Aaron Gough/Goff - Gilliingham/Pimperne

[suzie44]

Aaron Gough/Goff was b. 1827/28 in Gillingham, he was baptised
29 June 1827 - b.b. to Rachel Gough at Gillingham, Spinster of Gillingham
Or
baptised 24 August 1828 - b.b. to Rachel Goff, Spinster of Milton , in the right column of this entry is written (reported to have been baptised by the chaplain of Doncaster Goal, received into the church by me Henry Moule)

Aaron married Jane Barnett on 9 November 1860, at Pimperne, the cert has a Stephen Stone a labourer, named as his Father,  witnessed  by Elizabeth Barnett and Stephen ? - Curate, William Ewart.

From census records

1841 - Gillingham
H O 107 / 290 / F 48, p. 3 - (16)
Same house - William Goff  age 77 - Shoemaker
Rachel Goff age 40 - independant
Aaron age 14
Leah age 10
Ellin age 5

1851 Pimperne,
 H O 107 / 1853 / F 439 p. 21  no 88 in column,
Aaron age 2? , Ag Labourer,  Lodging with John Ford age 42 Ag Labourer, wife Mary, age 31, daughters Emily 7, Louise 4, Jane 7 mths, ( an Elizabeth Ford is his Grandmother)

1861 Pimperne - R G 9 / 1334 / F 46 / p. 3  No. 11 in column
Aaron aged 33,  Ag Labourer born Gillingham, Dorset, wife Jane aged 23 and son William B A 6 months.

Aaron died 19 April 1869

Any help as to which baptism is the correct one, or any information as to who the Stephen Stone may be or any further information about Rachel Gough/Goff,  would be greatly appreciated
Suzie44

[..claire..]

Hi

In a newspaper report of 1824 a Stephen Stone of Gillingham was accused of murdering his brother John Stone, he was imprisoned for 4 months for manslaughter.

Looked at the baptisms on an****ry, I think it could possibly be that he was baptised at Dorchester Gaol.

claire

[suzie44]

Hi Claire
Thanks for that is there any other info,  say perhaps age or anything,
I have seen the record you mention, and am trying to work out why she would be there, as Stephen Stone would  not be there when Aaron was baptised in 1827

Suzie44

[..claire..]

Hi

On an ****ry there are four criminal records of a Stephen Stone, Dorset. The last being in April 1827 for counterfitting coins, but he was aqcuitted and the trial was in Poole.

No ages were given on any of the records, there may have been more than one man by the name Stephen Stone's as there are four marriages between 1820-1830, three in Gillingham, one in Poole.

No age is given in the newspaper report.

claire