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Margaret Rebecca Johnston and George Henry Goodfellow
Photograph from Glenda Edwards, 2014

George Goodfellow and Margaret Johnston were married in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia on 26 January 1874.  Between 1886 and 1889 they lived at Bustard Head lighthouse, between Gladstone and Bundaberg, Queensland.

George was born in Glastonbury, Somerset, England.  Margaret Johnston was born in Paris, France.  George's father, Henry Goodfellow's family lived in Wincanton, Somerset.  His mother, Grace Fitzpatrick was born in France.

The Fitzpatrick family descended from the the Earls of Ossory in Ireland.  John Fitzpatrick and his brothers and Jane Howe's uncle were soldiers in the British Army.  Fitzpatrick puzzles solved

Little is known about the Johnston and Pasquie families.

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Margaret Johnston was born at Dunstin Lees according to her death certificate.  Where is this place in Paris?  Is this a phonetic spelling of d'Austerlitz, in the 12th arrondissement in Paris?

Why was her father Arthur Johnston in France?  Is her father the Arthur William Johnson baptised in Paris in 1827, but born 14 years earlier in Java in 1813?

Was her mother Annie Pasquie, the Anne Pasquier recorded in baptisms in 1833 at Église Saint-François-Xavier-des-Missions-étrangères (Church of St Francis Xavier of the Foreign Missions) in the 7th arrondissement in Paris?

In the April 1871 Census in London, George Goodfellow was at Holy Trinity Minories.  Nearby in Spitalfields was a Margaret Johnson age 13, born in Liverpool, a boarder and scholar in the Christ Church refuge.  By October 1873, she would have been sixteen.  Could this be the  Margaret Johnson on board the Ship Winefred?

George Goodfellow was also on board the Ship Winefred, which arrived in Brisbane in January 1874, one week before George and Margaret married.

George Goodfellow and his brother Horace had immigration land orders,  What was George's occupation in Brisbane between his marriage in 1874 and George's job as assistant light keeper at Bustard Head 1886-1889?

Was Mary Goodfellow,  born in 1785, related to this family? She had a school in High Street Wincanton. Her son Edward, born in 1824, was a photographer in Wincanton.

Was the well-known Yeoval photographer Henry Goodfellow an inspiration for Edward?  Son of Thomas and Esther, Henry was born in 1810.

What were George and Margaret's occupations, activities and interests after they moved to Sydney in the 1890s?

John Fitzpatrick 1786-1838 and Jane Howe 1791-1889

Grace Fitzpatrick's parents were John Fitzpatrick and Jane Howe.  John Fitzpatrick was born in 1786, married in 1820 and died on 6 March 1838. 

Jane Howe was a niece of General Gardiner (1781-1864), according to the Shearman Fitzpatrick family tree.

General Sir Robert Gardiner was the youngest son of Captain John Gardiner of the 3rd Buffs Regiment and brother of Lieutenant Sir John Gardiner of the 61st Foot Regiment.  The 61st Foot was in Portugal and France from 1809 to 1814 and in England between 1822 and 1828.

Source: Wikipedia

There was a William Gardiner who was Lieutenant General after being made Colonel in the 88th Foot, formed during the American Revolution.

Source: Eugene Ryan Fitzpatrick, Fitzpatrick List, 3 July 2024.

It is not confirmed which, or both of these army officers were the uncle of Jane Howe.

John was not the Chelsea Pensioner whose military record states he was born in Urney, County Cavan.  Records for Urney Parish church only begin in 1812.  This John was a Sergeant in the 88th Regiment of Foot, born  in 1810, attested in 1828 and discharged in 1850 - after Captain John Fitzpatrick's death in 1838.  John Fitzpatrick, being married, would not have been a Chelsea Pensioner.  Officers were only admitted after retirement if they were enlisted; John joined the army as an Ensign, so not enlisted.  Thanks to Andrew Wallace, Fitzpatrick List, 13 July 2024.

The marriage of John Fitzpatrick and Jane Howe at St Martin in the Fields of Jane Howe and John Fitzpatrick on 6 November was preceded by the marriage licence on 27 October 1820.  John was a resident of St Martin in the Fields; Jane a resident of Marylebone.  

A family history source listed their children: Mary, Thomas Mapleson and John Edward Fitzpatrick.  I thought the licence and marriage dates were for different people until Andrew Wallace pointed out that there was a marriage licence and a bond before the church ceremony on 6 November 1820. It was the Crimean war record death of Thomas Mapleson, sent by Steve Zalewski on the Fitzpatrick List on 2 July 2024, which confirmed the children of John and Jane.

