The Goodliffe Family of Lambley Lodge, RutlandJohn - Fifth child of Thomas and Mary Goodliffe
John Goodliffe was born 5 November 1834 at King's Cliffe. The event was recorded at the Morcott and Barrowden Baptist Chapel.
In 1841 John was aged 6 and living with parents John and Ann at Park St, King's Cliffe. By 1851 John was a miller working for William Drake at Morcott.
John married Fanny NICHOLLS at Kendal in early 1860. Fanny was born in 1834 in Leeds and baptised there on 23 June 1834. Her parents were Thomas NICHOLLS and Amelia Penelope BARNES. Thomas was an excise officer who was posted to Kendal in the 1850's after a term in Scotland.
John and Fanny had nine children several of whom died soon afer birth. In two cases the same name was used for the next child:
John Culpin died 12 May 1918 at Great Easton, aged 83. Fanny died in 1926 aged 92. The Children of John and Fanny CULPINAnnie Amelia CULPIN 1860-1938Annie was born in 1860 at Radford, Nottingham. She was recorded in the 1861, 1871 and 1881 censuses with the family. She married John HOPKINS on 5 August 1890 at Great Easton. John had been born at Honeydown Farm, St Neots, Bedfordshire in 1955 to John HOPKINS and Mary Ann WAGSTAFF. He worked as as a labourer but by 1901 was a carpenter. By 1911 Annie and John were living with her father at Great Easton and John was assisting in the bakery. John and Annie did not have any children.
Annie Amelia HOPKINS died at 33 leicester Rd, Market Harborough on 31 August 1938, aged 78. In 1939 John was retired and living on a market garden at Eaton Socon, Bedford.
John died later in 1939 at Bedford. John CULPIN 1862-1935John was born in 1862 at Radford, Nottingham. He was recorded in the 1871 census with the family, but he was elsewhere in 1881. In 1891 he he now a baker, living at New St, Rothwell. With his were his sister Fanny CULPIN and his future wife Lucy STAFFORD.
John married Lucy STAFFORD in Billesdon in 1892. Lucy had been born in Billesdon on 26 November 1869. She was the daughter of Francis STAFFORD and his second wife Eliza Sophia HUCKSTEP. Francis was a farm bailiff. John and Lucy had four children:
In 1901 and 1911 John and Lucy were living at 2 Crispin St, Rothwell. John was a baker and grocer.
John died in July 1935 at 2 Crispin St, Rothwell. He was buried at Rothwell Cemetery on 27 July 1935.
Lucy remained in Rothwell, moving to 31 Gordon St before the 1939 register. In 1939 she had her daughter Edith May living with her. Lucy died at the General Hospital, Northhampton (from 31 Gordon St Rothwell) on 27 January 1940 and was buried in Rothwell Cemetery on 31 January 1940. (Note by coincidence that 2 burials later was a Frederick Johnson of 2 Crispin St, where John Culpin had died in 1935).
The Children of John and Lucy
Hilda Fanny CULPIN 1896-1971: Hilda was born in Rothwell on 27 May 1896. She was recorded in the 1901 and 1911 censuses with the family. Hilda married Robert Cecil OVERIN in Rothwell in 1921. Robert was born so November 1896 in Shardlow, the son of William Alderson OVERIN and Sarah Elizabeth (MONTGOMERY). Robert was a civil servant. Hilda and Robert had two children - Philip M. (1924-) and Kathleen (1928-). In 1936 and 1939 the family were living at 49 Clifton Gardens, Goole, Yorkshire.
At some point in time Robert and Fanny retired to 20 Sallows Rd Peterborough, where Robert died 7 November 1970 and Hilda died on 9 February 1971. Edith May CULPIN 1903-1952: Edith was born in Rothwell on 25 November 1903 (according to the 1939 register and consistent with registration in Dec quarter 1903 at Kettering). She was recorded in the 1911 census at Rothwell. In the 1939 register she was living with her widowed mother Lucy at 31 Gordon Rd, Rothwell.
