Grace Goodenough (Blatch) Clough (abt. 1812 - 1885)

Born about 1812 in Collingbourne Ducis, Wiltshire, England

Ancestors

Wife of William Kemp Clough — married 14 Jul 1839 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom

Died Jun 1885 at about age 73 in Gateshead, Durham, England

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Biography

Grace was born in Collingbourne Ducis, Wiltshire, about 1812. Her forenames originate from her grandmother Grace Goodenough (1740-1799) who was herself a granddaughter of Stephen Goodenough and his wife Elizabeth (née Chubb) of Winterbourne Stoke, Wiltshire - the founding couple of a considerable dynasty.

Grace married (1839) William Kemp Clough, said to be a 'confectioner'. They lived for a time in Wilton, close to Salisbury, where their son William Henry Clough was born in 1841. The couple later moved to Dorset where they took on the (paid) positions of Master and Matron of the Union (Workhouse) in Sturminster Newton. This continued until her husband's death in 1865.

Subsequently Grace followed her son William, whose work took him eventually to N.E. England, to Gateshead-on-Tyne, where he was an Accountant with the National Provincial Bank. Grace occupied herself with being a grandmother to William's sizeable family. She passed away in 1885.

Sources

• Wiltshire Baptisms Index 1530-1917 - Collingbourne Ducis: Grace Goodenough Blatch, baptised 10 Apr 1812, dau of Henry (maltster) and Mary Blatch (née Finch)
• England Marriages 1538-1973 - Wilton by Salisbury, Wiltshire : William Kemp Clough & Grace Goodenough Blatch, married 14 Jul 1839
• GRO INDEX : Deaths Jun 1885 Clough Grace Goodenough 73 Gateshead 10a 503