(Numbers listed before each name represent their Family Tree Position)

William Goodson (? - ?)
Limited information known on William Goodson, married Elizabeth (maiden name unknown), and they had a son John (1770).

48 - John Goodson (1770 - ?)
Born approximatley 1770 in Tring, Hertfordshire, and christened on the 2nd December 1770. John Goodson married Frances FOSTER on the 23rd June 1794 in Tring, Hertfordshire. They had four children Charlotte (1796), Elizabeth (1799), William (1801), and Benjamin (1814).

On the 1841 census John lived alone in Wilstone, Tring and his occupation was listed as an agricultural labourer.

24 - William Goodson (1801 - 1878)
Born in Little Tring, Hertfordshire in 1801 and christened on the 3rd May 1801. William married Maria SMITH on the 16th December 1834. They had eight children Fanny (1835), Martha (1839), Charles (1841), Edmund (1844), John (1846), James (1849), Elizabeth (1851), and William (1854).

William worked as a canal pump engine driver alongside William and John Woodhouse in the Tringford pumping station on the Wendover Arm of the canal . Maria was a straw plaiter, as were all the children at a young age.

Their daughter Fanny married Francis Harrowell whose family lived next door at Canal Side, Little Tring. Martha married John Burr a hairdresser who lived at 5 Akeman Street, Tring. Edmund married Mary Ann Monk and my great grandfather William married Mary Ann Crawley (see details further along or follow the link!). On the 1851 through to the 1871 census the family lived at 2 Canal Side, Little Tring, Hertfordshire.

William died on the 28th January 1878 in Little Tring, aged 66, of bright's disease (generic name for diseases of the kidneys), the informant was a Mary Proctor. As a widow on the 1881 census Maria was living with her niece Elizabeth Smith and grand-daughter Annie Harrowell in Little Tring, Hertfordshire.

12 - William Goodson (1854 - 1924)
Born in Little Tring, Hertfordshire on the 27th May 1854. William married Mary Ann CRAWLEY on the 14th August 1882 in St Matthew's Church, Pancras, Middlesex, their witnesses were Henry and Ellen Hawkins. The address for both on the marriage certificate was 6 Cardington Street, London.

They had four children William, Charles (1885), Walter (1887) and Florence. William's occupation was a glass beveller and in his senior years was a public baths attendant.

William left Little Tring for London and on the 1881 census was living on his own at 44 Clarendon Street, Pimlico, London. On the 1891 census William and family were living at 181 Pentonville Road, Clerkenwell, London, in 1901 at 68 Liverpool Road, Islington, London and in 1911 at 7 Cross Street, Islington, London.

William died on the 5th August 1924, aged 70, at 77a Highgate Hill, London of chronic bronchitis and cardiac weakness, the informant was his son William.

6 - Charles Goodson (1885 - 1969)
Born at 5 Gee Street, St Pancras, London on the 27th July 1885. William married Clara Margaret RICKETTS on the 26th July 1913 at the register office in Southwark, London, their witnesses were F Ricketts and William Ricketts. The address for both on the marriage certificate was 39 Alfreton Street, London.

They had three children Albert (1914), Clara Margaret (Clare) (1918) and Patricia Jean. As a family they lived at Portobello Road, Kensington, London and then 55 Bulstrode Road, Hounslow, Middlesex. When Charles was married his occupation was stated as a railway porter.

Charles joined the 1st Scottish Rifles 'Cameronians' on the 20th June 1906 in London aged 20 years and 11 months - regiment number 9314, and signed up for 9 years and 3 years in the reserved. Charles was discharged on the 5th January 1915, he served with honour in the great war and was discharged due to having been found no longer physically fit to for war service - I have no information on what happened to him during the war, but he was awarded the 1914 Star (instituted in 1917 for service ashore in France and Flanders between 5 August and 22 November 1914), the British War Medal (authorised in 1919 and was awarded to eligible service personnel and civilians alike), and the Victory Medal (awarded to all eligible personnel who served on the establishment of a unit). During the second world war Charles was a warden for the air raid precautions department in the borough of Heston and Isleworth.

