Edward
Alexander
Gooden
Born in Rapid City, Manitoba, Canada
Ancestors 
Son of Oscar Gooden
and Annie Sophia (Bygrove) Gooden
Brother of
Mary Ann (Gooden) Hodson, Sara Matilda (Gooden) Berry, Benjamin Gooden, William John Gooden, Henry Herbert Gooden, Egbert Gooden, Samuel Nelson Gooden, Pearl Irene (Gooden) Hood and Coral Gooden
Died
at age 19
in Vimy, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
Profile last modified
| Created 17 Dec 2017
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Biography
Edward Alexander Gooden was born on February 23, 1898, in Rapid City, Manitoba, Canada son of Oscar Gooden and Annie Sophia (Bygrove) Gooden. Edward served in WWI with the Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment) and was killed in action. His name is one of over 11,000 Canadian soldiers memorialized on the Vimy Ridge Memorial in Pas de Calais, France. Edward is commemorated on page 244 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
Sources
- 1901 Census of Canada, Manitoba, Marquette (9), Saskatchewan Blanchard (D), pg 3, https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1901/Pages/item.aspx?itemid=251571
- 1906 Census of Northwest Provinces, Manitoba, Marquette (5), Sub-District 2, pg 5, https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1906/Pages/item.aspx?itemid=267957 and https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1906/Pages/item.aspx?itemid=267958
- Edward Alexander Gooden had a Find A Grave memorial https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56677936
- Canadian Virtual War Memorial for Edward Alexander Gooden http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/1568453
- FamilySearch profile of Edward Alexander Gooden https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L69Z-RXV
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Categories: Rapid City, Manitoba | Woodlands, Manitoba | Foam Lake, Saskatchewan | Raymore, Saskatchewan | Vimy, Pas-de-Calais | Battle of Vimy Ridge | Turner-16044, Service Veterans | Canadian National Vimy Memorial, Givenchy-en-Gohelle, Pas-de-Calais | Killed in Action, Canada, World War I