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Goff of kinnerley,shropshire

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fenland

fenland Report 15 Oct 2012 23:46

I am trying to trace this family. They mainly lived in Kinnerley but around that vicinity in Shropshire. Any help would be good .thanks

patchem

patchem Report 15 Oct 2012 23:49

Could you be a little bit more specific as to what information you have, and who and when you are looking for more information?
Thank-you

Added:
There are no Goffs from Kinnerley in anyone's trees on here, so some dates are needed.

GlitterBaby

GlitterBaby Report 16 Oct 2012 00:33

:-P

GlitterBaby

GlitterBaby Report 16 Oct 2012 00:43

:-P

GlitterBaby

GlitterBaby Report 16 Oct 2012 00:44

:-P

patchem

patchem Report 16 Oct 2012 18:05

Part of a pm received:

I have been asked by some family members to see if I can get info as they have failed.

I have details of Edward Goff and his family but the line diaappears after about 1911 census

.The main Goffs from kinnerley/Knockin/condover just do not appear.

The Father is Edeard Godd 1846 and his children are on record as Wilfred/Sam Eleanor/Edward and I know there is a daughter as she is my mother in law Mary Cartherine.

I am not having any sucess in tracing the recent events, There is a take that the family lostty its money and land due to gambling debts and I have found a Goof that was in the workhouse about this time but cannot confirm it is the same family. Any help would be good.

fenland

fenland Report 16 Oct 2012 18:06

Thank you for your replies. They have been helpful. In particular I am trying to find out information from the period 1911 to 1946 which family members have asked me to research as they cannot find out any details of what happened to the family. They were landowners at the time but for some unknown reason the lands etc were lost. I did find information about Goffs being in the workhouse at this time but need to confirm they are the same family. Any further advice would be good but thanks for the info so far.

fenland

fenland Report 16 Oct 2012 18:08

Sorry for spelling errors in my reply to Patchem above. Some of them are quite funny. I must learn to check my replies!!

patchem

patchem Report 16 Oct 2012 18:14

So has glitterbaby posted the birth for your mother-in-law?

patchem

patchem Report 16 Oct 2012 18:18

Edward Goff appears to be born 1855 not 1846, unless 1911 census is wrong.

Have you got any deaths or marriages for any of your Mother-in-law's immediate family?

Added:
1911 census wrong:
Edward Goff
Birth Date: abt 1846
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1919
Age at Death: 73
Registration district: Oswestry
Inferred County: Shropshire
Volume: 6a
Page: 742

?
Sarah E Goff
Birth Date: abt 1874
Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1952
Age at Death: 78
Registration district: Oswestry
Inferred County: Shropshire
Volume: 9a
Page: 143

patchem

patchem Report 16 Oct 2012 18:29

Births Jun 1908
Goff John Oswestry 6a 653

Births Mar 1909
Goff Samuel Bickerton Oswestry 6a 617

Samuel Bickerton Goff
Birth Date: 14 Mar 1909
Date of Registration: May 1994
Age at Death: 85
Registration district: Oswestry
Inferred County: Denbighshire, Shropshire
Register Number: 29
District and Subdistrict: 7141
Entry number: 9

Births Jun 1910
GOFF Wilfred Oswell Oswestry 6a 637

Wilfred Oswell Goff
Probate Date: 29 Jun 1953
Death Date: 31 Jan 1943
Death Place: Cheshire, England
Registry: Bangor

Wilfred O Goff
Spouse Surname: Blain
Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1942
Registration district: Northwich
Inferred County: Cheshire
Volume Number: 8a
Page Number: 898

Births Jun 1911
Goff David Oswestry 6a 597

David Goff
Spouse Surname: Higgins
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1939
Registration district: Oswestry
Inferred County: Shropshire
Volume Number: 6a
Page Number: 2886

David Goff
Birth Date: 23 Feb 1911
Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1983
Age at Death: 72
Registration district: Oswestry
Inferred County: Shropshire
Volume: 30
Page: 0159

patchem

patchem Report 16 Oct 2012 20:40

Laurence sent a pm stating M-in-law died Eire, 1990, and her marriage was
Marriages Dec 1946
Goff Mary C Lalor Oswestry 9a 374
Lalor Desmond J Goff Oswestry 9a 374
and
Birth December 1914 in Shropshire.

GlitterBaby

GlitterBaby Report 16 Oct 2012 22:07

:-P

fenland

fenland Report 16 Oct 2012 23:24

There is some confusion about family head Edward Goff b 1846. That is the correct dob. He used it when he married a margaret evans. At the time he kept a shop in kinnerley. This marriage has only just become known. He later married a Sarah Brayne and gave his dob as 1855 . He married Margaret in 1864 and Sarah apparently in 1905 at the age 59years and had 6 children with her! One of them being my mother in law. He had a successful shop which still exists in Kinnerley but went on to become a farmer as most of them were. But suddenly the details of virtually all the family have disappeared.. I have traced 2 children who were staying at Grandfather Braynes house at the time of the census. This suggest the rest of the family did not fill in a census form for some reason. There is a suggestion they fell on hard times due to gambling debts but the only evidence I have found is a Goff in the workhouse which may be family.

patchem

patchem Report 16 Oct 2012 23:56

Laurence,
Are you reporting Reggie's posts?
If you are, could you explain the reasons behind the reporting, not hide behind anonymity.
If it is not you, could the person who is reporting them give their reasons?
Thank-you.

patchem

patchem Report 17 Oct 2012 07:19

Laurence,
Genes will not discuss with me why someone else has been reported.
They will quote the grounds of confidentiality.

jax

jax Report 17 Oct 2012 15:59

Why has GlitterBaby's post asking who reported her post now been reported?

I have a feeling of deja vu coming on here