1868
Sudden Death
An inquest was held on Wednesday last, at the Town Hall, St. Albans before R.G. Lowe, Esq., coroner, on view of the body of Mrs. Sarah Gooch, aged 49, wife of Mr. George Gooch, gunsmith of St. Albans, who died suddenly on the previous evening. The deceased had ben to a friends house to tea and on setting out for home on St. Peters-street, she complained of her breath and stopped several times. When she got as far as Mr.Nightingales she said she could not go any further, and went into the house She gasped for breath several times and wished a surgeon to be sent for. Mr. Russell was sent for, and on his arrival she got up, held her arms out, and then sank back in a chair and died. Dr. Russell said he had attended the deceased for some years. She had had several attacks of bronchitis, but last week appeared very well. When he was sent for to Mr. Nightingales he felt her pulse, and it beat three or four times, and immediately afterwards she died. He believed that coming out of a warm room into the cold air, produced temporary congestion of the lungs, which impeded the circulation and caused the hearts action to stop. The jury found that deceased had died from natural causes.

1871 Census George Gooch

80 French Row St Albans
Name                             Status                  Occupation                Age            Birthplace
George                           M Head                Gun manufacturer       63              St Albans
George                           M Son                  Gun manufacturer       23              St Albans
Ellen                               F Dau                  Housekeeper               20              St Albans
Lulia H                           F Dau                  Strawhat mafacturer   18              St Albans
Eliza English                                           Domestic Servant       15              St Albans
Charles Carden              M                         Visitor                         23              St Albans

1873 Marriage George Gooch and Mary Ann Howe

22/9/1873 Marriage
Groom George Gooch Gunmaker,  Father George Gooch Gunmaker
Bride Mary Ann Howe Father Richard Howe Licensed Victualler

1881 Census George and Mary Ann Gooch

St Peter St St Albans
Name                             Status                  Occupation                Age            Birthplace
George                           M Head              Gunmaker                      35               St Albans
Mary H                          F Wife                                                       32               Luton
George                           M Son                                                       5                 St Albans
Richard                          M Son                                                       2                 St Albans
Rosa                               F Dau                                                        1                 St Albans
Emily                             F Dau                                                        6                 St Albans
Hannah Dear                 F                           Servant                         26               Luton

Note George Gooch and Brown Family

So it appears that:
Sarah Brown (b 1821) dau of William and Elizabeth Brown marries George Gooch (b 1806 or 1808) in 1841
Richard Walter Brown (b 1830) marries Harriet Gooch (b 1835) in 1857.  Harriet is the dau of Henry Gooch (b1816)

Questions are:
How are George and Henry Gooch related?  Cousins or brothers.
Why is Henry identified as being born in Canterbury and George in Ipswich?

 

2 comments:

  1. Hi,
    My name is Peter Martin (petermartin1138@gmail.com)
    My grand mother was Gwendoline Paine nee Gooch.
    I have much of the census information you have published but found much of interest. I can exchange info on my branch of the Gooch family.....

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  2. apologies Peter, I never noticed your comment. I am interested in anything you have. I'm quite confused by the Gooch family.

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