Charles sadly died on the 3rd April 1969 of cerebral thrombosis at St Albans City Hospital, Normandy Road, St Albans and laid to rest at West Herts Crematorium.

52 - Edward Crawley (1781 - 1843)
Born in Hertingfordbury, Hertfordshire in 1781. Edward married Ann (born approx. 1791, maiden name unknown), and they had nine children James (1804), Sarah (1804), Ann (1806), John (1809), Jane Ann (1813), Maria (1816), Mary (1818), Helen (1822) and George (1823). Edward's occupation was a shoemaker.

On the 1841 census the family lived at Birch Green, Hertingfordbury, Hertfordshire. On the 1851 census Ann lived with her son George in the village, Hertingfordbury, Hertfordshire, on the 1861 census Ann lived with Ann and Mary Peters at 13 Upper Berkeley Street, Paddington, London.

Edward died in 1843 in Hertford and Ann died in 1864 in London.

26 - John Crawley (1809 - ?)
Born in Hertingfordbury, Hertfordshire in 1809. John married his first wife Elizabeth MUNNS on the 16th April 1833. They had four children John (1834), Elizabeth (1835), Jane (1838) and Mary (1840). John's occupation was a boot and shoe maker. On the 1841 and 1851 census John, Elizabeth and family lived in Birch Green, Hertford, Hertfordshire.

John's first wife died aged 37 on the 15th June 1845 and was burried in All Saints Church, Hertford. John then married Mary Ann (maiden name unknown). In the 1861 census John and Mary Ann were living at 25 Wellington Place, Bethnal Green, London.

13 - Mary Ann Crawley (1840 - 1911)
Born on the 4th April 1840 in Birch Green, Hertford, Hertfordshire in 1841. Mary married William GOODSON on the 14th August 1882 in St Matthew's Church, Pancras, Middlesex, their witnesses were Henry and Ellen Hawkins. The address for both on the marriage certificate was 6 Cardington Street, London. They had four children William, Charles (1885), Walter (1887) and Florence.

On the 1891 census William and family were living at 181 Pentonville Road, Clerkenwell, London, in 1901 at 68 Liverpool Road, Islington, London and then at 7 Cross Street, Islington, London.

Mary Ann died on the 18th July 1911 in Islington Infirmary, Highgate Hill, London, at the age of 57, due to breast cancer, the informant was her husband William.

56 - Thomas Ricketts (1803 - 1867)
Born in Waltham Abbey, Essex in 1803. Thomas married Ann GALE in 1824 in Marylebone, and they had eleven children Margaret (1825), Esther (1826), Sarah (1830), Emma (1831), Thomas (1833), Jane (1835), Charles (1837), Elizabeth (1839), Harriet (1840), William (1842) and Harriet (1846). In 1841 the family lived at 99 Broad Wall, Christchurch, Surrey, 1851/61 at 72 Hatfield Street, Christchurch, Surrey and then in 1864 at 3 Sylvan Grove, Old Kent Road, Camberwell, Surrey.

Thomas's occupation was a master bricklayer, employing six men and one boy. Thomas died on the 22nd June 1867 in Camberwell, Surrey, aged 64, of chronic bronchitis, the informant was Sarah Ricketts (daughter-in-law).

28 - Charles Ricketts (1837 - ?)
Born in 1837. Charles married Lucy GIFFARD on the 14th January 1860 at the parish church in Christchurch, Surrey, the witnesses were Thomas Ricketts, Thomas Giffard and Emma Ricketts. On the marriage certificate Charles gave his address as 72 Hatfield Street, Christchurch, Surrey and Lucy gave her address as 2 Boddys Bridge, Southwark, London. They had seven children Charles (1860), Hannah (1864), Eliza (1869), Frederick (1872?), Rosina (1875), John (1879) and Alfred (1882).

