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...so why didn't I? :rolleyes:
I have a baptism for John Goss on 31 Dec 1815 at St George the Martyr, Southwark, Surrey (born 2 October 1815). In my notes, at some point in the past, I wrote 'in 1841 this John is a farrier'.
Naturally I now can't find any trace of a John Goss who is a farrier in 1841. Can anyone else spot him?
1841 in Lambeth: HO107 piece 1058 folio 4/33 page 20
It looks as if he is at 39 Devon Street. But he has no self evident family with him, just born in Surrey.
Thank you, Phoenix - that was quick! I can't tell you how long I spent looking for him last night!
Shame he's alone...I was hoping for some proof he is my man :)
Edited to add - I will now make a note of the reference so he doesn't go AWOL again!
But what happened to him afterwards?
There is a John Goss, farrier, right age, in a workhouse in Brentford in 1871. But he says he was born in Acton - and I can't find him in the previous two censuses!
No, I've been struggling with him. I kept getting side-tracked by a John Goss (married to Lucy) who's an iron moulder, but he's too old.
Can't see a likely marriage on the LMA records either - his father was also John Goss, farrier, and I was hoping a marriage might show if the older John was still alive.
No, I've been struggling with him. I kept getting side-tracked by a John Goss (married to Lucy) who's an iron moulder, but he's too old.
Can't see a likely marriage on the LMA records either - his father was also John Goss, farrier, and I was hoping a marriage might show if the older John was still alive.
Exactly what I did - till I founf him in 1841 too.
Trouble is, active young men without ties can go off anywhere.
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