Person Sheet
NameJames Edward Godkin 
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694Birth Date21 Sep 1857694
Birth PlaceGratlans Hill, County Cork, Ireland
OccE Date1881 Age: 23
OccE PlaceRotherhithe, London, England
OccE MemoBook keeper
Reside Date3 Apr 1881694 Age: 23
Reside Place135 Abbeyfield Road, Rotherhithe, London, England
Immi Date2 May 1884 Age: 26
Immi PlaceArrived Sydney, NSW, Australia
Immi MemoPaid 4 pounds for passage on "Belgravia" from Plymouth.
Burial DateApr 1922
Burial PlaceGeneral Cemetery, Murwillumbah, NSW, Australia
Death Date14 Apr 1922 Age: 64
Death PlaceAlma St, Murwillumbah, NSW, Australia
Death MemoChronic endocarditis
FatherEdward Godkin (~1826-1901)
MotherHonora O'Connor (~1836-1907)
Spouses
Birth Date14 Jun 1866
Birth PlaceCounty Leitrim, Connaught, Ireland
Burial Date1935
Burial PlaceOld General Cemetery, Murwillumbah, NSW, Australia
Death Date24 Aug 1935 Age: 69
Death PlaceWollumbin St, Murwillumbah, NSW, Australia
Death MemoChronic myocarditis
FatherPeter Vaugh
MotherCatherine Irwin
Marr Date20 Feb 1897
Marr PlaceCatholic Church, Murwillumbah, NSW, Australia
Notes for James Edward Godkin
Notes from Elizabeth Wilson, received 7 Sep 2007:
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James lived in Ireland and with his family moved to England where the family lived in Surrey when the 1881 census was done. He came to Australia on "Belgravia" arriving Sydney on 2.5.1884. This boat sailed from Plymouth. He paid 4 pound for passage.
In 1884 he was a warehouseman - 1897 storeman - 1898 traveller - 1899 storekeeper - 1902 time keeper - 1904 shipping clerk - 1906 time keeper and in 1922 a bookkeeper.
He and Elizabeth were married in Murwillumbah and the sailed to Freemantle Western Australia, where they lived from 1898 to 1905. Their four daughters were all born there.
A puzzle at the moment - religion - it appears James' parents were married in a Church of England church and James was baptized Church of England, however his immigration records state that he was a catholic - he married in the Catholic Church and his wife became a Catholic when the children were baptized catholics.
It is also a puzzle as to why he and his wife travelled to Freemantle after their marriage. The Vaugh family had relatives in Perth and there is also a line of Godkins in Perth but I have never heard anyone in our family speak of them.
More About JAMES GODKIN:
Name 2: James Edward Godkin
Burial: 14 Apr 1922, General Cemetery, Murwillumbah
Education: According to family history, he was suppose to be well educated
Immigration: 02 May 1884, Arrived Sydney Australia on "Belgravia" from Plymouth. Paid 4 pound for passage
Religion: Catholic
Residence 1: Bet. 1906 - 1922, Murwillumbah, NSW
Residence 2: 1897, Murwillumbah
Residence 3: Bet. 1898 - 1905, Freemantle, Western Australia
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James lived in Ireland and with his family moved to England where the family lived in Surrey when the 1881 census was done. He came to Australia on "Belgravia" arriving Sydney on 2.5.1884. This boat sailed from Plymouth. He paid 4 pound for passage.
In 1884 he was a warehouseman - 1897 storeman - 1898 traveller - 1899 storekeeper - 1902 time keeper - 1904 shipping clerk - 1906 time keeper and in 1922 a bookkeeper.
He and Elizabeth were married in Murwillumbah and the sailed to Freemantle Western Australia, where they lived from 1898 to 1905. Their four daughters were all born there.
A puzzle at the moment - religion - it appears James' parents were married in a Church of England church and James was baptized Church of England, however his immigration records state that he was a catholic - he married in the Catholic Church and his wife became a Catholic when the children were baptized catholics.
It is also a puzzle as to why he and his wife travelled to Freemantle after their marriage. The Vaugh family had relatives in Perth and there is also a line of Godkins in Perth but I have never heard anyone in our family speak of them.
More About JAMES GODKIN:
Name 2: James Edward Godkin
Burial: 14 Apr 1922, General Cemetery, Murwillumbah
Education: According to family history, he was suppose to be well educated
Immigration: 02 May 1884, Arrived Sydney Australia on "Belgravia" from Plymouth. Paid 4 pound for passage
Religion: Catholic
Residence 1: Bet. 1906 - 1922, Murwillumbah, NSW
Residence 2: 1897, Murwillumbah
Residence 3: Bet. 1898 - 1905, Freemantle, Western Australia
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