Charles's occupation was a bricklayer.

On the census returns the family lived at; 1861, 73 Roupell Street, Lambeth, Surrey; 1871, 28 Beckway Street, Newington, London; 1881, 10 Temple Street, Southwark, London; 1891, 30 Lemen Street, Southwark, London; 1901, 125 Graveney Road, Bermondsey, London.

14 - Charles Ricketts (1860 - ?)
Born at 72 Hatfield Street, Christchurch, Surrey on the 7th November 1860. Charles married Clara Margaret MARSH on the 15th Janaury 1883 at St John's church in St Saviour, Surrey, their witnesses were Charles Delverlogan and Mary Ann Bull. On the marriage certificate Charles gave his address as 37 Temple Street, Southwark and Clara gave her address as 9 Boundary Row, London. Clara was a widow previously married to George Skelton in 1879. They had six children Charles (1883), William (1886?), Clara (1886), Florence (1889), Walter (1891) and Daisy May (1894).

Charles's occupation was a bricklayer. On the 1891 census the family lived at 9 Boundary Row, Southwark, London and on the 1901 census at 9 Earls Cottages, Bermondsey, London.

Charles' son Walter was a private in the Royal Fusilers London regiment and died whilst serving in the first world war on the 28th March 1918. Walter is burried with honour in the Orchard Dump cemetery, Arleux-en-Gohelle, France.

7 - Clara Margaret Ricketts (1886 - 1959)
Born at 47 Prices Street, Christchurch, Surrey on the 11th December 1886. Clara married Charles GOODSON on the 26th July 1913 at the register office in Southwark, London, their witnesses were F Ricketts and William Ricketts. The address for both on the marriage certificate was 39 Alfreton Street, London; but prior to marrying Charles, Clara lived at 87 Mina Road, Walworth, London. They had three children Albert Edward (1915), Clara Margaret (Clare) (1918) and Patricia Jean (1932). As a family they lived at Portobello Road, Kensington, London and then 55 Bulstrode Road, Hounslow, Middlesex.

Clara sadly died aged 73, on the 14th December 1959 of myocardical infarcation at 55 Bulstrode Road, Hounslow, Middlesex. She was laid to rest on the 18th December 1959 at South West Middlesex Crematorium, Hanworth, Middlesex.

James Giffard (? - ?)
Limited information is currently known on James, he married Elizabeth (maiden name unknown) and they had a son Thomas (1785).

58 - Thomas Giffard (1785 - 1870)
Born in Marylebone, London on the 23rd January 1785 and christened on the 13th March 1785. Thomas married Hannah Mary HALL on the 22nd October 1827 in Saint Martins In The Fields, Westminster, London. They had five children Eliza Esther (1830), Stephen (1836), Amelia (1838), Lucy (1841), and Walter (1844).

Thomas's occupation was an attorney clerk. In 1841 through to 1870 the family lived at 2 Boddys Bridge, Christchurch, Surrey.

Thomas died on the 30th January 1870 at 2 Boddys Bridge, Christchurch, Surrey, aged 85, of senectus (old age), the informant was his wife Hannah Mary.

29 - Lucy Giffard (1841 - 1911)
Born 2 Boddys Bridge, Christchurch, Surrey on the 3rd November 1841. Lucy married Charles RICKETTS on the 14th January 1860 at the parish church in Christchurch, Surrey, the witnesses were Thomas Ricketts, Thomas Giffard and Emma Ricketts. On the marriage certificate Charles gave his address as 72 Hatfield Street, Christchurch, Surrey and Lucy gave her address as 2 Boddys Bridge, Southwark, London. They had seven children Charles (1860), Hannah (1864), Eliza (1869), Frederick (1872?), Rosina (1875), John (1879) and Alfred (1882).

