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1901 Census

Name: George E Godfrey
Age: 22
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1879
Relation to Head: Son
Gender: Male
Father: Harry Godfrey
Mother: Sarah Godfrey
Birth Place: Battersea, London, England
Civil Parish: Battersea
County/Island: London
Country: England

Harry Godfrey 53 b.ca 1848, Lambeth, London, Gas Stoker
Sarah Godfrey 53 b.ca 1848, St Giles, London
Louisa C Godfrey 29 b.ca 1872, Lambeth, Living on Own Means
Sarah Godfrey 26 b.ca 1875, Lambeth, Living on Own Means
George E Godfrey 22 Storehouseman, Railway
John R Godfrey 19 b.ca 1882, Battersea, London, Office Boy, Railway Company
Ernest Godfrey 15 b.ca 1886, Battersea, Paper Boy
Maud Godfrey 7 Months b.ca 1900, St Giles, London, Granddaughter

Address:- 16 John Street

Parents in 1911

1911 Census

Name: Harry Godfrey
Age in 1911: 63
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1848
Relation to Head: Head
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Lambeth, England
Civil Parish: Edmonton
County/Island: Middlesex
Country: England
Street Address: 121 Huxley Rd, Upper Edmonton, Edmonton
Marital Status: Married
Years Married: 45
Estimated Marriage Year: 1866
Occupation: Stoker G P Office
Registration District: Edmonton
Registration District Number: 132
Sub-registration District: Edmonton
ED, institution, or vessel: 11
Household Schedule Number: 328
Piece: 7361

Harry Godfrey 63
Sarah Godfrey 63
John Robin Godfrey 27
Ernest Godfrey 25
Maud Godfrey Ling 10 Granddaughter
Frederick George Ling 4 Grandson


Harry and Sarah had 10 children, 7 were still alive in 1911 and 3 had died

Maud and Frederick are the children of Louisa Caroline Godfrey, b.ca 1872. She married Frederick Ling in 1906 ......... ie, about 6 years after Maud was born. Maud might or might not be Frederick Ling's child, or she might just have been accepted by him and taken his name.

thank you Silviaincanada x

thank you everyone x

George's school record - matches the birth date from the baptism that Sylvia posted a while back:

London, England, School Admissions and Discharges, 1840-1911

Name: George Godfrey
Age: 5
Birth Date: 9 Feb 1879
School: New Road School
Address: WANDSWORTH ROAD
Borough: Lambeth
Admission Date: 20 Oct 1884
Parent: Harry Godfrey

Notes: New Road School (0234) opened in 1874. Rebuilt in 1927. Became Bradmede School in 1936-37. Closed or reorganised in 195-
Reference Number: LCC/EO/DIV09/NEW/AD/004

Their address was 101 Stewarts Road.

Help needed on my further research please George Eyralus Godfrey and Amelia Horton. had a son Thomas Godfrey b.1902 he went onto marry Sarah Horton b.1904 .Her parents were Thomas S Horton b. 1868 and (mother I think could be Eliza Brookes)I may have wrong wife! Sarah Horton being 1 of their 13 children...Isabella b.1889, Joseph Henry b.1890,Louise b.1891,Esther b.1892,Thomas b.1893, Lilly b.1894,Ginny b.1896, Edward b.1898, Victor T b.1900, Violet b.1902, Charley W b.1903,Sarah B.1904)married Thomas Godfrey b.1902) Winifred b.1908.. I think 5 children died in their first year or at birth....What I would like to find out is if Amelia Horton is anyway related to Sarahs father Thomas. I have done a lot of census searching but now getting totally confused !!!! I do hope you experts out there can put my mind at rest ... VERY BIG THANKS

Is this the marriage?

England & Wales, Marriage Index, 1916-2005
Name: Thomas H Godfrey
Spouse : Sarah Horton
Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1922
Registration district: West Ham
Inferred County: Essex
Volume Number: 4a
Page Number: 284

Do you have the certificate to check the father's info for both?

1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

First Name SARAH
Last Name HORTON
Relationship DAUGHTER
Condition SINGLE
Gender Female
Year Of Birth 1904
Age 7
Occupation SCHOOL

Address 66 BARON ROAD CANNING TOWN E
Parish WEST HAM
County Essex
Country ENGLAND
Where Born ESSEX PLAISTOW

Archive Reference RG14
Piece Number 9462
Census Reference RG14PN9462 RG78PN507B RD188 SD3 ED52 SN186
Registration District WEST HAM
Registration District Number 188
Sub District PLAISTOW
Enumeration District 52
SubDistrict Number 3

Other Household Members
First Name Last Name Relationship Year Of Birth Age Where Born
THOMAS SAMUEL HORTON HEAD 1868 43 STAFFORDSHIRE LIFTON
ELIZA HORTON WIFE 1868 43 STAFFORDSHIRE LIFTON
LOUISE HORTON DAUGHTER 1891 20 LONDON POPLAR
LILLIY HORTON DAUGHTER 1894 17 YORKS HULL
EDWARD HORTON SON 1898 13 LONDON POPLARn
VOILET HORTON DAUGHTER 1902 9 LONDON POPLAR
CHARLEY WILLIAM HORTON SON 1903 8 HERTS WATFORD
WINIFRED DAISY HORTON DAUGHTER 1908 3 ESSEX CANNING TOWN

So both of this Sarah Horton's parents born Staffordshire.

It looks as though Amelia Horton's family were from London:

1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

First Name PETER J

Last Name HORTON
Relationship HEAD
Condition MARRIED
Gender Male
Year Of Birth 1848
Age 43
Occupation CABMAN
Birth Town -
Birth County LONDON

Birth Place -
House Name -
Street GARDEN PLACE
Town WANDSWORTH
Parish WANDSWORTH
City -
County London
Registration District WANDSWORTH
Vessel Name -

Archive Reference RG12
Piece Number 445
Folio 134
Page 15

First Name Last Name Relationship Year Of Birth Age
MARY HORTON WIFE 1846 45
HENRY HORTON SON 1875 16
ERNEST HORTON SON 1879 12
AMELIA HORTON DAUGHTER 1878 13
EDWARD HORTON SON 1882 9
CHARLES HORTON SON 1884 7
WILLIAM MULVEY NURSECHILD 1889 2

Thomas Godfrey b.1902 married Sarah Horton b.1904----- Thomas Godfrey s parents were George Eurylus Godfrey and Amelia Horton...... Sarah Horton s parents were Thomas S Horton b.1868 and Sarah Allen or Eliza Brookes (not sure which one) ...BUT can anyone find out if the Horton families where related please ...many thanks Sarah Horton b.1904 was 1 of 13 children have found the children but cant find the mother :-{

Buy some certs......get details of fathers...............work back

Have you taken any notice of the info posted?

You haven't acknowledged it.....................

Horton is quite a common name................

Tootsy - I've already pointed out that Sarah Horton's parents were from Staffordshire, plus the 1911 I posted shows her mother as Eliza.

Amelia Horton's family were from London so any connection is remote in the extreme.

There's not much point in asking the same question again when clues to point you in the right direction have been posted. :-)