Family History, Goodchild Chart 0600 George Goodchild, Miriam Porter and William Saunders

married(1)
24th December
1859
St Peter and St Paul
Albury
Surrey
witnesses
James MERCER
DRUSILLA MERCER
registered
December
quarter
1859
Guildford
Surrey

married(2)
25th December 1881
St Mary
Newington
Southwark
London
witnesses
Eardly? LENTON
Eliza LENTON
reigstered
December quarter
1881
St Saviour district
Surrey

PORTER
Chart 0700

1
GEORGE GOODCHILD
born about
1835
Albury, Surrey
occupation
1861 Ag Labourer
1861 Labourer (baptism of George Edward)
1863 Labourer (baptism of Lilia)
1867 Labourer (baptism of James Porter)
1871 Labourer in Powder Mill
died between
1871 and 1881

2
MIRIAM PORTER
born about
1837
Wonersh
Albury
Surrey
occupation
1901 Laundress
widow on the
1881 Census and again on the
1901 Census

3
WILLIAM SAUNDERS
born about
1815
Albury
Surrey
occupation
1891
Agricultural
Labourer
widower at 2nd marriage
died between
1891 and 1901

1861 Census - Blackheath, Wonersh, Surrey. 1863 Wonersh, Surrey (baptism of Lilia) 1867 Wonersh, Surrey (baptism of James Porter) 1871 Census - Blackheath, Wonersh, Surrey. 1841 Census - Shirelock Lane, Wonersh, Surrey 1851 Census - Pail? Gate, Wonersh, Surrey. Miriam is down as niece staying with a Samuel VIRGO aged 52 a Nurseryman born Wonersh, Surrey and his wife Hannah aged 48 also born Wonersh. As well as Samuel, Hannah and Miriam there were seven lodgers. Mirian was next door to James, the eldest brother of Miriam, his wife and children. 1861 Census - Blackheath, Wonersh, Surrey. They had a son George, aged 5 months born Wonersh, Surrey. 1867 Wonersh, Surrey (baptism of James Porter) 1867 Wonersh, Surrey (baptism of James Porter) 1871 Census - Blackheath, Wonersh, Surrey. They had a daughter Sarah aged 2 months, born Wonersh, Surrey, but there were two of their children with Miriam's mother. 1881 Census - Sample? Oak Lane, Shalford, Surrey. Miriam is a widow with four children, the additional one is Alice aged 4 born Wonersh, Surrey, She and Sarah are Scholars, James is a Labourer on Farm and George is a Labourer in Powder Manufacturers 1891 Census - Yew Tree Cottage, Blackheath, Wonersh, Surrey. Miriam had remarried. James and Alice GOODCHILD are down as stepchildren. There was two Boarders with the family. 1901 Census - Blackheath, Wonersh, Surrey. There were two lodgers with Miriam Had this child down as Marian but appears her name was Miriam. This was the daughter who married a GOODCHILD. 1891 Census - Yew Tree Cottage, Blackheath, Wonersh, Surrey. 1861 Census - Blackheath, Wonersh, Surrey. 1871 Census - Blackheath, Wonersh, Surrey. With Grandmother Ann PORTER not with family. 1881 Census - Sample? Oak Lane, Shalford, Surrey. 1867 Wonersh, Surrey (baptism of James Porter) 1867 Wonersh, Surrey (baptism of James Porter) 1871 Census - Blackheath, Wonersh, Surrey. With Grandmother Ann PORTER not with family. 1881 Census - Sample? Oak Lane, Shalford, Surrey. 1891 Census - Yew Tree Cottage, Blackheath, Wonersh, Surrey. 1895 Wonersh, Surrey (baptism of William James) 1898 Wonersh, Surrey (baptism of Caroline Kate) 1901 Census - Blackheath, Wonersh, Surrey. Children William James 5 and Kate 2 both born Wonersh, Surrey. 1901 Blackheath, Surrey (baptism of Henry George) 1903 Blackheath, Surrey (baptism of Percival Charles) 1911 Census - New Road Chilworth, Shalford, Surrey 1871 Census - Blackheath, Wonersh, Surrey. 1881 Census - Sample? Oak Lane, Shalford, Surrey. 1881 Census - Sample? Oak Lane, Shalford, Surrey. 1891 Census - Yew Tree Cottage, Blackheath, Wonersh, Surrey. 1901 Census - Blackheath, Wonersh, Surrey. They had two daughters, Winifred 2 and Lily 3 months born Wonersh, Surrey. CHILWORTH GUNPOWDER WORKS George GOODCHILD and his sons George and James appear to have had an occupation at a Gunpowder Works. I have looked online and found that this was at Chilworth, Surrey. The following is information about the Chilworth Gunpowder Works: Chilworth Gunpowder Works was one of the largest, most prestigious and longest-lived powder mills in the country. Established by the East India Company in 1625, it was worked by a string private companies and became one of the most significant suppliers of gunpowder to the Government. In 1885, a consortium which included leading German powder manufacturers acquired the works to produce a new type of gunpowder known as 'brown' or 'cocoa' powder, for use in the largest guns of the day. By the end of the 1880s, and after extensive rebuilding, contemporary commentators regarded the factory as being of international standing. The most up to date machinery was imported from Germany, and to preserve the company's manufacturing secrets the new factory was managed by a former Prussian officer, Captain Otto Bouvier, and a number of German foremen. The company was also at the forefront of the development of new chemical propellants and in 1892 it erected the first commercial cordite factory in the country. It underwent further expansion during the First World War, but the massive downturn in the demand for explosives at the end of the war resulted in the closure of the factory in 1920. Subsequently many of the factory buildings were converted into dwellings, and a small community known as 'Tin Town' lived in the valley until the early 1960s.

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