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[acky]

help  Tracing my wifes family we have ELIZA GOFF married to john riddey1872age 19(IGI)then we have ELIZA GOFF age 30 unmarried born 1851(  1881)census we then have ELIZA  GOFF age 41 married to thomas harpen 1889, are they the same ELIZA ,all  these were living at Cranfield Beds .
   ACKY

[Necromancer]

So basically thats:-

• an Eliza born 1853...married to a Riddely in 1872
• and in the 1881 an unmarried one born 1851
• finally, an  Eliza born 1848...married to a Harpen by 1889

Lets have a look ...

[Necromancer]

FreeBMD - 1845 - 1855 births

Births Jun 1850   
 
Goff  Eliza    Bedford  V6 P30   

Births Jun 1853   
 
Goff  Elizabeth Shirck     Bedford  V3b P314   

Births Sep 1853   
 
Goff  Eliza     Ampthill  V3b P315

[Necromancer]

Ditto date range for GOUGH

Births Jun 1850   

Gough  Elizabeth    Bedford V 6 31   

Births Sep 1855   
 
Gough  Eliza     Bedford V 3b 292

[Necromancer]

The niece (unmarried) in 1881 is most likely the 1850 lass above

Also, an Eliza Riddy in 1881 Cranfield is a sister in law to a Charles and Emma Fountain - she is thus most likely to be the Eliza you saw married in the IGI. She staes she is 26 tho, but I bet she is the 1853 Ampthill Regn above.

Charles married Emma Goff ..

Marriages Jun 1876    
 
Fountain  Charles    Ampthill  Vol 3b P647   
Goff  Emma    do do do


So, thats at least 2 alive in 1881.

[janan]

Hi
Sticking to the 1845-55 age range in 1871 there are 2 Eliza Goffs (no Goughs) living in Cranfield one born c1848 niece to Susanna Goff , one c1851 daughter of John and Mary Ann
Jan

[Necromancer]

Marriages Sep 1889   
 
Gough  Eliza    Ampthill  Vol 3b P617   
Harpur  Thomas Goodrich     do do do

[yonderpeasant]

1861 Cranfield Beds RG9 /1002/ 37 /26
Tattlett End
John Goff head mar 46 ag lab b.Northants Kettering
Mary Ann Goff wife mar 44 b.Beds Cranfield
Mary Ann daur 13  lacemaker         do
George    son  10   ag lab               do
Eliza         daur  8 lacemaker          do
Emma  Goff daur 4                         do


folio 26 p4

West of Merchant Lane
Zacharia Goff head mar 22 ag lab   
Elizabeth Goff wife mar 26 lacemaker
George           son          4
Elizabeth        daur          2
all born Beds Cranfield
 

[Necromancer]

According to the 1891 census Eliza, wife of Thomas G Harper states her age as 44 .... so I'd guess (as she doesnt show in the Goughs found earlier) she was born before 1845 - if yet transcribed in FreeBMD - or spelled as another variant ...

RG12/1261; Folio 8; Page 10 - Cranfield

Cant see other marriages or remarriages .... you might have to resort to finding these females in earlier census with parents....