Edith's mother died at Rothwell in 1940. Soon after, Edith married Charles RAFFERTY at Rothwell in 1942, she was aged 39. They remained at 31 Gordon St as Edith May died there on 3 January 1952. She was buried at Rothwell Cemetery. We do not know what happened to Charles after Edith died. There were no children. Florence Amelia CULPIN 1910-1974: Florence Amelia was born in Rothwell on 6 May 1906. She was recorded in the 1911 census at Rothwell. Fanny married Russell AUSTIN in Rothwell in mid-1934. In the 1939 register they were living at 4 Market Hill, Rothwell, which was the shop where Russell was a grocer and ironmonger.
Later they moved to 15 Leys Ave, Rothwell where Russell died on 11 August 1974. Florence remained at that address but died nearly a year later on 20 July 1975 at Foxhill Manor, West Haddon. Both were cremated at Kettering Crematorium. There were no children. Fanny Mary CULPIN 1865-1924Fanny Mary CULPIN was born 1865 at Collingham (or Great Easton, Leicestershire, depending on the census records). She was recorded in the 1871 and 1881 censuses with her family at Great Easton, Leicestershire. In 1891 she was playing chaperone to her brother John, who was living at New St, Rothwell with his future wife Lucy STAFFORD.
Fanny married Frederick George FRANKLAND in 1898, the marriage registered at Uppingham. Frank had been born in Kirkby Malzeard, Yorkshire in 184 and still lived there, being a tailor. In 1877 he had married Mary STURDY and they had two children - Margaret Ann (1879) and Robert (1881). Mary died at Kirky Malzeard in 1897. Quite how Fanny met Frederick is not clear as Kirky Malzeard is a long way from Leicestershire. Frederick was aged 49 and Fanny was 33. They had one child - Arnold Frederick FRANKLAND, born 1902. In both 1901 and 1911 they had Frederick's daughter Margaret living with them.
Fanny Mary FRANKLAND died at 4 Market Hill Rothwell in July 1924 and was buried on 29 July 1924 at Rothwell Cemetery. The address at Rothwell was that of her niece Florence (CULPIN) and Russell AUSTIN.
Frederick remained at Kirkby Malzeard, where he died 5 April 1937. Arnold Frederick FRANKLAND son of Frederick and Fanny. Arnold was born 16 July 1902 at Kirkby Malzeard. Arnold attended Bede College Durham and became a teacher. He taught at Leeds and Rothwell before becoming head at Thwaites School, Appleby in 1928. He married Joan Helen REDHEAD in 1928 (registered Kettering). Joan was born 14 January 1905 at New Street, Oundle to William David REDHEAD and Amy (SWANN). William was a hairdresser. They did not have any children. In 1939 Arnold and Joan were living at Murton, Westmorland where Arnold was the head teacher.
Arnold and Joan retired to 6 Swinnate Rd, Arnside, Carnforth, which is on the coast SW of Kendal. Arnold died there on 11 February 1992 and Joan on 5 April 1992. Lydia Sarah CULPIN 1870-1954Lydia Sarah (Lily) CULPIN was born 15 August 1870 at Great Easton, Leicestershire. She was recorded in the 1871 and 1881 censuses with her family at Great Easton. In 1891 she was . Lydia married Harry John CHAMBERLAIN in 1890. Harry was born 23 February 1861 at Rothwell to Daniel CHAMBERLAIN and Harriet (TILLEY). Harry became a grocer and ironmonger with his father at 4 market Hill, Rothwell. In 1891 Harry and Lydia (also known as Lily) were living with his brother at Market Hill, by 1901 they had taken over the business.
Harry and Lydia had one child - Doris CHAMBERLAIN (1899-?).
It is not certain what happened to Harry and Lydia, but there is a death record for Harry CHAMBERLAIN at Surrey in 1951 and for Lydia in Surrey in 1954. Their daughter Doris vanishes after 1912. There are newspaper items about her winning prizes in 1912 (definitely her as they give her address as 4 Market Hill, Rothwell). There are shipping records for a Lydia CHAMBERLAIN to Canada in 1921 but this is definitely NOT her as her marriage record in Canada gives her mother as Dorothy, as well as other inconsistent facts. Frank William CULPIN 1872-1941Frank William CULPIN was born 20 May 1872 at Great Easton, Leicestershire. He was recorded in the 1881 census with his family at Great Easton. Frank is missing from the 1891 census. Frank became a baker and confectioner, with his main business at 120 Stafford Street Walsall (the building has been replaced). His business was described in the 1915 "Walsall and District Illustrated Business Review" thus:
Having established his bakery business, Frank married Annie ROBINSON at Hednesford, Staffordshire on 25 August 1896. Annie had been born in Hednesford on 15 Dec 1872 to Samuel ROBINSON and Harriet (TALBOT).
