Benjamin Goodwin is my 3rd great grandfather and I am descended through:
- his son George Hedley Goodwin (1860-1928) who married Mary Caroline Houghton (1858-1929)
- their daughter Mary Ellen Goodwin (1883-1955) who married Percy Hooley (1882-1919)
- their son Eric Hooley (1908-1992) who married Brenda Meakin (1912-1982)
- their daughter Sheila Hooley who married John Stanton Wain
- Judith Yvonne (Wain) Westhoff
October 1810
Born on 24 October and baptised on 21 November in Mill Street Chapel, Congleton, Cheshire
26 December 1830
Benjamin married Mary Marsden in Manchester, Lancashire
1834
Birth of daughter Ann (1834-????)
1838
Birth of daughter Sarah (1838-1893)
1840
Birth of son John (1840-????)
June 1841
Living in Vicars Street, Eccles with wife Mary and 3 children (Ann, Sarah and John)
Between 1841 and 1850
Death of wife Mary (1811-????)
1845
Death of mother Ann (Dutton) Goodwin, age 63
6 October 1850
Benjamin married Jane Crump in St Peter, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
Benjamin Goodwin, age 38, widower, traveler, residing at Townsend Street
Father: Jonathan Goodwin, vendor of spirits
Jane Crump, age 25, spinster, residing at Worcester Street
Father: Joseph Crump, labourer
Witnesses: Thomas Jones and Jane Aston (relationship to couple not known)
March 1851
Living at Rigbys Houses, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire with wife Jane and 3 children (Ann, Sarah and John)
1851
Birth of daughter Jane Elizabeth (1851-1896)
1853
Birth of daughter Rebecca Dutton (1853-1898)
1854
Birth of daughter Mary (1854-1948)
1856
Birth of daughter Martha Ellen (1856-1904)
1859
Birth of daughter Emma Amelia (1859-1899)
1860
Birth of son George Hedley (1860-1928)
April 1861
Living at Infant School Walk, Tewkesbury with wife Jane and 2 children from previous marriage (Sarah and John) and 6 children (Elizabeth, Rebecca, Mary, Martha, Emma and George)
1863
Death of father Jonathan, age 86
Birth of son John (1863-1952)
1867
Birth of daughter Minnie (1867-1879)
Between 1867 and 1869
The family moved to Sutton, Cheshire
1869
Birth of son Ernest Edward (1869-1871)
1871
Death of son Ernest Edward, age 1
April 1871
Living at 3 St George's Place, Sutton, Cheshire with wife Jane and 8 children (Jane Elizabeth, Rebecca Dutton, Mary, Martha, Emma Amelia, George Hedley, Jonathan and Minnie)
1879
Benjamin died in May 1879, age 68 and he was buried on 24 May in Macclesfield Cemetery, Cheshire
Children
Ann (1834-????)
Sarah (1838-1893), never married
John (1840-????)
Jane Elizabeth (1851-1896), never married
Rebecca Dutton (1853-1898), never married
Mary (1854-1948), married John James Brownridge (1853-1934)
Martha Ellen (1856-1904), married John James Brownridge (1853-1934) (husband of Mary)
Emma Amelia (1859-1899), never married
George Hedley (1860-1928), married Mary Caroline Houghton (1858-1929)
Jonathan (1863-1952), married Annie Louise Taylor (1864-1935)
Minnie (1867-1879)
Ernest Edward (1869-1871)