On the census returns the family lived at;
1861, 73 Roupell Street, Lambeth, Surrey.
1871, 28 Beckway Street, Newington, London.
1881, 10 Temple Street, Southwark, London.
1891, 30 Lemen Street, Southwark, London.
1901, 125 Graveney Road, Bermondsey, London

Lucy died on the 10th May 1911 at St James Infirmary, Ouseley Road, London, aged 69, of carcinoma recti, the informant was her son Frederick Ricketts.

60 - John Marsh (1790 - 1864)
Born in Southwark, Surrey in 1790. John married Mary Ann (maiden name unknown, born 1791, Suffolk), and they had four children (that I'm aware of) Walter (1818), James (1821), Thomas (1828) and Henry (1831). In 1841 the family lived in West Side Red Lion, Tower Hamlets, and in 1851 in Frederick Place, Mile End, London. In 1861 John and Mary lived at 11 Fishmongers & Poulterers Alms Houses, Wood Green, Tottenham, Middlesex.

John's occupation was a cheesemonger and poultry salesman. John and his son Walter were listed in the 1841 Trade's Directory under the poultry salesmen working at Leadenhall Market. John is also listed in the 1852 London Commercial Directory working at Frederick Place, Mile End Road, London. I believe John's father was also John Marsh a cheesemonger and poultry salesman, he was listed in the 1791 London Profession Directory, and as John Marsh Snr in the 1852 London Commercial Directory.

John's son Thomas also became a poultry salesman and is listed in various London Trade directories working at Ship Tavern Pass, Leadenhall Market and 220 Popular High Street, London, from 1882 up until 1915. In the listing from the 1915 London Post Office Directory they state the family business had been established over 100 years.

John died on the 18th May 1864 at 11 Fishmongers & Poulterers Alms House, Wood Green, aged 74, of anasarca (dropsy). Present at the death was Ann Hubbard of Finsbury Road, Wood Green. Mary Ann died on the 23rd March 1879 also at 11 Fishmongers & Poulterers Alms House, Wood Green, aged 88, of senectus (old age), present at the death was S C Mills of the same address.

30 - Walter John Marsh (1818 - 1885)
Born in Christchurch, Surrey on the 7th April 1818, and christened on the 11th April 1819 at Saint John Horsleydowns, Bermondsey, London. Walter married Mary Ann BAYS on the 4th July 1840 at the Parish Church in St George in the East, Middlesex, their witnesses were Robert Bays and Matilda Bays. On the marriage certificate Walter gave his address as 10 Cannon Street Road, Christchurch and Mary Ann gave her address as 10 Bedford Street, London. Walter and Mary Ann had eight children Mary (1842), Matilda (1843), Susanna (1850), Frederick (1852), Henry (1854), Alfred (1856), Walter (1858-1866), and Clara (1860).

Walter's occupation was a poultry salesman, and was listed in the 1841 Trade's Directory under the poultry salesmen working at Leadenhall Market, London, but went on to become a clerk to a butcher in his later years. On the 1841 census Walter, Mary Ann and her mother Margaret Bays lived at 30 Holmes Street (?), Tower Hamlets. On the 1861 census the family lived at 5 Gloucester Terrace, Bermondsey, Southwark, Surrey and on the 1881 census at 9 Boundary Row, Christchurch, Southwark.

In 1866 the family hit upon hard times and were living at 99 Nichol Square, Shoreditch, on the night of the 18th April Walter junior was taken ill and the police were called to the home. The younger children were found in a poor state of affairs and Walter junior was very weak, a doctor was called for, and the children were then removed to be taken to St Leonards Workhouse in Shoreditch. Sadly, Walter junior died just thirty hours after his admittance to the workhouse, early on the morning of the 20th April. Walter Marsh senior was tried and convicted of his manslaughter at the Old Bailey on the 11th June 1866, and was recommended to mercy by the jury and confined to nine months.

