Mary Goodger (buried 1907)

At a glance

At a glance
Surname: 
Goodger
First name: 
Mary
Other Christian names: 
Gender: 
Female
Children: 
Yes
Burial number: 
543
Born: 
0/0/1832
Died: 
00/06/1907
Buried: 
29/06/1907
Occupation: 
Laundress
Heene Hallmark: 
No
Commonwealth War Grave: 
No

The Grave

The grave
Cemetery area: 
EB
Cemetery row: 
5
Cemetery plot: 
26
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Burial remains: 
Unknown
The headstone
Headstone description: 
None Found - Listed in Heene Cemetery Index of Graves
Headstone inscription: 
None Found - Listed in Heene Cemetery Index of Graves

Life story

Life story

Mary was born in Gravesend, the daughter of Charles and Faith Mary. She was baptised in Gravesend on 14 April 1833. Her father was a labourer. In 1851, Mary was a servant in Finsbury, London. By 1860, she was living in Broadwater and on 11 November, she married Henry Goodger at Broadwater Church. Henry was a widower with three children. For a while, the couple lived in Washington but by 1871, they had moved back to Worthing where Henry worked for the Heene Estate Company as a gardener. Henry and Mary had eight children. Henry died in November 1892. Mary continued to live in Brunswick Road, taking in laundry and working with her daughter Amy. She died in June 1907. No probate.

Burial researcher: 
Carol Sullivan

Further information

Birth
Date born: 
00/00/1832
Marriage
Maiden name: 
Lawrence
Marriage 1
Spouse one first names: 
Henry
Spouse one last name: 
Goodger
Marriage one date: 
11/11/1860
Marriage one address: 
Broadwater, Sussex, England

Death

Death (details)
Date of death: 
00/06/1907
Age (at time of death): 
73
Cause of death: 
Unknown
Address at time of death: 
1 Brunswick Road, Worthing, Sussex, England

Census and miscellaneous information

Census information
1841 census: 

Wakefield Street, Gravesend, Kent.

Charles aged 35, labourer. Faith Mary aged 30. Amy aged 11. Henry aged 9. Mary aged 8. George aged 6. Faith aged 3.

1851 census: 

14 Great Turnstile , Finsbury.

Mary aged 18, general servant in the household of Emily Boyce, confectioner.

1861 census: 

Montpellier Row, Washington.

Henry aged 43, gardener. Mary aged 29. Fanny aged 11. Lucy aged 9. Lewis aged 6. Mary Jane aged 3.

1871 census: 

3 Heene Terrace, Worthing - Henry aged 52, gardener. Mary aged 38, laundress. Lewis aged 15, apprentice gardener. Mary J aged 12. Amy B aged 9. Lawrence Charles aged 7 (known later as Charles). Faith Minnie aged 4 (known later as Minnie).

1881 census: 

Brunswick Road, Worthing - Henry aged 63, gardener. Mary aged 48, laundress. Lucy aged 29, book keeper. Amy aged 19, domestic servant. Charles aged 17, gardener's labourer. Minnie aged 14, dressmaker. Alice aged 9. Florence aged 7.

1891 census: 

1 Brunswick Road, Worthing - Henry aged 72, gardener's labourer. Mary aged 57, laundress. Amy B aged 26, laundress. Kate aged7, granddaughter. Harry aged 6, grandson.

1901 census: 

1 Brunswick Road, Worthing - Mary aged 68, widow, laundress. Amy aged 36, laundress. Harry aged 16, grandson, carpenter's assistant.