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Benjamin Goffin

Benjamin Goffin[1]

Male 1869 - Yes, date unknown  

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  • Name Benjamin Goffin  [2
    Registration Between 1 Jan 1869 and 31 Mar 1869  Tunstead, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Birth 
    • Volume 4b, Page 55
    Birth 10 Jan 1869  Stalham, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4
    Christening 21 Feb 1869  St. Mary's Church, Stalham, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4
    Gender Male 
    Census 2 Apr 1871  Stalham, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    England 
    Residence 2 Apr 1871  Stalham, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Smallburgh Road 
    Census 3 Apr 1881  Stalham, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    England 
    Occupation 3 Apr 1881  Stalham, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Scholar 
    Census 5 Apr 1891  Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    England 
    Occupation 5 Apr 1891  Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    General Labourer 
    Residence 5 Apr 1891  Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Middlegate Street Police Station 
    • Prisoner
    Occupation 1892  [2
    Labourer 
    Census 31 Mar 1901  Ormesby Saint Margaret, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    England 
    Occupation 31 Mar 1901  Ormesby Saint Margaret, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    General Labourer 
    Residence 31 Mar 1901  Ormesby Saint Margaret, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    North Road 
    Death Yes, date unknown 
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    Person ID I49673  The Williams Family Tree
    Last Modified 31 Dec 2013 

    Father George Goffin
              b. Abt 1829, Sutton, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 1868, Stalham, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 39 years) 
    Mother Harriet Harmer
              b. Abt 1838, East Ruston, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 1901, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years) 
    Marriage 20 Feb 1862  St. Mary's Church, Stalham, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4
    • Extracted from FreeREG Records 1/10/2009
      http://www.freereg.org.uk/cgi/SearchResults.pl?RecordType=Marriages&RecordID=415766

      County: Norfolk
      Place: Stalham
      Church: St Mary
      RegisterNumber: 71
      MarriageDate: 20 Feb 1862
      GroomForename: George
      GroomSurname: GOFFIN
      GroomAge: 29
      GroomParish:
      GroomCondition: Bachelor
      GroomOccupation: Labourer
      GroomAbode: Stalham
      BrideForename: Harriet
      BrideSurname: HARMER
      BrideAge: 24
      BrideParish:
      BrideCondition: Spinster
      BrideOccupation:
      BrideAbode: Stalham
      GroomFatherForename: Francis
      GroomFatherSurname: GOFFIN
      GroomFatherOccupation: Barber
      BrideFatherForename: Thomas
      BrideFatherSurname: HARMER
      BrideFatherOccupation: Labourer
      WitnessOneForename: Benjamin
      WitnessOneSurname: HARMER
      WitnessTwoForename: Eliza
      WitnessTwoSurname: GOFFIN
      Notes: He Signs X She Signs X; Witness 2 Signs X
      FileNumber: 3805
    Registration Mar 1862  Tunstead, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    Marriage 
    • Volume 4b, Page 83
    Family ID F14719  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Alice Woolston
              b. Abt 1872, Dublin, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. Yes, date unknown 
    Marriage 14 Nov 1892  Great Yarmouth Parish Church, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    • Marriage Certificate Great Yarmouth 1892/132 MC Parish Church Great Yarmouth 14 Nov 1892
      Benjamin GOFFIN 22 Bachelor Labourer of Lime Kiln Walk
      George GOFFIN Labourer
      Alice WOOLSTON 21 Spinster of same add
      John WOOLSTON Labourer
      Witnesses Edward John LUPSON and Beatrice E PULFER


      Household,GOFFIN,Edna May,Female,1910,1,Flegg,Norfolk,
      Household,GOFFIN,Alice,Female,1872,39,Flegg,Norfolk,
      Household,GOFFIN,Ben,Male,1870,41,Flegg,Norfolk,
      Household,WOOLSTON,Emily,Female,1888,23,Flegg,Norfolk,
      Household,WOOLSTON,Florence,Female,1892,19,Flegg,Norfolk,
      Household,WOOLSTON,Jack,Male,1879,32,Flegg,Norfolk,
      Household,WOOLSTON,Jane,Female,1847,64,Flegg,Norfolk,
      Household,WOOLSTON,Jessie,Female,1885,26,Flegg,Norfolk,
      Household,WOOLSTON,Willie,Male,1890,21,Flegg,Norfolk,
      Household,WOLSTON,Mona,Female,1911,3 MONTHS,Flegg,Norfolk,