The bond for John and Jane’s marriage  states that John was a Captain in the 88th Regiment of Foot.  This Regiment, raised in 1760, was disbanded in 1763, re-formed in 1779 for service in the American Revolutionary War, disbanded in 1783 and re-formed on 25 September 1793 in Ireland (1st Battalion).  It was only known as the Connaught Rangers after amalgamation with the 94th Regiment of Foot in 1881. 

Source: Andrew Wallace, Fitzpatrick List, 13 July 2024

 

The 88th Regiment was sent to the Netherlands in 1794, in Egypt 1800 to 1803, then South America until 1807.  Active in the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars; part of the Peninsula War in Portugal, the Regiment was pursuing French armies in various battles in 1813 and 1814, as was the 3rd Buffs.  The 1st Battalion arrived home in 1817; the 2nd Battalion was deployed to Ireland in 1811 and disbanded in 1816.   Between 1825 and 1836, the Regiment was in the Ionian Islands, by which time John had retired. 

John Fitzpatrick joined the 8th Regiment of Foot (ROF) - not the 88th - in July 1806 as an Ensign, a junior officer, then promoted to Lieutenant in the 88th ROF.  In July 1813 he was slightly wounded in the Peninsular war against Napoleon.  In May 1815, John was promoted to Captain.  During peace after the Napoleonic Wars, officers could voluntarily receive half pay, and could avoid overseas service, subject to being required to serve if required.  Before 3 December 1830, he was on the half pay list when he became Captain of the 1st West India Regiment.  To receive a full pension, it would be advantageous to return to the full pay list.  On 17 December 1830, Captain Fitzpatrick retired. 

Source: London Gazette and Edinburgh Gazette, Andrew Wallace's research, Fitzpatrick List, 13 July 2024 

According to the Shearman Fitzpatrick family tree, John was a Captain in the “3rd Buffs”.  This was the 3rd Regiment of Foot of the Royal East Kent Regiment. The Regiment served in the Peninsula War in Portugal from 1808, fought the French Army in 1813 and 1814 and was part of the Army of Occupation in 1816.  The Regiment returned home in autumn 1818.  Between 1821 and 1827 the Regiment served in New South Wales.  

John and Jane’s children were John, Thomas, Mary, Grace and Jane.  John E. Fitzpatrick was in the 14^th Hussars, another military career.  He died in about 1874, according to the Shearman Fitzpatrick family tree.  Thomas died in the Crimea in 1855, on military service. This record confirms his father's name and that Captain Fitzpatrick had died before 1855.

Ensign Thomas Mapleson  Fitzpatrick - 30th Foot - died of disease at Sebastopol - 26 June 1855. Aged 24. Son of the late Capt. Fitzpatrick, 88th Foot.

Source: Steve Fitzpatrick, Fitzpatrick List, 2 July 2024 from Crimea Deaths https://gloster.tripol.com/crimdeaths1.htm

Mary married Thomas Howe.  There is a record of Mary’s baptism on 16 March 1822 at St Martin in the Fields (FamilySearch).  Jane was recorded as deceased [1878] on the Shearman Fitzpatrick family tree.

John Fitzpatrick was not in Jane Fitzpatrick’s household at the 1841 Census.  He had died by the time of daughter Grace's marriage to "Jenry" (Henry) Goodfellow on 5 April 1847

John died on 6 March 1838 according to the Shearman Fitzpatrick family tree and confirmed by the death at Holborn registered in the first quarter of 1838 and burial of Captain John Fitzpatrick on 18 March 1838 at Saint Andrew, Holborn.  He was aged 53, birthdate estimated as 1785.  His residence place was Hatton Gardens.

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Henry Goodfellow and Dinah Tewksbury in Wincanton

 

Henry Goodfellow was born about 1755. 

Dinah Tewksbury was born about 1754.  Did her family have a connection with the medieval market town of Tewkesbury in Gloucestershire?

St Peter and St Paul Anglican Church, Wincanton
Photograph by Diana Heins 19 September 2019

Henry married Dinah Tewksbury on 28 Apr 1779 or 1780 in Wincanton, Somerset, England.  Both lived in Wincanton Parish.  The witnesses were Silas Blandford and Hy Mogg (Wm Mogg). 

Dinah and Henry had four children: John, who married Jane Jeanes, Henry, Grace and Dinah.   

Henry aged 63 died on Wincanton on 27 August 1818.   Dinah died aged 79 on 22 October 1833 in Wincanton.

John Jeanes and Susanna Bridle in Somerset

 

Is Jane Jeanes the daughter of John Jeanes and Susanna Bridle or James and Priscilla Jeanes?

