The Goodliffe Family of NottinghamPickering Goodliffe - Second son of Arnold Goodliffe and Ann SPEED
Pickering was born 13 April 1836 at Bridleswmith Gate, Nottingham to Arnold and Ann Goodliffe. He was their 4th child and 2nd son. Pickering was baptised at the Stoney Street General Baptist Church in Nottingham on 13 April 1836. It has long puzzled me why he was named Pickering, as it is not a common name and does not appear anywhere else in the family. The Rev. W. PICKERING was the Minister at Stoney St Baptist Chapel in Nottingham when Arnold first began there, so this is the likely source of the name. (see the article from the General Baptist Magazine)
In the 1851 census, Pickering, aged 14, was a draper's apprentice in Market Place, Spalding, Lincolnshire. The Draper was Malcolm Stubbs.
In 1861, Pickering (aged 24), a Provision Merchant's Clerk, was living at 51 Bridlesmith Gate Nottingham with Jesse Foster and David Hyrsthouse:
Marriage to Margaret MurphyPickering married Margaret MURPHY on 29th June 1865 at the St Francis Xavier Church, West Derby, Lancaster. Margaret had been born in Liverpool on 31 January 1842 to Daniel and Kezia Murphy and had been raised in the Catholic faith:
In 1868 Pickering joined his father Arnold and brother Thomas as a partner in the firm of A. Goodliffe & Sons. Arnold retired in 1876, leaving the business to Pickering and Thomas. In the 1871 census, Pickering and Margaret were at 36 Park St, Nottingham, with two boarders.
Pickering and Margaret had one son - Arnold Daniel GOODLIFFE, born 9 July 1874. There is more information Arnold Daniel and his family here. Pickering retired from the family business in 1879, leaving the business to Thomas. The dissolution of the partnership was recorded in the London Gazette on 29 April 1879:
In 1881 they are still at 36 Park St, now with son Arnold Daniel:
According to a Letter to the local newpaper, Pickering left Nottingham and moved to Liverpool in late 1882 on account of his health. The article also reveals his care for "dumb creatures". Pickering was the honorary secretary of the RSPCA in Nottingham for several years:
By the time of the 1891 census, they were living at 36 Percy St, Liverpool. Arnold Daniel Goodliffe was boarding at University School, Cambridge Road in Southport:
Pickering died in Liverpool on 6 March 1892 at their residence at 36 Percy St.
Margaret continued to live at 36 Percy St, Liverpool running it as a boarding house. In the 1901 census she has three boarders.
Some time after 1901 Margaret moved to Taunton to live with son Arnold. At her death in 1926 the newspaper noted she had been an invalid for the past 13 years (since about 1913). In 1911 she is listed living with Arnold in Huish House.
Margaret died at Huish House, Taunton on 15 May 1926. The circumstances of her death were unfortunate, and the subject of two coroner's hearings.
A note on 36 Percy St, LiverpoolPickering and Margaret lived at 36 Percy St, Liverpool from about 1882. Arnold Goodliffe refers to the house in his memoirs: "We left home Sep 2nd 1884 accompanied by our own daughter and grand-daughter Froggatt, went by Liverpool, we spent the afternoon at Pickering's, and was pleased with his nice well-furnished house, his garden and greenhouse." (page 125). The greenhouse has gone, but 36 Percy St remains.
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