Name: Mary Goodger
Burial Number: 0543
Gender: Female
Occupation: Laundress
Born: 00/00/1832
Died: 00/06/1907
Buried: 29/06/1907
Story
Mary was born in Gravesend, the daughter of Charles and Faith Mary. She was baptised in Gravesend on 14 April 1833. Her father was a labourer. In 1851, Mary was a servant in Finsbury, London. By 1860, she was living in Broadwater and on 11 November, she married Henry Goodger at Broadwater Church. Henry was a widower with three children. For a while, the couple lived in Washington but by 1871, they had moved back to Worthing where Henry worked for the Heene Estate Company as a gardener. Henry and Mary had eight children. Henry died in November 1892. Mary continued to live in Brunswick Road, taking in laundry and working with her daughter Amy. She died in June 1907. No probate.
Researcher: Carol Sullivan
The Grave
Location in Cemetery
Area: EB Row: 5 Plot: 26
Exact Location (what3words): metals.loving.passes
Ashes or Urn: Unknown
Headstone
Description:
None Found - Listed in Heene Cemetery Index of Graves
Inscription:
None Found - Listed in Heene Cemetery Index of Graves
Further Information
Birth
Name: Mary Goodger
Gender: Female
Born: 00/00/1832
Town: Gravesend
County: Kent
Country: England
Marriage
Maiden Name:Lawrence
Marriage Date: 11/11/1860
Spouse First Name: Henry
Spouse Last Name: Goodger
Town of Marriage: Broadwater
County of Marriage: Sussex
Country of Marriage: England
Information at Death
Date of Death: 00/06/1907
Cause of death: Unknown
Address line 1: 1
Address line 2: Brunswick Road
Town: Worthing
County: Sussex
Country: England
Obituary
No obituary has been entered.
Personal Effects
Money left to others: No value recorded
Current value of effects: Not calculated
Census Information
1841
Wakefield Street, Gravesend, Kent.
Charles aged 35, labourer. Faith Mary aged 30. Amy aged 11. Henry aged 9. Mary aged 8. George aged 6. Faith aged 3.
1851
14 Great Turnstile , Finsbury.
Mary aged 18, general servant in the household of Emily Boyce, confectioner.
1861
Montpellier Row, Washington.
Henry aged 43, gardener. Mary aged 29. Fanny aged 11. Lucy aged 9. Lewis aged 6. Mary Jane aged 3.
1871
3 Heene Terrace, Worthing – Henry aged 52, gardener. Mary aged 38, laundress. Lewis aged 15, apprentice gardener. Mary J aged 12. Amy B aged 9. Lawrence Charles aged 7 (known later as Charles). Faith Minnie aged 4 (known later as Minnie).
1881
Brunswick Road, Worthing – Henry aged 63, gardener. Mary aged 48, laundress. Lucy aged 29, book keeper. Amy aged 19, domestic servant. Charles aged 17, gardener’s labourer. Minnie aged 14, dressmaker. Alice aged 9. Florence aged 7.
1891
1 Brunswick Road, Worthing – Henry aged 72, gardener’s labourer. Mary aged 57, laundress. Amy B aged 26, laundress. Kate aged7, granddaughter. Harry aged 6, grandson.
1901
1 Brunswick Road, Worthing – Mary aged 68, widow, laundress. Amy aged 36, laundress. Harry aged 16, grandson, carpenter’s assistant.
