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Sidami

Sidami Report 27 Nov 2021 20:34

Minnie Goodall nee Holmes born 1898 Sculcoates married to Arthur Goodhall Thankyou

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 27 Nov 2021 21:10

Their marriage for our reference:

Marriages Dec 1920 (>99%)
Goodale Arthur H Holmes Sculcoates 9d 421
Holmes Minnie Goodall Sculcoates 9d 421


Minnie Goodall
in the 1939 England and Wales Register
Name: Minnie Goodall
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Married
Birth Date: 30 May 1896
Residence Date: 1939
Address: 54 Woodthorne Road
Residence Place: Tettenhall, Staffordshire, England
Occupation: Unpaid Domestic Duties
Line Number: 36
Schedule Number: 73
Sub Schedule Number: 2
Enumeration District: OSEH
Borough: Tettenhall
Registration district: 369 - 1
Inferred Spouse:
?? H Goodall
Inferred Children:
Georgina G Goodall
Household Members Age
?? H Goodall 49 - 10 July 1890, Sales Manager (Paint Manu?? ); Company Director (Paint Merchant)
Minnie Goodall 43
Georgina G Goodall 17 - 31 March 1922 - later Gittins
This record is officially closed.
Gwendoline Pearson 21



Births Jun 1922 (>99%)
Goodall Georgina G Holmes Sculcoates 9d 469


Marriages Dec 1943 (>99%)
Gittins Stanley Goodall Bilston 6b 1007
Goodall Georgina G Gittins Bilston 6b 100

Sidami

Sidami Report 27 Nov 2021 21:21

Thankyou

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 27 Nov 2021 21:21

However, that appears to be this Minnie:

HOLMES, MINNIE mmn ABBOT
GRO Reference: 1896 J Quarter in SCULCOATES Volume 09D Page 131

As you give her YOB as 1898, are you confusing her with this one??

HOLMES, MINNIE mmn GRAYSON
GRO Reference: 1898 M Quarter in SCULCOATES Volume 09D Page 185

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 27 Nov 2021 21:22

Death of the Minnie in the 1939 Register above:

Minnie Goodall
in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007
Name: Minnie Goodall
Death Age: 85
Birth Date: 30 May 1896
Registration Date: Apr 1982[May 1982] [Jun 1982]
Registration Quarter: Apr-May-Jun
Registration District: Wrexham
Inferred County: Clwyd
Volume: 30
Page: 0505

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 27 Nov 2021 21:26

Arthur's probate:

Arthur Herbert Goodall
in the England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995
Name: Arthur Herbert Goodall
Death Date: 29 Sep 1966
Death Place: Wolverhampton
Probate Date: 16 Mar 1967
Probate Registry: Birmingham

GOODALL Arthur Herbert of Nurton Cottage, Pattingham, Wolverhampton, died 29 September 1966 at Royal Air Force Hospital, Cosford, Shropshire.
Probate Birmingham 16 March to James Archer Goodall, managing director and Sidney Gittins, company director. £11231.



Births Jun 1928 (>99%)
Goodall James A Holmes Preston 8e 759

James is probably the closed record in 1939.

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 28 Nov 2021 12:24

Posting just in case the 1898 Minnie is indeed the one you're trying to trace:


Her parents' marriage:

Marriages Dec 1894 (>99%)
Grayson Lelia Sculcoates 9d 299
Holmes Fred Sails Sculcoates 9d 299


Minnie Holmes
in the 1901 England Census
Name: Minnie Holmes
Age: 3
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1898
Relation to Head: Daughter
Gender: Female
Father: Fred Sails Holmes
Mother: Lelia Holmes
Birth Place: Hull, Yorkshire, England
Civil Parish: Sculcoates
Ecclesiastical parish: St Peter
Town: Kingston upon Hull
County/Island: Yorkshire
Country: England
Street Address:
Occupation:
Registration District: Sculcoates
Sub-registration District: Drypool
ED, institution, or vessel: 02
Neighbors:
Piece: 4482
Folio: 33
Page Number: 10
Household Schedule Number: 55
Household Members:
Name Age
Fred Sails Holmes 31
Lelia Holmes 29
Arthur Holmes 5
Minnie Holmes 3
Nellie Holmes 1


Lelia's death:

Deaths Mar 1902 (>99%)
Holmes Lelia 30 Sculcoates 9d 133


Fred's second marriage:

Marriages Jun 1903 (>99%)
Holmes Fred Sails Sculcoates 9d 398
Wyvill Clara Amelia Sculcoates 9d 398


Minnie Holmes
in the 1911 England Census
Name: Minnie Holmes
Age in 1911: 13
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1898
Relation to Head: Daughter
Gender: Female
Birth Place: Kingston Upon Hull
Civil Parish: Sculcoates
Country: England
Street Address: 128 Hardy St Cottingham Rd Hull
Marital status: Single
Occupation: School
Registration District Number: 521
Sub-registration District: West Sculcoates
ED, institution, or vessel: 35
Piece: 28746
Household Members:
Name Age
Fred Sails Holmes 41
Clara Holmes 31
Arthur Holmes 15
Minnie Holmes 13
Nellie Holmes 11
Florrie Holmes 9
Mary Elizabeth Holmes 7

The family emigrated to Canada in 1913:

Fred S Holmes
in the Canada, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1865-1935
Name: Fred S Holmes
Gender: Male
Arrival Age: 42
Birth Year: abt 1871
Departure Port: Liverpool, England
Arrival Date: 12 May 1913
Arrival Port: Quebec, Canada
Vessel: Corsican

Travelling with Clara 33, Arthur 17, Minnie 15, Nellie 13, Mary Elizabeth 9, Bessie 11 mths.
Going "to brother".

Also on that voyage, Fred's brother and family:
John Henry 34, Edith 31, James Sails 1.5, indecipherable 2 mths [John Henry per GRO]

Marriages Mar 1910 (>99%)
HOLMES John Henry Hull 9d 456
WHITE Edith Buttery Hull 9d 456


Fred & Clara had at least another couple of children in Quebec:
Robert Sails Holmes in 1916, and William Wyvill Holmes in 1913

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 28 Nov 2021 12:40

Minnie 1898 married Reginald Knight:

Reginald George Holmes [ Knight on image]
in the Quebec, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1968
Name: Reginald George Holmes [Marie Holmes]
Gender: homme (Male)
Event Type: Mariage (Marriage)
Marriage Date: 1929 [ 8 June 1929 ]
Marriage Place: Verdun, Québec, Canada
Marriage Church: Verdun
Place of Worship or Institution: United Church
Religion: United Church
Father: Alfred Knight
Mother: Julia Ann Hallett
Spouse:
R G Knight [ Minnie Holmes on image, "daughter of Frederick Sales Holmes and his wife Lelia Grayson".]


They had a son, Edgar Grayson Knight, who married in 1956.


Minnie & Reginald in 1957:

Minnie Knight
in the Canada, Voters Lists, 1935-1980
Name: Minnie Knight
Residence Date: 1957
Residence Place: Sainte-Anne, Québec, Canada
Electoral District: Ste-Anne
Occupation: Housewife
Reference Number: M-4952

In 1959 Reginald (listed as single, which also included widowed or divorced) visited his brother Sidney and family (wife Agnes and daughter Una) at 16 Tharp Road, Wallington, Surrey.

Reginald's death:

Reginald George Knight
in the U.S., Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current
Name: Reginald George Knight
Gender: Male
Death Date: 6 Oct 1968
Obituary Date: 9 Oct 1968
Obituary Place: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Newspaper Title: The Gazette
Spouse: Minnie Holmes
Child: Edgar