      GOFFIN BEN (RG14PN11111 RG78PN602 RD220 SD1 ED7 SN23)
      Address:THE GREEN ORMESBY ST MARGARET:County:Norfolk
      District:Flegg:Subdistrict:East Flegg
      Enumeration District:7:Parish:Ormesby St Margaret with Scratby
      WOOLSTON, Jane, Head, Widow, F, 64, , Ireland Dublin Resident
      GOFFIN, Alice, Daughter, Married, 18, F, 39, Ireland Dublin
      GOFFIN, Ben, Son In Law, Married, M, 41, Labourer Wateworks, Stalham
      Norfolk
      WOOLSTON, Jack, Son, Single, M, 32, Farm Labourer, Gosport
      Hampshire
      WOOLSTON, Jessie, Daughter, Single, F, 26, Plymouth Devonshire
      WOOLSTON, Emily, Daughter, Single, F, 23, Gt Ormesby Norfolk
      WOOLSTON, Willie, Son, Single, M, 21, Farm Labourer, Gt Ormesby
      Norfolk
      WOOLSTON, Florence, Grandaughter, Single, F, 19,Gt Ormesby Norfolk
      GOFFIN, Edna May, Grandaughter, F, 1,Gt Ormesby Norfolk
      WOLSTON, Mona, Grandaughter, F, 3 Months, , London
    Registration Dec 1892  Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    Marriage 
    • Volume 4b, Page 30
    Children 
     1. Edna May Goffin
              b. 1909  
              d. 1911 (Age 2 years)
     2. Daisy I. Goffin
              b. 1912
     3. Eileen N. Goffin
              b. 1912
     4. Elsie A. Goffin
              b. 1914
    Family ID F14747  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 20 Dec 2012 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsRegistration - Birth - Between 1 Jan 1869 and 31 Mar 1869 - Tunstead, Norfolk, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 10 Jan 1869 - Stalham, Norfolk, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - England - 2 Apr 1871 - Stalham, Norfolk, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Smallburgh Road - 2 Apr 1871 - Stalham, Norfolk, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - England - 3 Apr 1881 - Stalham, Norfolk, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Scholar - 3 Apr 1881 - Stalham, Norfolk, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - England - 5 Apr 1891 - Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - General Labourer - 5 Apr 1891 - Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Middlegate Street Police Station - 5 Apr 1891 - Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 14 Nov 1892 - Great Yarmouth Parish Church, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsRegistration - Marriage - Dec 1892 - Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - England - 31 Mar 1901 - Ormesby Saint Margaret, Norfolk, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - General Labourer - 31 Mar 1901 - Ormesby Saint Margaret, Norfolk, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - North Road - 31 Mar 1901 - Ormesby Saint Margaret, Norfolk, England Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • From the 1871 Census (RG10 Piece 1795 Folio 10 Page 12) Benjamin, 2, was with his mother Harriet, widow, 32, Labourer's widow from East Ruston, Norfolk, in Smallburgh Road, Stalham, Norfolk, England. With him were his siblings George, 9, Scholar, Walter, 6, Scholar, Mary, 5, Scholar, and Charles, 3. All the children were reportedly born in Stalham, Norfolk. Lodging with the family was Alice Colman, 18, Field Worker from Smallburgh, Norfolk.

      From the 1881 Census (RG11 Piece 1920 Folio 8 Page 9) Benjamin, 10, Scholar, was with his mother Harriet, widow, 42, Charwoman, in Stalham, Norfolk, England. With him were his siblings Walter, 16, Farm Labourer, Mary, 15, No Occupation, Charles, 14, Bricklayer's Boy, and Helen, 10, Scholar. Everyone was reportedly born in Stalham, Norfolk.

      From the 1891 Census (RG12 Piece 1498 Folio 4 Page 1) Benjamin, 22, General Labourer from Yarmouth, Norfolk, was a prisoner at Middlegate Street Police Station, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England. Also present were William Brogden, 53, Chief Constable from Gainsboro' Lincolnshire, his wife Emma, 50, from Potters Bridge, Yorkshire, their daughter Alice, 30, born Knaresboro' Yorkshire, granddaughter Marie Louisa Wood, 4, born Yarmouth, Norfolk, their servant Rose Rainer, 18, Domestic Servant from Yarmouth, Norfolk, and fellow prisoners Henry Stewart, Wherryman from Stokesby, Norfolk, James Aldous, 15, Errand Boy from Yarmouth, Norfolk, Frank Mead, 20, Smacksman from Holloway, London, and Louis Nelson, 30, Showman from Norwich, Norfolk.

      From the 1901 Census (RG13 Piece 1816 Folio 50 Page 20) Benjamin, 31, General Labourer from Stalham, Norfolk, was with his wife Alice, 29, from Dublin, Ireland, in North Road, Ormesby St. Margaret, Norfolk, England.

  • Sources 
    1. [S4056] Ross Pulfer-Ridings (Goffin) (Reliability: 3).
      Keeping all the records together

    2. [S4023] Ross Pulfer-Ridings (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S1856] Registration of Births, (Ancestry.co.uk), Mar 1869, Tunstead, Norfolk, Volume 4b, Page 55 (Reliability: 3).
      Benjamin GOFFIN

    4. [S3895] FreeReg (Reliability: 3).

    5. [S4090] RG10 Piece 1795 Folio 10 Page 12, RG10 Piece 1795 Folio 10 Page 12 (Reliability: 3).

    6. [S4091] RG11 Piece 1920 Folio 8 Page 9, RG11 Piece 1920 Folio 8 Page 9 (Reliability: 3).

    7. [S4114] RG12 Piece 1498 Folio 4 Page 1, RG12 Piece 1498 Folio 4 Page 1 (Reliability: 3).

    8. [S4096] RG13 Piece 1816 Folio 50 Page 20, RG13 Piece 1816 Folio 50 Page 20 (Reliability: 3).

    9. [S1854] Registration of Marriages, (Ancestry.co.uk), Mar 1862, Tunstead, Norfolk, Volume 4b, Page 83 (Reliability: 3).
      George GOFFIN + Harriet HARMER

    10. [S1854] Registration of Marriages, (Ancestry.co.uk), Dec 1892, Yarmouth, Norfolk, Volume 4b, Page 30 (Reliability: 3).
      Benjamin GOFFIN + Alice WOOLSTON