Walter died at 10 Boundary Row, Christchurch on the 11th March 1885, aged 66, of chronic bronchitis and asthma. The informant was his daughter Clara Ricketts who resided at 27 Stanton Street, Peckham, London.

15 - Clara Margaret Marsh (1860 - 1900)
Born at 5 Gloucester Terrace, Bermondsey, Surrey on the 22nd March 1860. Clara married Charles RICKETTS a bricklayer on the 15th Janaury 1883 at St John's church in St Saviour, Surrey, their witnesses were Charles Delverlogan and Mary Ann Bull. On the marriage certificate Clara gave her address as 9 Boundary Row, London and Charles gave his address as 37 Temple Street, Southwark. Clara was a widow previously married to George Skelton in December 1879, Lambeth. They had six children Charles (1883), William (1886?), Clara (1886), Florence (1889), Walter (1891) and Daisy May (1894).

On the 1891 census the family lived at 9 Boundary Row, Southwark, London and on the 1901 census at 9 Earls Cottages, Bermondsey, London. Clara died at the St Olaves Union Infirmary, Southwark on the 9th June 1900, aged 39, of phthisis (tuberculosis), the informant was her husband Charles.

Robert Bays (? - ?)
Limited information currently known on Robert Bays, he married Ann (maiden name unknown) and they had three children that I know of Robert (1783), Thomas, and Ann Roberts (1786).

62 - Robert Bays (1783? - 1840)
Born in London on the 13th July 1783 and christened at St Swithin, London on the 3rd August 1783 (to be proven?). Robert married Margaret BROWN in 1801 and they had seven children Robert John (1804), Francis, Henry, Matilda, Alfred and Mary Ann (1818), Thomas (1819). In 1840 Robert lived at 10 Bedford Street, Whitechapel Road, Middlesex.

Robert was a salesman working at Leadenhall Market, London, selling cheese, butter and eggs. I have some Old Bailey court proceeding records where on two occasions Robert was stolen from and on one occasion he was called as witness to a fraud banknote case - transcripts of these cases will appear on the web-site shortly.

Robert died at 10 Bedford Street on the 30th October 1840, aged 65, of asthma, the informant was Ann Bays of 13 Great Alie Street, Whitechapel. To view transcripts of both Robert Bays and his son Francis Bays last will and testament, please click here.

On the 1841 census Margaret Bays was living at 30 Holmes Street (?), Tower Hamlets with her daughter Mary Ann and her husband Walter Marsh. Margaret Bays died at 29 Warner Street, Southwark on the 5th January 1849, aged 73, of paralysis which she suffered from for 4 months, the informant was her daughter Matilda Reed.

31 - Mary Ann Bays (23rd May 1817 - ?)
Born on the 23rd May 1817 and christened on the 22nd June 1817 at Saint Swithin, London. Mary Ann married Walter John MARSH a poultry salesman on the 4th July 1840 at the Parish Church in St George in the East, Middlesex, their witnesses were Robert Bays and Matilda Bays. On the marriage certificate Mary Ann gave her address as 10 Bedford Street, London and Walter gave his address as 10 Cannon Street Road, Christchurch.

Walter and Mary Ann had eight children Mary (1842), Matilda (1843), Susanna (1850), Frederick (1852), Henry (1854), Alfred (1856), Walter (1858), and Clara (1860). On the 1861 census the family lived at 5 Gloucester Terrace, Bermondsey, Southwark, Surrey.

George Hall (1780 - 1845)
Born in approximately 1780 and not born in Surrey. George Hall married Hannah Maria (maiden name unknown, born approximately 1783, in Surrey) and they had five children (that I'm aware of), Hannah (1804), William (1809), George (1813), Edward (1821), and James (1822). On the 1841 census George, Hannah and two of the son's Edward and James lived at 2 Boddys Bridge, Southwark, Surrey. On the 1851 census Hannah lived alone at 18 Church Street, Alms Houses, Southwark, Surrey.

