Alfred George Goodwyn (1819 - 1873)

Born 1819 in Saint Botolph without Aldgate, London, England

Ancestors

Husband of Maria Anne (Ross) Goodwyn — married 11 Apr 1844 in Simla, Bengal, India

Died 11 Apr 1873 at about age 54 in Brislington, Somerset, England

Biography

Alfred George Goodwyn was born in Saint Botolph without Aldgate, London, and baptised there on 17 August 1819. He was the son of Thomas Wildman Goodwyn and Elizabeth Flower ^[1]

In 1834, Alfred applied to become a cadet in the Military Seminary of The United East India Company, he was recommended by his mother Elizabeth Goodwyn. ^[2]

Alfred married Maria Ann Ross in Simla, Bengal on 11 April 1844. Alfred was shown in the register as a Lieutenant in The Bengal Engineers, and the son of Thomas Wildman Goodwyn, Maria's father was Andrew Ross. ^[3]

Alfred died in Brislington, Somerset on 11 April 1873. His entry in the probate calendar reads : ^[4]

GOODWYN Alfred George. The will with a codicil of Alfred George Goodwyn, formerly of St Stephens Square, Bayswater in the county of Middlesex, but late of 27 Park Street, Bath, in the County of Somerset, a Major General on the retired list of Her Majesty's Army and late of the Royal Bengal Engineers, who died on 11 April 1873 at Brislington House, Brislington in the County of Somerset was proved at the Principal Registry by Maria Anne Goodwyn, of 27 Park Street, widow, the Relict the Executrix during widowhood.

Census

1871 Walcot, Somerset ^[5]

• Alfred George Goodwyn Head Male 51 Mill Hill, Middlesex
• Maria A Goodwyn Wife Female 45 East Indies
• Elizabeth Goodwyn Daughter Female 24 East Indies
• Emily Goodwyn Daughter Female 22 East Indies
• Marian Goodwyn Daughter Female 19 East Indies
• Maria C Goodwyn Daughter Female 16 East Indies
• Teresa C Goodwyn Daughter Female 11
• Fanny Salmon Servant Female 23 Bath, Somerset
• Catherine Pierce Servant Female 21 Bedfont, Middlesex
• Eliza Mop Servant Female 22 Bath, Somerset

Sources

1. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NLN7-KJW : 24 March 2020), Alfred George Goodwyn, 1820.
2. ↑ Findmypast British India Office Births & Baptisms [1]
3. ↑ Findmypast British India Office Marriages [2]
4. ↑ (https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk/#wills)
5. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1871", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VFVM-482 : 28 September 2019),