Person:Martha Wickenden (1)

Martha Wickenden was born in 1847 at Edenbridge in Kent. She was the daughter of a carpenter named Charles Wickenden and his wife Ann. Martha appears in the 1851 census living with her parents and siblings at Edenbridge Street. In 1861 she was living with her aunt and uncle in Reigate in Surrey, when she was described as a house maid. By 1871 she had moved to London, living in the Covent Garden area as a servant in the household of a florist and fruiterer.

On 13th August 1874, aged 27, Martha married a carman named James Godsmark. At the time of their marriage both were living at 48 St James Road in Bermondsey, which was James's sister Harriet's house. Martha and James had one daughter, Martha Louise, born in 1875. The 1881 census finds them living in Rotherhithe. By 1891 they had moved to Peckham in the parish of Camberwell, where Martha was to stay for the rest of her life. In both the 1891 and 1901 censuses Martha and James were living at 71 Naylor Road. Their daughter Martha was married in 1898 to a James Maple.

Some time between 1901 and 1910 Martha and James moved to 33 Parkstone Road in Peckham. James died in 1910, aged 61. The 1911 census finds Martha living alone at 33 Parkstone Road. She outlived James by nearly 14 years and died on 2nd January 1924 at Camberwell Infirmary. At the time of her death she had been living at 81 Azenby Road. She left an estate worth £654 3s. 9d. to her daughter.

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

   b. Martha WICKENDEN, June Quarter 1847, Sevenoaks Registration District, Vol. 5, page 413

2. ↑ 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 1613; Folio 563; Page 22, 30 Mar 1851.

   Address: Edenbridge Street, Edenbridge, Kent
   Charles Wickenden, head, married, male, 40 [1810/11], Carpenter Journeyman, b. Edenbridge, Kent
   Ann Wickenden, wife, married, female, 37 [1813/14], Carpenters Wife, b. Limpfield, Surrey
   George Wickenden, son, unmarried, male, 16 [1834/5], Apprentice, b. Edenbridge, Kent
   Elizabeth Wickenden, daughter, female, 12 [1838/9], b. Edenbridge, Kent
   Maria Wickenden, daughter, female, 10 [1840/1], Scholar, b. Edenbridge, Kent
   John Wickenden, son, male, 8 [1842/3], Scholar, b. Edenbridge, Kent
   Martha Wickenden, daughter, female, 6 [1844/5], b. Edenbridge, Kent
   Julia Wickenden, daughter, female, 7m [1850], b. Sundridge, Kent

3. ↑ 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 442; Folio 159; Page 6, 7 Apr 1861.

   Address: Station Road, Foreign of Reigate, Surrey
   James Woods, head, married, male, 50 [1810/11], Painter, b. Westerham, Kent
   Eliza Woods, wife, married, female, 47 [1813/4], b. Edenbridge, Kent
   Martha Wickenden, niece, unmarried, female, 14 [1846/7], House Maid, b. Edenbridge, Kent
   Michael Runckles, lodger, unmarried, male, 22 [1838/9], Cabinet maker, b. N.K. Suffolk

4. ↑ 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 362; Folio 36; Page 7, 2 Apr 1871.

   Address: 9 King Street, St Paul Covent Garden, Westminster, Middlesex
   John Rains, head, married, male, 61 [1809/10], Florist and Fruiterer, b. Rainham, Kent
   Celia Rains, wife, married, female, 45 [1825/6], Florsits Wife, b. Colchester, Essex
   John Rains, son, unmarried, male, 20 [1850/1], Seedsman, b. Westminster, Middlesex
   Thomas Rains, son, unmarried, male, 19 [1851/2], Fruiterer, b. Westminster, Middlesex
   William Rains, son, male, 14 [1856/7], Scholar, b. Westminster, Middlesex
   Alice Rains, daughter, female, 12 [1858/9], Scholar, b. Westminster, Middlesex
   Caroline Rains, daughter, female, 10 [1860/1], Scholar, b. Westminster, Middlesex
   Edith Rains, daughter, female, 9 [1861/2], Scholar, b. Westminster, Middlesex
   Arthur Rains, son, male, 6 [1864/5], Scholar, b. Westminster, Middlesex
   Elizabeth Rains, daughter, female, 4 [1866/7], Scholar, b. Westminster, Middlesex
   Phebe Dawson, servant, unmarried, female, 31 [1839/40], Cook Domestic Serv[ant], b. London, Middlesex
   Martha Wickendon, servant, unmarried, female, 23 [1847/8], General Domestic Serv[ant], b. Edenbridge, Kent

5. ↑ 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 579; Folio 94; Page 18, 3 Apr 1881.

   Address: 43 Cranham Road, Rotherhithe, Southwark, Surrey
   James Godsmark, head, married, male, 29 [1851/2], Railway Carman, b. Crawley, Sussex
   Martha Godsmark, wife, married, female, 30 [1850/1], b. Edenbridge, Kent
   Martha L. Godsmark, daughter, female, 5 [1875/6], b. Bermondsey, Surrey

6. ↑ 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 481; Folio 88; Page 26, 5 Apr 1891.

   Address: 71 Naylor Road, Peckham, Camberwell, London
   Five or more rooms occupied
   James Godsmark, head, married, male, 40 [1850/1], Carman, b. Crawley, Sussex
   Martha Godsmark, wife, married, female, 40 [1850/1], b. Edenbridge, Kent
   Martha Godsmark, daughter, single, female, 15 [1875/6], b. Bermondsey
   George Ferra, boarder, widower, male, 48 [1843/4], License Pub Victualler, neither employer or employed, b. Brighton, Sussex

7. ↑ 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 510; Folio 73; Page 17, 31 Mar 1901.

   Address: 71 Naylor Road, Camberwell, London
   Five or more rooms occupied
   James Godsmark, head, married, male, 52 [1848/9], Coachman, employer, b. Crawley, Sussex
   Martha Godsmark, wife, married, female, 53 [1847/8], b. Edenbridge, Kent

8. ↑ 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 2574; Schedule 181, 2 Apr 1911.

   Address: 33 Parkstone Road, Peckham, Camberwell, London
   Five rooms occupied
   Martha Godsmark, head, female, 56 [1854/5], widow, married 34 years, 1 child born, 1 child still alive, Office cleaner - L.B. & S.C. Rly, b. Edenbridge, Kent

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

   d. Martha GODSMARK, March Quarter 1924, Camberwell Registration District, Vol. 1d, page 1144, aged 76 [1847/8]

10. ↑ England. National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations),1858 onwards. (Ancestry.com).

    1924
    GODSMARK Martha of 81 Azenby-road Peckham Surrey widow died 2 January 1924 at the Camberwell Infirmary Camberwell Surrey Probate London 22 February to Martha Louise Maple (wife of James Maple). Effects £654 3s. 9d.