The Goodliffe Family of Lambley Lodge, RutlandAnna - Oldest daughter of Simmons MOULD and Anna CULPIN
Anna MOULD 1856-1926Anna MOULD was born 3 July 1856 at Woodnewton and was living with her parents on the farm there in the 1861 and 1871 censuses. Anna married Robert LANDIN at Wood Newton in 1880. Robert was the son of William LANDIN and ALICE BAXTER. A rare photograph of Willam and Alice survives:
Robert and Anna had 10 children, all born at Woodnewton. Their second child, Alice Mary, appears to be the only one who was baptised in the local church. Hers was a private baptism, perhaps because she was not expected to live. Censuses note that she was "dumb" and later "feeble minded". Alice died at Kimbolton on 26 November 1912, aged 30.
Robert and Anna lived for several years at Woodnewton and worked on the family farm. Some time between 1890 and 1901 they moved to the small village of Kimbolton in Huntingdon. Here Robert set up as the grocer. Most of the family was involved in the grocery business and their son Wilfred later took over the grocery.
Both Anna and Robert died in 1926 at Kimbolton, Anna on 12 March and Robert on 18 December. Robert's Will appointed two of his children - Frank Baxter and Edith, grocers at Kimbolton, as trustees. The Children of Anna MOULD and Robert LANDINAnnie Elizabeth LANDINAnnie never married. She worked in the grocery business most of her life. In 1939 she was working as a grocer with several of her siblings at St Neots, Huntingdonshire. Annie died on 11 August 1955 at Ffrithlands, Rhyl on the Welsh coast.
Alice Mary LANDINAlice born born in 1882 and baptised 22 May 1882 in a private baptism. She was considered "feeble minded". She never married and died aged 30 on 26 November 1912 at Kimbolton. Curiously, she had made a Will which appointed her father, Robert, as trustee. Fanny LANDINFanny was born 3 April 1883 at Woodnewton. In 1939 she was living with her sisters at St Neots and helping in the grocery shop. She married Arthur Benjamin Walter GODDARD in early 1946 at St Neots, Hunts. She was aged 63 and Arthur was 67, a widow and a retired schoolteacher. He had been living with his wife and daughter in Bedford in 1939. His wife Helen had died in Bedford in 1942. They did not have long together. Arthur died 4 August 1950 at 4 Kingsley Rd, Bedford. Fanny died at "Dolanog", Russell Rd Rhyl, Wales on 22 Sep 1966 although her residence was St Patrick 27 High St, Kimbolton. Ethel LANDINEthel was born on 25 October 1884 at Woodnewton. She was recorded with the family in the 1891 and 1901 censuses. In 1911 she was working as a dressmaker in the coat room of the new Oates and Musson Department Store at 22-26 High St, Stamford. At that time many of the assistants (including her younger sister Edith) lived on the premises. Ethel married Harold Wesley SCHOLES, a grocer from Stamford, Lincoln in 1911 at St Neots. Harold had been born in Stamford in 1884 to Richard SCHOLES and Emily OXLEY. They appear to have had one child - Harold Landin SCHOLES - born 28 Feb 1916 at Stamford. Harold Wesley then enrolled in the Army (2/2nd London Regiment Royal Fusiliers) and was sent to Belgium where he was killed on 29 October 1917. He is commemorated on the wall at Tyne Cot Cemetery.
Harold's death left Ethel a widow. In 1939 her occupation was recorded as War Pensioner. Ethel SCHOLES (née LANDIN) died 30 June 1966 at 27 High St, Kimbolton. This address was the Landin family grocery business. Her son Harold Landin enrolled at the dental school at Birmingham University. In 1939 he was a 4th year dental student.
Harold Landin SCHOLES married Kathleen Mary ROGERSON in Birmingham in 1942. Kathleen had been born 21 November 1919 in Aston, Birmingham. They had two children, born 1945 and 1946. Harold appears to have worked as a dentist in Birmingham but later moved to the south coast at 1 Overstrand Ave, Rushington, west of Brighton, where he died 6 January 1987, aged 70. Kathleen died at "Brockenhurst", nursing home, 46 Arundel Rd Littlehampton on 10 June 1993, aged 73.
Nellie LANDINNellie was born 10 May 1886 at Woodnewton. She worked in the family grocery business all of her life. She is recorded at Kimbolton as "grocer (retired)" in the 1939 register. She never married and died at the County Hospital, Bedford on 12 December 1945, aged 59. Frank Baxter LANDINFrank Baxter was born on 12 Sept 1887 at Woodnewton. The Baxter name comes from Frank's grandmother Alice BAXTER. In 1911 he was working in the family grocery business at Kimbolton. Frank married Gertrude Mary CRAWFORD at Dewsbury in 1930. Gertrude had been visiting the LANDIN family in 1921 (see 1921 census above) but was working as a home help at Heckmondwike, Yorkshire at the time. She was 10 years younger than Frank. Gertrude Mary CRAWFORD was born on 28 August 1897 at 122 Clifton Park Ave, Belfast, Ireland. Her parents were John William CRAWFORD, a Moravian Minister and Elizabeth Jane FALKNER.
Frank and Gertrude had two children - Elizabeth (1932) and Margaret (1935). By 1939 the family was at "The Orchards", Stonely, a mile south of Kimbolton.
