I'm trying to work out where a couple from the Lincolnshire/Leicestershire border would travel from when emigrating to the US in the 1840's and what happened to a wife.
The fly in the ointment is that the UK family on the 1841 don't quite tally with the 1850 US census, the name of the wife changes but hubby and kids remain the same:
1841 UK census
Registration district: Grantham
Sub-registration district: Denton
Household Members: Name Age
John Goulson 25
Joseph Goulson 3
Maria Goulson 1
Sarah Goulson 20
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1850 US census
850 Avon, Rock, Wisconsin USA
John Goulson 34 Farmer bn England
Ann Goulson 22 bn England
Joseph Goulson 12 bn England
Mariah Goulson 10 bn England
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I have the marriage cert for John to Sarah (Haynes) 2/5/1838 and the birth cert and death certs for their son (John) in 1844 and 1845. The christening (from the igi) of Maria 29/05/1840. Parents John and Sarah.
Sarah appears to be older than Ann according to the census (the later US census details show John and Ann to be pretty consistent re their ages).
There isn't an obvious death entry in the UK for Sarah or a re-marriage for John so it would appear that both events must have taken place after they left for the US but there are a couple of contradictory documents relating to the history of Pescadero in California....there isn't a definative date for the arrival of the Goulson family in the US.
Alfred J Goulson
he is a son of John and Annie (Wakefield) Goulson, both of
whom were natives of England, where they were reared and
married. They came to the United States in 1844 and settled
in Wisconsin,
Elias Shaw/Maria Goulson
While in northern California he formed
the acquaintance of Miss Maria Goulson, who was born in
England, May 27, 1840, and who, in 1852, at the age of
twelve years, was brought across the plains by her parents,
who located in Butte county.
The fly in the ointment is that the UK family on the 1841 don't quite tally with the 1850 US census, the name of the wife changes but hubby and kids remain the same:
1841 UK census
Registration district: Grantham
Sub-registration district: Denton
Household Members: Name Age
John Goulson 25
Joseph Goulson 3
Maria Goulson 1
Sarah Goulson 20
--
1850 US census
850 Avon, Rock, Wisconsin USA
John Goulson 34 Farmer bn England
Ann Goulson 22 bn England
Joseph Goulson 12 bn England
Mariah Goulson 10 bn England
---
I have the marriage cert for John to Sarah (Haynes) 2/5/1838 and the birth cert and death certs for their son (John) in 1844 and 1845. The christening (from the igi) of Maria 29/05/1840. Parents John and Sarah.
Sarah appears to be older than Ann according to the census (the later US census details show John and Ann to be pretty consistent re their ages).
There isn't an obvious death entry in the UK for Sarah or a re-marriage for John so it would appear that both events must have taken place after they left for the US but there are a couple of contradictory documents relating to the history of Pescadero in California....there isn't a definative date for the arrival of the Goulson family in the US.
Alfred J Goulson
he is a son of John and Annie (Wakefield) Goulson, both of
whom were natives of England, where they were reared and
married. They came to the United States in 1844 and settled
in Wisconsin,
Elias Shaw/Maria Goulson
While in northern California he formed
the acquaintance of Miss Maria Goulson, who was born in
England, May 27, 1840, and who, in 1852, at the age of
twelve years, was brought across the plains by her parents,
who located in Butte county.
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