Person:Elizabeth Harris (144)

Elizabeth Harris was born on 17th July 1810 and baptised five days later at Lathbury in Buckinghamshire, daughter of Joseph and Ann Harris.

On 2nd June 1834, aged 23, Elizabeth married John Goodman at Willen, about three miles south of Lathbury. He was eleven years her senior and a widower, with three children from his first marriage to whom Elizabeth became stepmother.

Elizabeth and John went on to have another twelve children together at Willen between 1834 and 1857, although two of the children died in 1850, aged four and two, whilst their eldest daughter died in 1853 aged nineteen, and another daughter died in 1857 aged fourteen. By the time Elizabeth's youngest child was born she was 47 years old and John was 58.

Each census from 1841 to 1871 finds Elizabeth, John and some of their children living in Willen. John worked as an agricultural labourer.

John died on 8th September 1880, aged 81. Elizabeth survived him by just under eight years. She appears in the 1881 census living with two of her children in Willen. Elizabeth died at the age of 77, being buried at Willen on 9th June 1888.

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Buckinghamshire Family History Society. Buckinghamshire Baptisms Database.

   ch. 22 Jul 1810, Lathbury: Elizabeth daughter of Joseph & Anne Harris, b. 17 Jul 1810

2. ↑ England. 1841 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 HO107; Piece 59; Book 17; Folio 2; Page 12, 6 Jun 1841.

   Address: Willen, Buckinghamshire
   John Goodman, male, 40 [1796-1801], Ag[ricultural] Lab[ourer], born in county
   Eliz[abe]th Goodman, female, 30 [1806-11], born in county
   George Goodman, male, 15 [1821-6], born in county
   Alfred Goodman, male, 14 [1826/7], born in county
   Mary Goodman, female, 12 [1828/9], born in county
   Harriott Goodman, female, 7 [1833/4], born in county
   Emma Goodman, female, 5 [1835/6], born in county
   Josia Goodman, male, 1 [1839/40], born in county
   Franny Goodman, female, 7 weeks [1841], born in county

3. ↑ England. 1851 Census Returns for England and Wales. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class HO107; Piece 1723; Folio 248; Page 21, 30 Mar 1851.

   Address: Willen, Buckinghamshire
   John Goodman, head, married, male, 52 [1798/9], Ag[ricultural] Lab[oure]r, b. Willen, Buckinghamshire
   Elizabeth Goodman, wife, married, female, 41 [1809/10], b. Lathbury, Buckinghamshire
   George Goodman, son, unmarried, male, 24 [1826/7], Ag[ricultural] Lab[oure]r, b. Willen, Buckinghamshire
   Emma Goodman, daughter, female, 14 [1836/7], b. Willen, Buckinghamshire
   Josiah Goodman, son, male, 11 [1839/40], b. Willen, Buckinghamshire
   Fanny Goodman, daughter, female, 9 [1841/2], Scholar, b. Willen, Buckinghamshire
   Eliza Goodman, daughter, female, 8 [1842/3], Scholar, b. Willen, Buckinghamshire
   Sarah Goodman, daughter, female, 6 [1844/5], Scholar, b. Willen, Buckinghamshire
   Maria Goodman, daughter, female, 1 [1849/50], b. Willen, Buckinghamshire

4. ↑ England. 1861 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 RG9; Piece 872; Folio 57; Page 17, 7 Apr 1861.

   Address: Cottage, Willen, Buckinghamshire
   John Goodman, head, married, male, 62 [1798/9], Ag[ricultural] Lab[ourer], b. Willen, Buckinghamshire
   Elizabeth Goodman, wife, married, female, 50 [1810/11], b. Lathbury, Buckinghamshire
   Fanney Goodman, daughter, unmarried, female, 19 [1841/2], Straw Bonnet Sewer, b. Willen, Buckinghamshire
   William Goodman, son, male, 8 [1852/3], Scholar, b. Willen, Buckinghamshire
   Fredrick Goodman, son, male, 6 [1854/5], Scholar, b. Willen, Buckinghamshire
   Louisa Goodman, daughter, female, 3 [1857/8], Scholar, b. Willen, Buckinghamshire

5. ↑ 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 1418; Folio 58; Page 17, 2 Apr 1871.

   Address: Willen, Buckinghamshire
   John Goodman, head, married, male, 73 [1797/8], Ag[ricultural] Laborer, b. Willen, Buckinghamshire
   Elizabeth Goodman, wife, married, female, 60 [1810/11], b. Lathbury, Buckinghamshire
   William Goodman, son, unmarried, male, 18 [1852/3], Ag[ricultural] Lab[ourer], b. Willen, Buckinghamshire
   Louisa Goodman, daughter, unmarried, female, 13 [1857/8], Scholar, b. Willen, Buckinghamshire

6. ↑ 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 1479; Folio 100; Page 17, 3 Apr 1881.

   Address: Cottage, Willen, Buckinghamshire
   Elizabeth Goodman, head, widow, female, 70 [1810/11], b. Lathbury, Buckinghamshire
   William Goodman, son, unmarried, male, 28 [1852/3], Ag[ricultural] Lab[ourer], b. Willen, Buckinghamshire
   Louisa Goodman, daughter, unmarried, female, 23 [1857/8], Servant Domestic, b. Willen, Buckinghamshire

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

   d. Elizabeth GOODMAN, June Quarter 1888, Newport Pagnell Registration District, Volume 3a, page 389, aged 77 [1810/11]

8. ↑ Buckinghamshire Family History Society. Buckinghamshire Burials Database.

   bur. 9 Jun 1888, Willen: Elizabeth Goodman of Willen, aged 77 [1810/11]