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.