Person:Sarah Goodship (1)

Sarah Goodship was baptised on 13th August 1862 at Hitchin in Hertfordshire. She was the daughter of Rebecca Goodship, formerly Monk, and her husband George Goodship, a bricklayer. The family lived at Thorpes Yard off Back Street (later renamed Queen Street) in Hitchin. Sarah appears in the 1871 census living there with her parents and siblings. The 1881 census finds eighteen year old Sarah still living there but described as the head of the household, with only her younger sister and a visitor with her. She was working as a straw plaiter at this time.

In 1889, Sarah had a daughter called Annie. No father is named on Annie's baptism record. The following year, on 2nd August 1890, Sarah married Herbert Moules (or Moles). In all subsequent records her daughter Annie was referred to as Annie Moules, although whether this indicates that Herbert was actually her father or merely that she took his name as her stepfather is unknown.

Sarah and Herbert went on to have another six children together between 1891 and 1905, although the youngest died as a baby. Each census from 1891 to 1911 finds the family living at 3 Thorpes Yard. Sarah's widowed father was living with them in 1891. Herbert was described as a railway labourer in 1891, a road labourer in 1901 and a road sweeper in 1911. Sarah's daughter Annie appears to have married in 1910, but died aged only 21 early the following year.

Sarah died in 1924, aged 62. Herbert survived her by about four years.

1.   Births index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).

   b. Sarah GOODSHIP, September Quarter 1862, Hitchin Registration District, Volume 3a, page 231, mother's maiden name Monk

2. ↑ Baptisms register, in Church of England. Parish Registers of St Mary's Church, Hitchin. (Hertford: Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies).

   BAPTISMS solemnized in the Parish of Hitchin in the County of Hertford in the Year 1862
   No. 3397
   When Baptized: Aug[us]t 13th
   Child's Christian Name: Sarah
   Parent's Name - Christian: George & Rebecca
   Surname: Goodship
   Abode: Back St[reet]
   Quality, Trade, or Profession: Bricklayer
   By whom the Ceremoy was performed: S.G. Read

3. ↑ England. England and Wales. 1871 Census Schedules. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG10; Piece 1368; Folio 71; Page 39, 2 Apr 1871.

   Address: Thorpe Yard, Back Street, Hitchin, Hertfordshire
   George Goodship, head, married, male, 54 [1816/17], Bricklayer, b. Hitchin, Hertfordshire
   Rebecca Goodship, wife, married, female, 50 [1820/1], Bricklayer Wife, b. Hitchin, Hertfordshire
   Mary Goodship, daughter, unmarried, female, 19 [1851/2], Bricklayer Daighter, b. Hitchin, Hertfordshire
   Anne Goodship, daughter, female, 16 [1854/5], Straw Plater, b. Hitchin, Hertfordshire
   George Goodship, son, male, 14 [1856/7], Scholar, b. Hitchin, Hertfordshire
   Sarah Goodship, daughter, female, 8 [1862/3], Scholar, b. Hitchin, Hertfordshire
   Elizabeth Goodship, daughter, female, 6 [1864/5], Scholar, b. Hitchin, Hertfordshire

4. ↑ England. 1881 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands: . (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG11; Piece 1419; Folio 48; Page 39, 3 Apr 1881.

   Address: Thorpes Alley, Back Street, Hitchin, Hertfordshire
   Sarah Goodship, head, unmarried, female, 18 [1862/3], Straw Plaitter, b. Hitchin, Hertfordshire
   Elizabeth Goodship, sister, unmarried, female, 16 [1864/5], Straw Plaitter, b. Hitchin, Hertfordshire
   Jane Saunders, visitor, unmarried, female, 17 [1863/4], Straw Plaitter, b. Hitchin, Hertfordshire

5. ↑ England. 1891 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG12; Piece 1107; Folio 153; Page 33, 5 Apr 1891.

   Address: 3 Thorps Yard, Queen Street, Hitchin, Hertfordshire
   2 rooms occupied
   George Goodship, head, widower, male, 74 [1816/17], Bricklayer, neither employer nor employed, b. Hitchin, Hertfordshire
   Herbert Moulds, son in law, married, male, 28 [1862/3], Railway Lab[oure]r, employed, b. Hitchin, Hertfordshire
   Sarah Moulds, daughter, married, female, 28 [1862/3], Straw Plaitter, neither employer nor employed, b. Hitchin, Hertfordshire
   Anne Moulds, granddaughter, female, 2 [1888/9], b. Hitchin, Hertfordshire
   Charles Moulds, grandson, male, 1mo [1891], b. Hitchin, Hertfordshire

6. ↑ England. England. 1901 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG13; Piece 1301; Folio 109; Page 14, 31 Mar 1901.

   Address: 3 Thorpe's Yard, Hitchin, Hertfordshire
   Herbert Moles, head, married, male, 37 [1863/4], Local Board Road Labourer, b. Hitchin, Hertfordshire
   Sarah Moles, wife, married, female, 38 [1862/3], b. Hitchin, Hertfordshire
   Annie Moles, daughter, single, female, 12 [1888/9], b. Hitchin, Hertfordshire
   Charles Moles, son, single, male, 10 [1890/1], b. Hitchin, Hertfordshire
   George Moles, son, single, male, 8 [1892/3], b. Hitchin, Hertfordshire
   Alice Moles, daughter, single, female, 6 [1894/5], b. Hitchin, Hertfordshire
   Arthur Moles, son, single, male, 2 [1898/9], b. Hitchin, Hertfordshire
   Edward Moles, son, single, male, 1mo [1901], b. Hitchin, Hertfordshire

7. ↑ England. 1911 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom: The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), (formerly the UK General Register Office.))
   Class RG14; Piece 7595; Schedule 52, 2 Apr 1911.

   Address: No. 3 Thorpes Yard, Queen Street, Hitchin, Hertfordshire
   4 rooms occupied
   Herbert Moules, head, male, 49 [1861/2], married 22 years, 7 children born alive, 5 children still living, Road Sweeper - Urban Council, worker, b. Hitchin, Hertfordshire
   Sarah Moules, wife, female, 49 [1861/2], married, b. Hitchin, Hertfordshire
   Charles Moules, son, male, 20 [1890/1], single, Carpenter - Builder, worker, b. Hitchin, Hertfordshire
   George Moules, son, male, 18 [1892/3], single, Skin Tanning - Tanning, worker, b. Hitchin, Hertfordshire
   Alice Moules, daughter, female, 15 [1895/6], single, b. Hitchin, Hertfordshire
   Arthur Moules, son, male, 12 [1898/9], single, School, b. Hitchin, Hertfordshire
   Edward Moules, son, male, 10 [1900/1], single, School, b. Hitchin, Hertfordshire

8. ↑ Deaths index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).

   d. Sarah MOULES, December Quarter 1924, Hitchin Registration District, Volume 3a, page 770, aged 62 [1861/2]