The Goodliffe Family of NottinghamMary Ellen (Nellie) GOODLIFFE (1859-1939) - Daughter of Thomas GOODLIFFE and Annie STAFFORDMary Ellen (known as "Nellie") was born in Melbourne Australia in 1859. She was the second child of Thomas and Annie to have this name, their first daughter died at six months. In 1861 the family returned to Nottingham, England, residing at 40 Bridlesmith Gate.
After the family returned to Nottingham, Mary Ellen is listed in the 1871 census as aged 13 and a scholar. In 1881 she is recorded as "Nellie" aged 22 and no occupation.
Marriage to Edward HICKLINGMary Ellen married Edward HICKLING at the Milton St Baptist Chapel, Nottingham on 12 September 1882.
Children of Edward and Nellie HICKLINGEdward and Nellie had six children in Nottingham:
By the time of the 1891 census, Edward, Mary and family were living at 14 Annesley Grove, Nottingham. Edward's occupation is given as "Buyer. Lace Warehouse". In 1901 the family was still at 14 Annesley Grove. Edward was now listed as Lace Manufacturer, employed on his own account.
In the 1911 census, Edward, Mary, Lillian and Eric were living at "Sutherland Lodge", Lucknow Drive. This is a substantial residence, designed by the well-known Nottingham archtect T.C. Hine. The move to Sutherland Lodge reflected the wealth being made from the lace trade at this time.
The family was still at Sutherland Lodge in 1916 when son Frank Goodliffe HICKLING was wounded in France, but by 1921 the family had moved to 3 Vickers St, still a substantial residence but reflecting the downturn in the fortunes of the lace trade after the end of the war in 1918.
Deaths of Edward and Mary HICKLINGEdward and Mary Ellen died within a few weeks of each other - Edward on 25 February and Mary on 5 May 1939. At the time of their deaths they were living at 7 Derbyshire Cresent, off Wollaton Rd. Their daughter Lillian was also at this address. Their estates for probate were valued at £44 and £10 respectively. Administration in both cases was to their oldest son Frank Goodliffe HICKLING. Mary Ellen and Edward were buried in Nottingham General Cemetery and are recorded on the headstone of Mary's parents, Thomas and Anne GOODLIFFE.
The children of Edward and Mary Ellen HICKLINGFrank Goodliffe HICKLING - Antoinette BANCROFTFrank was born in Nottingham on 2 July 1883. In the 1901 census he was recorded as an "accounts clerk". He married Antoinette BANCROFT in 1910 in Nottingham. In the 1901 census, Antoinette was living with her family at 32 Coppice Road, Mapperley, Nottingham. Her father was a lace manufacturer.
In 1911 they were living at 2 Tavistock Ave, Nottingham, a short distance away from Lucknow Cres where Frank's parents were living.
Frank and Antoinette had three children:
Frank and family later moved to 11 Thyra Grove, Nottingham, just off Woodborough Rd where they were living in 1939:
Deaths of Frank and Aontoinette HICKLINGFrank Goodliffe HICKLING died at 11 Thyra Grove, Nottingham on 9 December 1954. Probate was granted to his wife Antoinette, with effects valued at £3760. Antoinette died on 16 December 1973, also at 11 Thyra Grove. Her estate was valued at £14,533
Of the children of Frank and Antoinette HICKLING (1911-1974):Margaret Constance Mary HICKLING was born on 5 April 1911. She worked as a typist secretary and lived at 11 Thyra Grove all of her life. She did not marry. Margaret died at 11 Thyra Gr on 6 July 1974. Her body was cremated at Wilford Hill Crematorium and her ashed scattered in the gardens. The informant at death was her brother-in-law (Fricis IEVINS) who had married her sister Evelyn.
Peter Frank HICKLING was born in 1914. joined the Air Force, becoming a Squadron Leader in 218 Squadron. He was awarded the DFM. He was killed in action on 9 November 1942 but this was not reported in the Nottingham Evening Post until 9 April 1943. He is buried in Hanover War Cemetery, Germany, plot 12G 13-19.
Evelyn HICKLING was born 19 September 1919 in Nottingham. She became a school teacher, teaching history at Mountford House School in Nottingham. She featured in the local paper in 1950 after her attempt to donate money for books in the Latvian language was refused by the Nottingham Library.
