Thread: godden/bloodworth in surrey

G`day guys

i know i`m only new here and it might be a little rude to jump in with a request so early, but i need some help to convince my wife on the doability (is that even a word lol) of this.

her mother wont say anything about her family, neither of us have been able to find anything either.

as far as she knows, her grandparents (now deceased) were FREDRICK (possibly WG) GODDEN and WINIFRED (maybe) GLADYS BLOODWORTH of surrey, we believe fredrick was born in 1892 in croyden surrey.

if i am overstepping any boundries here please ignore this request

cheers all

troppo

Hi Troppo - please stop apologising! You have joined AA to find your ancestors so just go ahead!

This looks like the reference for Frederick's birth -

2nd quarter 1891 Frederick William C Godden Croydon 2a 284

Gillian

thanks for that gillian

now i know it may sound silly, but could you explain the numbers to me

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2nd quarter 1891 Frederick William C Godden Croydon 2a 284

i`ve seen references like this a lot in here but i dont understand them, do they have something to do with the english census records?

the problem is, we are in australia lol

cheers

troppo

Hi Troppo

Hope this helps:

1901 census Croyden Holy Trinity Surrey



Fred Godden b1860 Brooklands Kent occ Grocer (employer)

Harriet Godden b1860 Leamington Spa Warwickshire

Annie A M Godden b1888 Croyden

Leonard G Godden b1890 Croyden

Frederick WG Godden b1892 Croyden

Constance EL Godden b1896 Sydenham Kent

William Havenden - nephew

Albert Money - Assistant

Florence Payne - General Servant



Address: 76 Whitehorse Road Croyden

RG13 645 folio 66 page 5

source Ancestry

good luck

Maggie

And here he is on the 1901 census -

Fred Godden 41 shopkeeper grocer employer b Kent Brookland

Harriet 41 wife b Warwickshire

Annie A 13

Leonard G 11

Frederick W C 9

Constance E 5 b Kent Sydenham

Other children b Surrey Croydon

Gillian

PS See I have been beaten to it so haven't put on all the details!

Hi Troppo

This is the reference you would need if you were ordering a certificate.

BMDs are organised in quarters for each year - Jan Feb Mar/April May June/July Aug Sept/Oct Nov Dec. The registration district is given next with the Volume Number for the district (ie Croydon 2a), the last number (284) is the page number.

I found this reference on FreeBMD - you might want to have a look at the site if you haven't already done so - the records aren't quite complete and only go up to 1920ish but is generally very useful (and free!)

Gillian

OMG

thank you so much guys, this is so great......

and dawn says thank you and lookout, she`s going to join up and try her hand at family tree growing lol

thanks again for this

cheers

troppo

This must be the marriage though Frederick has a different initial for his 2nd name -

4th quarter 1923 Godstone 2a 503 Frederick E Godden to Winifred Bloodworth

Gillian

thank you again gillian, she has now gone crazy "thats my grandparents" lol, she`s going to bednow but she will be in to thank you personally tomorrow

cheers

troppo

i`ve been to the free bmd site a few times but i always seem to get the "you have to pay to see that" window, and that goes completely against my free tree challenge lol