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Hi, Geoff and Lynda, What a pair !!! You are both knockouts !!!! This thread has really got me chuckling....... More of the same please !!!! Cheers Joyce

Shan The family has come a long way since then. Here in the priory, the nuns and I have very different habits.

I'm lost ... or have I been had ?? Something don't make sense ? Geof, you are the one who normally points us all in the right direction (well definately me anyway !), surely you know about 1881 and the IGI, you could have found this info yourself ?? or has this been a set up. I have looked on the IGI for you Geof but can't find any Robert jnr's christened in/at or around that time anywhere. I'm going up. Goodnight folks Elaine :-)

Well i hope this thread keep's going,at least till the morning,(turning in now, nite peep's) and im glad i'm back, what would i have missed????? Geoff (PLAYBOY) are you sure????? Keep dreaming sweetie Shan

Geoff You'll write? I've already written to them and so has GGG Grandad and his Mum. Sleep well! Lynda

Sorry Lynda I should have known that you wouldn't make it up. I will write to those 2,500 websites in the morning and tell them they were wrong. Thanks for putting things straight.

Geoff I think, young man, you will find the stone was laid in 1804. I know because My GGG Grandfather laid it, he only said last week, "blimey that stone wern't 'alf heavy me girl". If you don't believe him ask his Mum, she does my ironing on thursday's I'll get her to come on here, when she's finished and she'll tell you!!! You may have to wait until the night though 'cos she goes to line dancing after ironing. Lynda

Lynda I can do without people trying to mislead me in these serious genealogical matters - the foundation stone of Westminster Cathedral was laid in 1895 so my ancester could not have been baptised there in 1841. I've a good mind to report you for the passing of false information - always check your sources for corroborative evidence. :( Helen YOU found the information for me on the Internet - it must be right; how dare you suggest otherwise!

Lynda, Did they get married before or after 1837 ? I'm gob smacked .. surely then the age of 97 must be a mis transcription ? Geof, I think its amazing ... and having all those servants. I can imagine the household in all its glory ... what a vision .. wonderful. Elaine :-)

Geoff I thought people could be fined for giving incorrect info - or do you believe all this stuff?

Hi Geoff, all joking apart, it was'nt unheard of for the grandparent's to bring the child up as there own, i've had this twice in my family,(at least twice that i know of) maybe more Shan

Hi Geoff I think I have found Cecily and Roberts wedding, they married in St Pauls London. Robert jnrs baptism, was held in Westminster cathedral what a very interesting family you have. I will email you the results. Lynda

Can't be any other explanation can there really !! The mind boggles ... I think the 97 year old is your mans Mum not wife ! I wonder if her husband is lerking in any of the 100 servants quarters ! ?? and they couldn't find him on Census night ! Bet your Playboy was playing hide and go seek !

Elaine I've heard of cases where a daughter has a child and it is brought up by grandparents as one of theirs - do you think that this could have happened here?

NO WAY ... the 97 year old wife can't possibly be mum to 12 year old son .... she must be Grandma ... ?? surely ... are you having a laugh Geof ! Now I've seen it all ... I can't take this smile off my face ! What a brilliant way to end the day ! Elaine :-)

All i can say Geoff, do'es it run in the family????? only joking Shan

Thank you, I've got him now. I thought his wife was only 92 in 1881. I don't suppose anyone could find their wedding? The rest of his household seems to have been Household: (Continued from Robert GOODMAN) Name Relation Marital Status Gender Age Birthplace Occupation Disability Margaret SIDNEY Servant U Female 23 Russia Under Nurse Peter GEORGE Servant M Male 40 Russia Gardener John KING Servant U Male 31 Russia Asst Gardener William PALMER Servant U Male 15 Nepal, India Page John GORDON Servant U Male 14 Nepal, India Page

International PLAYBOY !!!! Solitary Soul !!! ??? LoL Sorry had to laugh !! Elaine :-)

Geoff - no, here is the rest of the household. I think whoever filled it in/transcribed it must have been under the influence! Robert GOODMAN Head M Male 52 Maidstone, Kent, England International Playboy Cecily GOODMAN Wife M Female 97 Maidstone, Kent, England No Profession Robert GOODMAN Son U Male 40 Maidstone, Kent, England Ponce James GOODMAN Son U Male 12 Maidstone, Kent, England Scholar Iain SMITH Servant M Male 65 Timbucktoo Butler Nelly SMITH Servant M Female 65 Nepal, India Wife Dom Serv Alfred GREEN Servant U Male 40 Rangpoor Chauffur Abraham WILKE Servant U Male 25 Afghanistan Footman John GORDON Servant U Male 31 Pakistan Footman David KING Servant U Male 25 Syria Footman William JOHNSTONE Servant U Male 40 Lisbon Footman Mary SMART Servant U Female 20 India Ladys Maid Lizzie JONES Servant U Female 19 Colombo Ladys Maid Jean ABRANOS Servant U Female 17 Penal Colony, Australia Ladys Maid Mary WILSON Servant M Female 41 Timbuctoo Laundry Maid Elizabeth KIMMETT Servant U Female 30 Timbuctoo Kitchen Maid Mary BENNETT Servant U Female 25 Timbuctoo Kitchen Maid Nellie DAVIS Servant U Female 31 Timbuctoo Cook Mary PINK Servant U Female 28 Timbuctoo Nurse June MELLOR OR MELLON Servant U Female 18 Persia Governess (Continued) Source Information: Dwelling 16 Acacia Gardens Census Place London, Middlesex, England Family History Library Film 1341004 Public Records Office Reference RG11 Piece / Folio 0020 / 126 Page Number 48 Of course there's no guarantee it was your Robert Goodman, but he doesn't look like much of a recluse here, does he!

He WAS on his own then?