Perhaps not surprisingly, Evelyn married Fricis IEVINS (a Latvian living in Nottingham) in 1952. They had 3 sons, born in Nottingham. Evelyn died in North Walsham, Norfolk in 1999 age 79. Fricis died a year later in March 2000 aged 76.
Lilian Maude GOODLIFFELilian Maude was born in Nottingham on 18 December 1884. She is listed in the 1891, 1901 and 1911 censuses with her parents. Lilian did not marry and appears to have lived with her parents for much of her life, until they died in 1939. After her parents died, she remained at the house at 7 Derbyshire Cres until her death in 1972. The 1939 register gives her occupation as typist.
Lillian died in Nottingham in 1972.
Leonard Edward HICKLINGLeonard was born in Nottingham on 8 July 1886. He is in the 1901 census living with his parents at 14 Annesley Grove. Leonard married Daisy Ethel NOBLE in Nottingham in 1908. In the 1911 census they were living with Daisy's parents, Tom and Elizabeth NOBLE at 422 Woodborough Rd, Nottingham.
But they soon moved and in the 1912 Wrights Directory, they were at 2 Tavistock Drive. In 1916, 1920 and 1922 directories they had moved to 14 Tavistock Dr and Leonard was now a lace manufacturer (Edward Hickling & Co). The 1921 census also tells us that they were still living with Daisy's parents. By 1939 they had moved to 660 Western Boulevard, with Daisy's widowed mother.
I cannot find any children for Leonard and Daisy. Leonard died on 9 December 1970 and Daisy on 22 May 1972, both at 67 Nottingham Rd, Nottingham. Leonard and Daisy are buried at Church (Rock) Cemetery, Nottingham, plot St Pauls/11421. Also buried in this plot are Daisy's parents Tom Richard Speed NOBLE and Elizabeth Ann NOBLE (née WOODHOUSE), who had died in 1927 and 1947 respectively. Arthur Stanley HICKLINGArthur Stanley was born on 4 January 1890 in Nottingham. Arthur trained as a dentist in Glasgow. In the 1911 census he was a dental student boarding at 226 West St, Glasgow. He gained his registration on 15 November 1912. He practiced dentistry for a while at Annesley House, Church St, Tredegar, Wales but all did not go well there as he was arrested for assaulting the court bailiffs who tried to arrest him for rifding a bicycle without a light!
Soon after his run-in with the law in Wales he joined the army and served as a dental surgeon to the 3rd Indian Army Corps overseas including India and Mesopotamia. He is recorded as returning to Plymouth from Port Said on the ship "Rashgan", arriving on 15 September 1919. He gave his home address as 249 Woodborough Rd, Nottingham.
Arthur then set up a dental practice in London, living at 56 Gipsy Hill, Norwood, London where he is recorded in the electoral rolls for 1925 through to 1935. To London and marriageIt is not clear what Arthur did between his return from Mesopotamia and his move to London but he must have been in London by 1920 as this is when he married Lillian BINKS at Paddington, London in 1920. Lillian was born in York, Yorkshire on 28 July 1896 to Charles BINKS and Esther Richardson KING, who had married in York in 1890. Charles subsequently moved to Nottingham where he ran a factory making bicycles, living a block away from the Hickling household. However the Bink family moved to Eccles, Lancashire by the time of the 1911 census. Perhaps Lillian's time in Nottingham was enough for her and Arthur to become acquainted. Arthur and Lilian HICKLING (not to be confused with Lillian HICKLING, Arthur's sister) lived at 56 Gipsy Hill, but later moved to 72 Harold Road, Norwood, which they shared with Lilian's mother (Esther) and sister (Winifred). They retained their right to vote at 56 Gipsy Hill, suggesting they owned this property or Arthur retained his practice there. Arthur and Lilian had three children:
In the 1921 census Arthur and Lillian with daughter Jean were living at 56 Gipsy Hill. Arthur was a dental surgeon working from home - i.e. his surgery was at 56 Gipsy Hill.
