It is very possible that John Goodway and Sarah Bown(e) had a child in 1816, (John Baptised 24th November 1816 – 18 May 1920), being between the birth of Hannah, B.1812 & Alice, B. 1819. As the first born son he would most likely have been called John. This also could apply to Elizabeth, B 1814 – 1820. Quite sad as neither child appears to have lived beyond 1820.
My Goodway/Bown family are mainly carpenters, cabinet makers, coopers or bakers who mainly stayed in Great Rissington, (Stow on the Wold), Gloucestershire or Wiltshire areas.
In 1841 John Snr. & Sarah are in Great Rissington with no children at home but with a servant.
In 1851 John Snr. & Sarah are still in Great Rissington and now John, Jnr. B. recorded as 1824, a cabinet maker, is with them! (This is the one and only time I have seen John Jnr. mentioned). It would be possible to conclude that John Jnr. was somewhere taking up an apprenticeship in 1841, age 14 years but I haven’t found any evidence of this.
The other weird anomaly here is that it is recorded they have an unmarried daughter Charlotte, B. 1831, Wiltshire living with them. (Numerous people have taken this as fact and added it to their FH)! I have looked at the ‘original scanned image’ entry and find 2 things bother me about this. 1) I see the ‘original’ as reading Charlotte is ‘married’ which could imply she is the wife of John, Jnr. and is John, Snr. and Sarah’s daughter-in-law. 2) I don’t know of any children who were born to John & Sarah out of County!! Added to this there is a marriage of a John Goodway to Charlotte Pater/Paten Sep ¼ 1850 Witney, Oxfordshire.
In 1861 John Snr. Is living with the Cyfus family who I believe are related but this also remains unproven at the moment. (Sarah died 1859. John Snr. died 1867).
On the ‘scanned image’ of the 1841 census page, for John Goodway Snr. there is another John Goodway B. 1811, (and Hannah). John is an Ag. Lab. who was not born in Gloucestershire, plus a William Goodway B. 1816 in Oxfordshire who is a painter. With him is Luisa, B. 1811, a John Goodway B. 1821, a sawyer, a Sarah Goodway B. 1821 and another John Goodway B. 1821, a carpenter. All born Oxfordshire!!!!!!!!!!!
1851 there is a John Goodway, B. 1821 Oxfordshire and Sarah B. 1822 Warwickshire with their family at Chipping Norton. Thankfully this family have been excellent with recording names and birth years accurately each census year, but they are not mine.
My thoughts are now turning to the possibility that Robert Goodway, B. 1823 at Great Rissington, could be mine and I find myself asking if he was John Robert or Robert John and interchanging these names? I would so much like to progress this family line but even the more experienced FH researchers in my family haven’t cracked this riddle.
Going back to your information I find it a little hard to see how a John Goodway, baptised Jul. 1820 s/o John & Sarah could be followed by Edward baptised 30 Apr 1821. This isn’t impossible but there is only 9 months between these 2 children. However, being baptised 9 months apart doesn’t mean they were only born 9 months apart. I would also have expected to see him at home in 1841.
Far too many people called John Goodway so the search continues but I am very grateful to you for the help you have given me as I will keep this information for future reference.