Frank and Annie had four children, but three died soon after birth:
But the marriage did not last for long. As early as 1901 there was strife (allegedly) and on 5 Octeber 1909 Frank filed for divorce. The case ambled through the court but on 27 January 1911 he was granted a decree nisi and on 23 August 1911 this was made absolute. The court also awarded custody of their son Archibald in the interim to Frank.
You can read the whole divorce file here. In 1911 we find Frank living at 120 Stafford St, Walsall (his bakery) but is listed as a "boarder" with the CLAMP family, Annie was boarding in Newcastle upon Tyne and Archbald was with his Aunt Ethra WARD (Frank's sister).
Surprising, perhaps, Frank William remarrried in Walsall in early 1912 to Florence Baker BROWNHILL. Frank was aged 40 and Florence was 36. Florence was the daughter of Theophilis BROWNHILL and Hannah (BAKER). In the 1881 census Florence and family were living at 88 Stafford St, Walsall, just a few shops along from 120 Stafford St where Frank set up his bakery. By 1901 the BROWNHILL family had moved to 96 Bloxwich Rd, Walsall. (Note that in the divorce proceedings, in around 1901 Annie complained when Frank said he was delivering a bottle of pills to an address in Bloxwich - Florence perhaps?) Frank and Florence had one child - John Paul CULPIN (the Paul from her father's middle name) born 29 Sep 1914. The 1939 register reveals more intrique.
What happened to them all?Frank William died at Stratford-on-Avon in 1941, presumably still living with Edith LEFAUCHEUR. Annie CULPIN/ROBINSON never married after the divorce (despite some people marrying her off to William Edwards in 1912 at Wellington. That Annie ROBINSON was born Wrockwardine, Shropshire 23 OCtober 1875. If Annie had married Edwards, why was she recorded in 1939 as Annie CULPIN, divorced?) Annie CULPIN died in early 1970, the death registered at Cannock (Mar 1970 9b/247). Date of birth given at death was 15 December 1872 (correct) - Annie ROBINSON/CULPIN gave her DOB as 15 Dec 1873 (transcription error?) in the 1939 register, so we can be sure this is the same Annie. Cannock was the registration district for Hednesford, where Annie's parents had run a beer hall in 1871-1891 and which was taken over by Harriet and later her son William in 1911 Florence CULPIN (Frank's second wife) died at 51 Kingsley St, Pleck, Walsall on 25 May 1959. Archibald CULPIN was born 21 August 1901 at Walsall. He became a motor engineer and haulage contractor. He married Winifred May BROWNE at Walsall in 1924. In 1935 and 1939 they were living at 28 Hillside Rd, Birmingham. They did not have any children. Archibald died at Bournemouth in 1980. Winifred died at 10 Clifton Rd, Bournemouth on 25 May 1985. John Paul CULPIN was born 29 September 1914 at Walsall. He obtaiend a B. Laws degree from Birmingham and became a lawyer. On 18 September 1943 he married Eileen Dora BEETLESTONE, a law clerk, the daughter of Hubert BEETLESTONE and Maude (WILLIAMS). They had 2 children, born 1947 and 1950.
John Paul CULPIN died at 225 Kimbolton Rd, Bedford on 28 March 1993. Eileen died there in March 2000. Ethra Jenny CULPIN 1876-1953Ethra Jenny CULPIN was born 14 February 1876 at Great Easton, Leicestershire. She was recorded in the 1881, 1891 and 1901 censuses with her family at Great Easton. Ethra married Walter Ashby WARD at Great Easton on 28 October 1909. They had one child, John Godfrey (1910-1917). In 1911 they were living at Littleworth, Belton. Their son John Godfrey died at Belton in 1917, aged 7 years.
Walter Ashby WARD died at Belton on 10 February 1953 aged 82. His wife Ethra died a few weeks later on 11 April 1953 aged 77. Last updated: 31 Jan 2021 |