In the 1939 register Arthur and two of their children were living with Lilian's mother and sister (Esther and Winifred BINKS) at 72 Harold Rd, Croydon. Lilian was a patient at 103 South Side, Clapham Common, London - this was the South London Hospital for Women and Children. Their youngest, son George, was elsewhere, apparently evacuated from London yo live with a family in
There is little more in the records for Arthur or Lilian until 1965 when Arthur died in Orpington Hospital, London on 3 December 1965. His address was given as 51 Oakdene Road, Sevenoaks, Kent. lilian remained at Sevenoaks, moving into an early version of a retirement home complex - Rockdale House - at Sevenoaks. She died there on 25 March 1984. Henry (Harry) Donald HICKLING (1891-1917)Henry HICKLING was born on 18 November 1891 in Nottingham. He is with the family in the 1901 census, but then emigrated to Mirror, Alberta, Canada in 1910 where he became a farmer. Henry, also known as Harry, enlisted in the Canadian Army on 31 January 1916 and after basic training he sailed for England on 22 August 1916. From Witley Camp in England he proceeded to France on 13 December 1916 and joined the Canadian 50th Battalion. Later in 1916, after his enlistment, Henry married Cecilia May ECCLESHALL in Lacombe, Alberta. Cecilia had been born in USA to William Eccleshall and Emma MALINS. Henry and Cecilia had one child - Harry Donald - born 17 July (probably 1917 but other records suggest 1916) in Alberta. Henry Donald (Harry) was killed in the battle of Lens on 19 August 1917 and buried in the Aix-Noulette Communal Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France.
After Henry's death, Cecilia was with her parents at Red Deer, Alberta in the 1921 census. There is little information for the next years until 1940 when she and son Harry were living at 108 17th Ave East. Later she befriended George BRYANT, a mechanic and chauffeur. In 1957 they were living at 108 17th Ave SE. Cecilia died in Calgary in 1986. She is buried with George at Burnsland Cemetery, Calgary.
Henry and Cecilia's son Harry Donald joined the RCMP and was posted to several parts of Canada. He married Carol JENKINS around 1950 and they had three children. Harry died in Nanaimo BC on 19 October 2002.
Eric Arnold HICKLING (1903-1942)Eric was born in Nottingham in 1903. He is shown with the family in the 1911 census. Eric marrried Norah Winifred HOBSON in Nottingham in 1928.
Eric became a seaman, earning his Second Mate ticket:
Eric Arnold was in the Merchant Navy during the war. He was Chief Officer (second in command) on the vessel Waiwera that was torpedoed and sunk off the Azores on 29 June 1942. The Waiwera was on a voyage from New Zealand and Australia to England. Captain Andrews and Eric Hickling guided two of the life boats, with ninety seven survivors, in bad weather through four days and nights until they were rescued by a Norwegian vessel. The Chief Engineer and eight others went down with the ship. The large Shaw Savill & Albion liner was sunk by the Type VIIC U-754 (Kapitanleutnant Johannes Oestermann) who was herself destroyed a month later when she was caught on the surface by a Hudson aircraft out from Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, in a position South-East of Cape Sable. Taken by surprise, the U-Boat was unable to dive before coming under attack from the RCAF aircraft and she was ultimately destroyed with all hands.
For their actions in rescuing most of the crew, Captain Andrews and Eric Hickling were awarded the OBE (Civil Division) by the King and the Lloyds War Medal for Bravery at Sea. Unfortunately, Eric's luck did not hold. On his next ship he was lost at sea, presumed drowned when the Ceramic was sunk by enemy action on 7th December 1942. Eric was the 1st Mate.
Eric Arnold and Nora Winifred had one daughter, Patricia Ann born 1931. Patricia married Valentine Vigne WALKER in 1955 and they had three children. Although Norah's address at the time of Eric's death is given as Worstead, Norfolk, she is in the 1948 & 1950 phone book at 11a Hawton Cres, Wollaton Park, Nottingham. This is also the address for Eric in the probate record in 1943. In the 1955 phone book, Norah appears to have returned to Norfolk, being at Grange Farm House, Worstead, North Walsham. Norah Winifred died in North Walsham in November 1989. Return to William Thomas GOODLIFFE home page Last updated: 30 January 2026 |
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