 John Jeanes was born about 1763. He died in 1842 in Wincanton, Somerset, England. He married Susanna Bridle on 2 September 1799 in Wincanton.  Susanna Bridle was born about 1778 in Evercreech, Somerset.

At their marriage, John was a widower; Susanna was a spinster.  They were married by licence and both lived in the Wincanton Parish.  The witnesses were John Mallair and Nathaniel Farewell.  John Jeanes was a master cordwainer (shoemaker) in Wincanton in 1796.  His apprentice was James Brown. 

John and Susanna had three children: Jane, born in 1801 married John Goodfellow in 1823.  Susanna and Ann were born in about 1804 and 1806, remained single, living with their parents.  

 There is another Jeanes family.  James and Priscilla Jeanes’ daughter Jane, was baptised on 6 February 1799.  Their son, Henry, was baptised on 17 October 1800.  Is this the Jane who married John Goodfellow? 

Dorset Record Office, PF/SN: RE1/4

At the 1841 Census, John and Susan were living at Church Street, Wincanton. John was aged 75, so born about 1766.  He was an auctioneer.  Susan was aged 60, so born about 1781.  Living with them were Susan and Ann Jeanes, both aged 30, so born about 1811. Their neighbour was Benjamin Dove.  In 1773, William Goodfellow married Dolly (Dorothy) Dove; at William and Dolly's marriage the witnesses were Thomas Goodfellow and Wm Mitchell.  The other neighbour was John Long, also an auctioneer. 

At the 1851 Census, Susannah was a widow aged 71, so born about 1780.  John had died in 1842.  On his Monumental Inscription he was “Husband of Susanna”.  One daughter, Susan, was living at Church Street, a school mistress, unmarried.  She was aged 46, so born about 1805 in Wincanton.  There were two girl scholars, sisters from Frome, Somerset.  Their neighbours were Philip Dove, baker, and Henry Vining, blacksmith. 

At the 1861 Census, Susanna and her daughters Susanna and Ann were living at High Street, Wincanton.  Susannah aged 82 (so born about 1779) had no occupation.  Susanna aged 57 and Ann aged 55, so born about 1804 and 1805 were school assistants.  Susanna was born in Wincanton, Ann in Bourton, Dorset.  Elizabeth Goodfellow, a granddaughter aged 11, was a scholar.  Another scholar was Joanna Jeans from Salisbury.  There were three assistant school mistresses; one was Mary Jeans from Wednesbury check Staffordshire, four other girl scholars and a servant, Ann Jukes. 

At the 1871 Census, Susanna was aged 92, so born about 1779.  High Street?  Her daughters were Susanna aged 66 (1805) and Ann aged 64 (1807).  There were five female boarders aged between 6 and 25 and a servant Mary Pond.  Also in High Street was Mary Goodfellow, a school mistress aged 68 (born 1813) and her brothers Charles, grocer and Edward, photographer aged 57 (born 1814).  Henry Goodfellow was an early photographer in Yeovil in the 1860s and from 1880s in Wincanton. 

Susanna died on 16 July 1874 in Wincanton.

John Goodfellow and Jane Jeanes in Wincanton

 

John Goodfellow, born about 1790 in Wincanton, Somerset, England was the son of Henry Goodfellow and Dinah Tewksbury. 

Jane Jeanes was baptised on 1 July 1801, at the Anglican church in Wincanton. Her parents were John Jeanes and Susanna Bridle.

In 1823, Jane married John Goodfellow, a widower; Jane was a spinster.  The witnesses were John Bartlett and Susan Jeanes. 

John and Jane had three children: Henry Tewkesbury born 1825, John Tewksbury born about 1828 and Edwin born about 1836.

Jane (Jeanes) Goodfellow was a school mistress and ran the Berlin Wool Depot in Wincanton in 1851. 

"Berlin wool work is a style of embroidery similar to today's needlepoint that was particularly popular in Europe and America from 1804 to 1875.   It is typically executed with wool yarn on canvas, worked in a single stitch such as cross stitch or tent stitch, although Beeton's book of Needlework (1870) describes 15 different stitches for use in Berlin work. It was traditionally stitched in many colours and hues, producing intricate three-dimensional looks by careful shading. Silk or beads were frequently used as highlights. The design of such embroidery was made possible by the great progress made in dyeing, initially with new mordants and chemical dyes, followed in 1856, especially by the discovery of aniline dyes, which produced bright colors. 

