Godley from the Lincolnshire fens
These are most of the people I know about who are now deceased. The data I have includes some more information about them, and about some of their descendants who are still living.
If you have knowledge of any of these people, their descendants, or their predecessors, I would love to hear from you.
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James Godley married (1) Prudence Smith (b 1721, dau of Samuel Smith
and Alice Smith ) in 1758 (2) Elizabeth Lancaster in 1769
James possibly bap 1733 in Wigtoft, the son John Godly
Children include- a son, possibly John
- Prudence Godley (1770-1801)
- Mary Godley (b 1771)
- Sarah Godley (b 1773) m Richard Southern
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William Godley (1776-1858) m Mary (1774-1859)
- William Taylor Godley (b 1815)
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Thomas Godley (1775-1837) married
Mary Dawson (1777-1825) in 1802 in Great
Hale.
- Mary Ann Godley (1802-1804)
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Thomas Godley (b 1808 - d 1869 Hale) married
Ann Limbird (b 1802 Bicker - d
1852 Hale) [some sources give her name as Ann Limberd, Ann Limbard or
Ann Lambort]
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Thomas John Dawson Godley (b 1832 Great Hale - d 1896 Scarborough)
married Anne Foster (b 1836/7 Walcott d 1901 Scarborough)
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Herbert Augustus Godley (b. 1861, Great Hale d. 1932, Chicago) married
Caroline Norcross (b 1865/6)
- George Washington Godley (1892-1951) m Josephine Luella Minikus / Minicus
- Willard Reuben Godley (1894-1984) m Lula Piper
- Ethel Wilhelmina Godley (1898-1973) m Walter William Minicus
- Jessie Bartlett Davis Butler Godley (1902-1992) m Joseph Sebastian Stipe
- Ethel Gineva Godley (b 1862 Hale d. 1917, Chicago)
- Wilhelmina Theodosia Godley (b. 1864, Great Hale; d. 1947, Chicago).
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Dawson Montague Godley a carpenter (b 1866/7 Hale d. 1939, Wakefield)
married Jessie Prosser (b about 1872 Tainton
- d 1957)
- Reginald Godley (b 1893 Scarborough) emigrated to the USA in 1908
- Cecil George Godley (b 1894 Scarborough. d 1971) married Norah Lilly/Tilley Limmage-Peach (b 1897 d 1953 Wakefield)
- Leonard Godley (b about 1897 in Leeds, d 1915 France WW1)
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Herbert Godley (Bert Godley) (b 1901 Leeds d 1983/4) married
:
- Rhoda Amelia Towle
- Kathleen Todd (b 1907 Northallerton, d 1954 Wakefield)
- Dorothy Godley (Dolly Godley) (b abt 1909 d abt 1990) married Reginald Gratton (b abt 1905 d abt 2003)
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Tom Granger Godley (b 1869 Hale d abt 1917) married Daisy Danvers
Morgan (b abt 1863 in France)
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Alma Dorothy Godley (b 1901 ) married Gordon Bastable
- a daughter about whom we have not been able to discover very much
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Alma Dorothy Godley (b 1901 ) married Gordon Bastable
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Herbert Augustus Godley (b. 1861, Great Hale d. 1932, Chicago) married
Caroline Norcross (b 1865/6)
- Hannah / Anna Godley (1833 - abt 1870)
- Mary Ann Godley (b abt 1835 ) m William Millson
- Prudence Godley (b & d 1839 )
- John Godfrey Godley (b abt 1838). Emigrated to the USA prior to 1883
- Harriet Godley (b abt 1838)
- Betsey / Betsy Godley (b abt 1840)
- George William Godley (1843 - 1844)
- George Godley (b 1845)
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Thomas John Dawson Godley (b 1832 Great Hale - d 1896 Scarborough)
married Anne Foster (b 1836/7 Walcott d 1901 Scarborough)
- Edward Dawson Godley (1811-1811)
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John Dawson Godley (1812-1869) m Hannah (b1815)
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Frances Ann Godley (b 1840) m Thomas Cragg (family lived in
Boston, Lincs)
- Kate Ellen Cragg
- Fanny Cragg
- Hannah M Cragg
- Herbert H Cragg
- Charlotte A Cragg
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Frances Ann Godley (b 1840) m Thomas Cragg (family lived in
Boston, Lincs)
This branch of the Godley family hale from Hale in Lincolnshire (if you will pardon the pun), and prior to that from Bicker, Lincs.
Thomas' occupation in 1881 is given as "Apparitor Church of England" [An official who was formerly sent to carry out the orders of a civil or ecclesiastical court]. I would love to find out what an ecclesiastical apparitor in the late 1800's actually did.
I have also found out about another Godley family who came from Spalding but are buried in Bicker. I have not yet been able to find a link to 'my' Godley line.
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John Godley (1803-1884) m Rebecca (b abt 1800, b before 1881)
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Joseph Godley (1830-1890) married Susanna (1826-1884)
- Thomas Godley (b 1855/6)
- Joseph Godley (b 1863/4)
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Annie Godley (b 1870/1)
and possibly these - John Godley (1858/9 -1864)
- Joshiash Godley (1859/60 - 1868)
- Annie Godley (b 1860/1 - 1868)
- Mary Susannah Godley (1864/5 -1868)
- John Godley (1866/7 - 1868)
- John Godley (b 1830's)
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Joseph Godley (1830-1890) married Susanna (1826-1884)
Place names relevant to these people include:
- Great Hale, Lincolnshire, also known as Hale Magna
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Little Hale, Lincolnshire, also known as Hale Prava
- Great and Little Hale are adjacent villages, served by one Church and are often just referred to as Hale. Both are in the Sleaford registration district.
- Bicker, Lincolnshire
- Walcott, Lincolnshire
- Boston, Lincolnshire
- Scarborough, Yorkshire
- Northallerton, Yorkshire
- Leeds, Yorkshire
- Wakefield, Yorshire
- Tainton, Gloucestershire
- Chicago, USA