Frank died 29 Dec 1951 at The Orchards, Stonely. Gertrude remained at The Orchards, dying there on 20 May 1991. For probate her estate was valued at £125,000. Wilfred Mould LANDINWilfred was born 28 October 1889 at Woodnewton. He was recorded in the 1891 and 1901 censuses with the family at Woodnewton and later Kimbolton. By 1911 Wilfred was working as a drapery salesman and living in a boarding house at 27 Hardwick Square South, Buxton, Derbyshire.
Wilfred saw war service in the RAMC (medical corps) where he held the rank of Sergeant. After the war Wilfred returned home to work in the family grocery business as this was his address when he married Lavinia SQUELCH on 18 October 1919 at St Mark's Church, Talbot Village, Bournemouth. Lavinia was the daughter of William James SQUELCH (a butcher) and Amelia HICKS and had been born 12 September 1890 at Hendon. By 1901 the family had moved to Talbot Village, Bournemouth and by 1911 Lavinia was working as a Draper's Assistant there.
Wilfred and Lavinia had one child - Dennis Mould LANDIN - born 23 August 1921 at St Neots. In 1921 and 1939 the family was living at High St, St Neots.
In retirement Wilfred and Lavinia moved to Rhyl, Wales. Wilfred died at 12 Islwyn Ave, Rhyl on 20 May 1968. Lavinia died at "Ffrithlands", Marine Drive, Rhyl on 11 May 1977. Son Dennis joined the Royal Artillery, and when a Second-Lieutenant he married Olwen Mair WILLIAMS of the ATS, on 13 November 1943 at the parish church, Kimbolton. Olwen was the daughter of John and Elsie WILLIAMS of Cheadle Hume, Cheshire. Dennis and Olwen moved to Rhyl in Wales where they had two children. Dennis died in Rhyl on 19 June 2005 and Olwen died in Rhyl on 4 March 2013. Edith LANDIN 1891-1968Edith was born 28 October 1889 at Woodnewton. She was recorded in the 1891 and 1901 censuses with the family at Woodnewton and later Kimbolton. By 1911 Edith was working as a milliner in the workroom of the new Oates and Musson Department Store at 22-26 High St, Stamford. At that time many of the assistants lived on the premises. The census lists 52 people on the premises including sales assistants, dressmakers, drapers, servants etc.
In 1927 Edith married Hector MILLER, a school teacher and son of a Baptist Minister, born 27 May 1899. Edith was 36 and Hector was 28. They did not have any children. In 1939 they were living at 19 Gypsy Lane, Kettering.
Hector became a teacher in 1923, the Bedford Times reported that he had been a student teacher at the Kimbolton County school and had passed his College examinations with distinction. He was appointed to a school in London. Later in 1939 it was reported in the newspaper that Hector was a "school master" at Park Rd Junior School. He had applied for permission to take up a teacher exchange with a "lady teacher" from Saskatchewan, Canada, but the decision was deferred. Being June 1939 he never did get to Canada. In 1953 Hector was now Headmaster of the County Primary School in Kimbolton when he passed the Civil Defence examinations. Hector MILLER died in 1962 at St Asaph. Edith died 14 Feb 1968 at Bedford. Simmons Wesley LANDIN 1893-1916Simmons Wesley was born 16 March 1893 at Woodnewton. He was recorded in the 1891, 1901 and 1911 censuses with the family at Woodnewton and later Kimbolton. Simmons joined the Army, firstly in the Bedford Regiment and later the Loyal Lancashire Regiment. He was killed in action on the first day of the Battle of Guillemont, France on 3 September 1916. He is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial. He is also recorded on the headstone for his parents Robert and Anna LANDIN at Kimbolton, and on the Kimbolton war memorial.
The Royal British Legion records: "Private 26057 9th Battalion, The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment attached 20th Battalion, Manchester Regiment. Killed in action Sunday, 3rd September 1916. Age 23. Born Woodnewton, Northamptonshire, enlisted Kimbolton. Son of Robert and Anna Landin, of Kimbolton, Huntingdonshire. Formerly 26102, Bedforshire Regiment. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 11 A. Mabel LANDIN 1895-1982Mabel was born 10 June 1895 at Woodnewton. She was recorded in the 1891 and 1901 censuses with the family at Woodnewton. By 1911 Mabel was at a boarding school at Gosberton, Spalding, Lincolshire. In 1921 she was back with the family working s a grocery assistant.
Mabel married Angus MILLER on 20 May 1929 at Kimbolton Church. Angus was the younger brother of Hector MILLER, who had married Mabel's older sister Edith two years earlier. Angus had followed his father into the church.
Soon after their marriage, Angus and Mabel boarded the Cunard liner "Antonia" bound for Canada. They departed Liverpool on 5 July 1929 and arrived Quebec 13 July 1929. Angus stated he was to be employed by the Right Rev. Lord Bishop of Quebec. His appointment as rector of Limerick, Canada was later announced in the papers in August 1929. The Limerick church had opened in 1928.
On 26 March 1946 Angus and Mable left Canada and drove to the United States, through the Blaine border crossing. Their previous address had been 3888 Dumfries St, Vancouver and they were headed for a new role at the Trinity Episcopal Church in Nevada City.
According to the US Social Security death index, Angus died in August 1968. His last address was recorded as US Consultate, London, suggesting Angus and Mabel returned home after he had retired from the church in Nevada. There is a death record for Angus MILLER at Rhyl in 1968. Mabel died at Rhyl on 17 July 1982. Last updated: 27 July 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
