The Goodliffe Family of Lambley Lodge, RutlandThomas RICHMOND (1816- ) Second son of Elizabeth Goodliffe and Thomas Richmond
Thomas was born on 29 March 1816 in Barrowden in the County of Rutland. He married Mary Culpin KERFOOT at All Souls Church, Marylebone, London on 6 July 1840. Thomas was a shoemaker aged 24 and Mary was 27. Thomas's father Samuel was a witness. Soon after marriage they moved to Kings Cliffe, Northamptonshire where they had two children
Both children were baptised together at All Saints Kings Cliffe on 25 March 1845.
Thomas and Mary appear in the 1841 census at Kings Cliffe with young Thomas Kerfoot: After the 1841 census Thomas disappears. They are not in the 1851 census, but Mary dies at Kings Cliffe in early July 1853 and was buried at All Saints Kings Cliffe on 19 July 1853.
After Mary's death, Thomas disappears. Where did he go? The Children of Thomas RICHMOND and Mary Culpin KERFOOTThomas Kerfoot RICHMONDThomas was born in Kings Cliffe in 1841. By the time of the 1851 census Thomas and his brother Samuel were living with their KERFOOT grandmother, shown as John and Elizabeth CUNNINGTON in Workhouse Lane, Kings Cliffe. It would appear that Elizabeth KERFOOT, now a widow, had married John CUNNINGTON in Jun 1842 (Oundle 15/413): In 1861 Thomas was now apprenticed to a tailor living in Crown Lane, Stamford. By 1871, Thomas K. has vanished, he may have emigrated. Samuel Goodliff RICHMONDSamuel was born in late 1842 at Kings Cliffe, and was baptised at All Saints, Kings Cliffe on 25 March 1845. In the 1851 census he and his brother Thomas were living with their grandmother at Kings Cliffe. He remained with his grandmother in 1861, working as an ag. labourer. Soon after the 1861 census Samuel moved to London where he married Jane POWELL on 11 March 1865, in St Lukes, Chelsea, London. Samuel and Jane had two children born in London - George Goodliff and Rebecca Louisa. On 13 April 1872 the family boarded the ship "Queen of Nations" at Plymouth bound for Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. In Melbourne Samuel and Jane had two more children. There is more about Samuel and his family in Australia here.Return to Thomas Richmond page Last updated: 07/11/2020 |