Peter Ferreira
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Wilts, Dorset, Berks and Somerset ancestry
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Hi Folks,
I would dearly like to contact, and share family history notes with, any descendant or researcher of the family of William GODWIN (c1808 - 1867), who married my cousin, Mary Sarah RUMSEY (1809 - 1889).
William GODWIN had been born in Gillingham, Dorset, about 1807; Mary Sarah RUMSEY was baptized in West Knoyle, Wilts, 1809. In 1832, in West Knoyle church, Mary Sarah RUMSEY married William GODWIN, yeoman farmer, of Gillingham, Dorset. William farmed in Gillingham and West Knoyle/Mere. In the 1841 census in Castle Street in Mere, Wilts, William 30 was a Relieving Officer there; in 1851 census, William was a Collector of Rates and they lived on Castle Street in Mere. He died, aged 59, in 1867. In the 1871 census, Castle Street, Mere, Mary GODWIN 60 was head, widow; in 1881 census, Mary Godwin, head, widow, lived on Castle Street in Mere, with daughter, Bell, 40, and son, John 30. Mary was buried in Mere, aged 80, 1889. William and Mary had issue, including:
i) Robert Charles Rumsey GODWIN, born in Gillingham in 1835. In 1863 in Pewsey district, Robert married Harriet ??Sellwood??, who was born c 1845 in East Ilsley, Berks. He was a yeoman of West Knoyle Manor Farm. For the 1871 census, Robert 35, was a farmer of 1,000 acres in Manor Farm, West Knoyle, living with Harriet 26, Charles 5, Walter 4 and Arthur 9 months. Approx. 1880 disposed of Manor Farm to Thomas Flower, yeoman. In the 1881 census Robert was a retired farmer and the family, including 7 children, lived in “The Cottage”, West Knoyle; in the 1901 census Robert was a Clerk Commercial, living in Mere, with Harriet, Arthur and Norah. Robert was buried in Mere on Oct. 18th., 1913, aged 77; Harriet was buried there, aged 72, on June 10th., 1917, abode Middlesborough. Robert and Harriet had issue, all baptized in West Knoyle church.
ii) Fanny Agnes GODWIN, baptized in West Knoyle 1841. In 1859, in West Knoyle church, Fanny married James LAWRENCE, bachelor, carpenter, of Brixton, Surrey; James had been born in Fonthill Gifford, Wilts, c1840. In the 1871 census for Morden, Surrey, James 31 was a carpenter, living with Fanny 27 and Annie 4; in the 1881 census, James was a builder in Morden, Surrey; in the 1891 census, James 51 was a carpenter in Morden, Surrey, living with Fanny 50 and three children - Anne was not present; in the 1901 census, James was a builder and carpenter in Morden, Surrey, living with Fanny, Jessie, Herbert and Charles. James and Fanny had issue.
iii) Ada Emily Rumsey GODWIN, baptized in West Knoyle 1842. In 1871, in Mere, she married Obed GILES, 29, who had been born Frome, Somerset, a dairyman of Kingston Deverill, Wilts. In the 1871 census for Kingston Deverill, Obed 29, dairyman, unmarried, lived with his sisters, Rebeca 27 and Mary Anne 15; in the 1881 census, Obed was a farm bailiff in Lyncombe and Widcombe, Som.; in the 1891 census, Obed 48 was a dairyman in Netherhampton, Wilts, living with Ada 48 and three children - Ada junior was not present; in the 1901 census, Obed was a dairyman in Netherhampton, Wilts. Obed and Ada had issue.
Best wishes.
Peter Ferreira.
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ROPER of Chideock, Powerstock & Winterborne Whitchurch, Dorset
LAWRENCE of Wilts, and Berks
MAYO of Poxwell, Friar Waddon (Portesham) & Frome St. Quintin, Dorset
STONE of Piddlehinton, Dorset
CHISMAN of Castle Eaton & East Knoyle, Wilts
RUMSEY of West Knoyle & Mere, Wilts
HULL of Sutton Benger, Wilts & East Woodhay, Hants
FOWLER of Winterborne Whitchurch & Abbotsbury, Dorset, and of Cudworth, Som.
GAPPER of Winsham, Som.
PHELPS of Shepton Beauchamp, Som.
SYMONDS of Somerset & Dorset
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