Berlin work creates very durable and long-lived pieces of embroidery that can be used as furniture covers, cushions, bags, or even clothing."   (Wikipedia)

In the 1841 Census they were living in Church Street, Wincanton.  John, aged 50 was a painter, Jane aged 35 was a school mistress. There was one teacher and 15 girls, who were pupils at the school.  Their son Henry aged 15 was a druggist assistant.  At the next house was Alice Gale, an inn keeper.  The next neighbour, Thomas Phillips was a chemist. 

On his son Henry’s baptism record, his father John's occupation was a painter.  John Goodfellow was an organist on son Henry Goodfellow’s marriage to Grace Fitzpatrick in 1847.  

At the 1851 Census John and Jane were living in Market Place, Wincanton.  John was aged 60, so born 1790 or 1791.  He was a house painter employing three men and one apprentice and was a church organist. Their son Edwin aged 15 was living with them.  Henry had left; he married Grace Fitzpatrick in 1847.  Jane was aged 48, so born about 1803; but her baptism was 1 July 1801.  She was a school mistress and ran the Berlin Wool depot.  Louisa MacKenzie lived with them and was an assistant draper in the Berlin Wool shop. There were four scholars living with them and a house servant, Mary Ann Green. 

John Goodfellow died on 28 Mar 1868 in Wincanton, Somerset, England.  Jane died on 14 July 1853 in Wincanton.  Her Monumental Inscription stated: “Wife of John, Age 57”, so birth date assumed 1796, but her baptism was 1 July 1801.

Henry Goodfellow and Grace Fitzpatrick in Somerset

Henry Tewksbury Goodfellow’s parents were John, a house painter and organist and Jane Jeanes, a school mistress.  

Henry was baptised on 17 July 1825 in Wincanton.  Henry’s name was recorded as Henry Robert Goodfellow, occupation, surgeon, on his son George Henry's marriage certificate and Robert Goodfellow on George’s death certificate.

 

Grace Fitzpatrick’s parents were John Fitzpatrick and Jane Howe.  They were married in London in 1820.  Grace was born on 4 March 1823. In the Census records, Grace’s birthplace is consistently recorded as France, or “F” [foreign] and in 1901 on the Family Search index, her birthplace is recorded as Boulogne, Picardie, France.  At last, this confirms she was born in Boulogne-sur-Mer, on the west coast, close to the English Channel and possibly born during her father John’s military service in France.

John Fitzpatrick was a Captain in the 88^th Regiment of Foot (Connaught Rangers).  This Regiment was active in the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars.

Grace's father, John Fitzpatrick died in 1838 and at the 1841 Census, her mother, Jane was living at 58 Brunswick Place, Finsbury, Islington Parish with her daughters Grace age 17 (born in France, about 1824) and Jane aged 8.  Jane Fitzpatrick is recorded as born in the parish of Islington, Grace was born in “foreign parts” and Jane was not born in the parish.  Grace’s older sister Mary had married Thomas Howe in 1841. 

Grace married Henry Tewksbury Goodfellow in Wincanton, Somerset on 5 April 1847.  Henry's residence was given as Gleytonbury, (presumably Glastonbury).  His occupation was druggist.  Henry’s father, John Goodfellow’s occupation was “organist”. Grace’s father was deceased.  The witnesses were Susan James, likely Jeanes, and “Jenksbury” Goodfellow, likely Tewksbury. Susan Jeanes Goodfellow born 1856 was Henry’s sister; Susan Jeanes, was a witness at John Goodfellow and Jane Jeanes’ marriage in 1823; Susan Jeanes, born about 1811, was a daughter of John and Susannah Jeanes, Jane Jeanes’ sister and so Henry’s aunt.  Tewksbury Goodfellow could be his brother John Tewksbury Goodfellow.  Henry and Grace had three sons and a daughter born in Glastonbury.

In 1850, Henry, druggist, grocer and dealer in Berlin Wools, was an insolvent debtor. 

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At the 1851 Census, Grace and Henry were still living at High Street, Glastonbury.  Grace was aged 27, born in France (British subject).  Her occupation was schoolmistress.  Their son George was 3, daughter Elizabeth was one year old and son Arthur was a baby.  Henry’s occupation was druggist.  At Constance Elizabeth’s baptism on 12 January 1851, Henry’s occupation was described as “chemist”. 

About 1853, the family moved to London, where six daughters were born in Marylebone.  Henry was a commercial clerk.  Grace and Henry lived in several parts of London: Pancras, Shepherds Bush, Fulham, Hammersmith until Henry's death in 1882.  These addresses were variously named by their parish or district - and in the street Census record by parish.  See Henry and Grace Goodfellow in London for details about their residences in London.  Grace had lived at 43 Caithness Road, South Hammersmith in 1901, before her death in March 1905 in Fulham, London.