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The Gooding Family Part 2: Dorking and Croydon to Kent (1845 – 1953)

Joseph Gooding (1845 – 1896) was the seventh of George Jubilee and Susanna’s children, and the third son. Records tell us that he was born on 1 March 1845 and baptised on 27 April the same year at St Peter’s Marsh Baldon. He remained living at the family home until at least 1861, working asContinue reading “The Gooding Family Part 2: Dorking and Croydon to Kent (1845 – 1953)”

The Gooding Family Part 1: Oxfordshire Origins (1740 – 1887)

I have traced the Gooding family back to two small villages near Oxford, Toot Baldon and Marsh Baldon (sometimes March Baldon). Both villages are ancient and have remained fairly unchanged in terms of population size for many centuries. The following websites give a good overview of the history of these villages. https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/oxon/vol5/pp47-56 https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/oxon/vol5/pp30-47 Our branchContinue reading “The Gooding Family Part 1: Oxfordshire Origins (1740 – 1887)”

In Search of our Ancestors…

I first began researching my family tree over 15 years ago. At this time, birth, marriage and death information was only available to me via microfiche, living, as I do, a long way away from where these family events took place. A day spent in the library may, if I was lucky, enable me toContinue reading “In Search of our Ancestors…”