George's is occupation was a barge builder of Bull Stairs, Bull Alley, and Boddys Bridge, Christchurch. All his son's also went into barge building as did Jame's son George and then later George's son James George became a lighterman.

George died in 1845 in St Saviour, Surrey.

59 - Hannah Mary Hall (1804 - 1877)
Born in Christchurch, Surrey on the 20th October 1804 and christened on the 19th December 1804. Hannah married Thomas GIFFARD an attorney clerk on the 22nd October 1827 in Saint Martins In The Fields, Westminster, London. They had five children Eliza Esther (1830), Stephen (1836), Amelia (1838), Lucy (1841), and Walter (1844). In 1851 through to 1870 the family lived at 2 Boddys Bridge, Christchurch, Surrey.

Hannah died at 1 Lea Villas, Barry Road, Peckham Ryd, Camberwell, Surrey on the 28th April 1877, aged 73, of cardiac disease, the informant was George Main her son-in-law of the same address.

50 - John Smith (1780 - ?)
Limited information currently known on John Smith born approximately 1780, he married Mary (maiden name unknown, born approx 1784). They had three daughters, two of which sadly died in infancy Sussannah Maria born on the 28th December 1806 and died on the 12th April 1807, Sussannah Maria born 15th May 1808 and died 3rd July 1808 and Maria (1810).

25 - Maria Smith (1810 - 1884)
Born in Tring, Hertfordshire on the 20th May 1810. Maria married William GOODSON a canal pump engine driver on the 16th December 1834. They had eight children Fanny (1835), Martha (1839), Charles (1841), Edmund (1844), John (1846), James (1849), Elizabeth (1851), and William (1854). Maria was a straw plaiter, as were all the children at a young age. Their daughter Fanny married Francis Harrowell whose family lived next door at Canal Side, Little Tring. Martha married John Burr a hairdresser who lived at 5 Akeman Street, Tring. Edmund married Mary Ann Monk and my great grandfather William married Mary Ann Crawley. On the 1851 through to the 1871 census the family lived at 2 Canal Side, Little Tring, Hertfordshire.

As a widow on the 1881 census Maria was living with her niece Elizabeth Smith and grand-daughter Annie Harrowell in Little Tring, Hertfordshire. Maria died in Little Tring, Hertfordshire on the 14th June 1884, aged 72, of chronic bronchitis and exhaustion. The informant was her daughter Martha Burr who lived at 5 Akeman Street, Tring, Hertfordshire.

John Foster (? - ?)
Limited information currently known on John Foster, married Sarah (maiden name unknown) and they had a daughter Frances (1774) in Tring, Hertfordshire.

49 - Frances Foster (1774 - ?)
Born in approximately 1775 in Tring, Hertfordshire and christened on the 4th September 1774. Frances married John GOODSON on the 23rd June 1794 in Tring, Hertforshire. They had four children Charlotte (1796), Elizabeth (1799), William (1801), and Benjamin (1814).

50 - Thomas Gale (? - ?)
Limited information currently known on Thomas Gale, married Sarah (maiden name unknown), they had a daughter Ann (1803) in Southwark, Surrey.

25 - Ann Gale (1803 - 1864)
Born in 1803, Southwark, Surrey and christened on the 16th June 1803. Ann married Thomas RICKETTS a master bricklayer in 1824 at Marylebone, London. They had nine children Margaret (1825), Edith (1826), Emma (1831), Thomas (1833), Jane (1835), Charles (1837), Elizabeth (1839), William (1842) and Harriet (1846).

In 1851 and 1861 the family lived at 72 Hatfield Street, Christchurch, Surrey and then at 3 Sylvan Grove, Old Kent Road, Camberwell, Surrey.

Ann died at 3 Sylvan Grove, Old Kent Road, Camberwell, Surrey, on the 20th November 1864, aged 61, of apoplexy (haemorrhage or thrombosis in the brain), the informant was S (?) Ricketts of the same address.