Genealogy Chat

My grandfather, William John Goodwin, was in the army and as my father was born in 1909, in Dover (so my mother said) he may have been stationed there at the time. He may have been in the Welsh Guards, or a Derbyshire or surrounding counties regiment at the time. He was married to Maud (maiden name may have been Griffiths or Walker) and she had a relative living in Pen Coed, Wales, whose name was Violet. Despite long searching I can find no trace of them and would be very grateful for any information anyone may have.

if you want to give your father's name I'm sure someone would look to see if they could find the family on 1911 census

is this your father

Births Dec 1909
GOODWIN Alfred John G Dover 2a 1087

This is the only marriage that I can see that fits the names

Surname First name(s) District Vol Page
Marriages Mar 1908 (>99%)
GOODWIN William John Leicester 7a 303
Wheeler Maude Leicester 7a 303

This is that family in 1911;
GOODWIN, William Head Married
3 years M 25 1886 Police Constable Gloucestershire Gloucester VIEW
GOODWIN, Maude Wife Married F 25 1886 Stroud Gloucestershire VIEW
GOODWIN, William John Son M 2 1909 Leicestershire Leicester VIEW
GOODWIN, Mary Maude Matilda Daughter F 0 (9 MONTHS) 1911 Leicestershire Leicester VIEW
RG number:
RG14 Piece:
19295 Reference:
RG14PN19295 RG78PN1152B RD407 SD3 ED31 SN332

Registration District:
Leicester Sub District:
South Leicester Enumeration District:
31 Parish:
Leicester

Address:
61 Windermere St Leicester

there are a few other possibilities in 1911. but we need Ursula to confirm her fathers name

Interesting that Maude appears to have had a sister Violet

1901

Name: Maud Wheeler
Age: 15
Estimated birth year: abt 1886
Relation: Daughter
Mother's Name: Charlotte Wheeler
Gender: Female
Where born: Rodborough, Gloucestershire, England

Civil parish: Stroud
Ecclesiastical parish: Holy Trinity
County/Island: Gloucestershire
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status:

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Registration district: Stroud (Gloucs)
Sub-registration district: Stroud
ED, institution, or vessel: 7
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 188
Household Members:
Name Age
Charlotte Wheeler 43
Isabella Wheeler 17
Maud Wheeler 15
Annie Wheeler 16
Frank Wheeler 9
Violet Wheeler 7
Daisy Wheeler 4

Hi Ursula
Was your Father also William J Goodwin?

Received a PM to say that Ursula's father was William John Goodwin.
From tracing Ursula back yesterday I think he married in 1933 in Burton on Trent.

Thank you, all of you! You are so very kind to have done this for me and can't tell you how much it is appreciated. KLindainHerriotCountry: this is fascinating, brilliant result! Now I'll have to dig around and see when Granddad became a Derbyshire Police Constable. If that's possible. Astra is quite right. I've dug out the marriage certificate and my parents were married in 1933 at Mickleover, where the male line of my maternal ancesters lived for centuries, which has made it fairly easy to get back to 1790, where I stuck. But that's pretty respectable so I don't complain.
Again, hearfelt thanks

Ursula

So you haven't been able to track down his birth cert?

Who were the witness for your parents' wedding? Do you know of any siblings?

Rose

Delighted it fits - I think this is his birth based on the 1911 census

Surname First name(s) District Vol Page
Births Jun 1909 (>99%)
Goodwin William John Leicester 7a 171