Bowler Family History

Events

Relation to the centre person (Kate Mary BOWLER) : second cousin once removed (up)

Parents

Families

Media

Richard Goodearl

Attributes

Pedigree

1. William GOODEARL
   1. Deborah STRATFORD
      1. Mary Ann GOODEARL
      2. George GOODEARL
      3. Henry GOODEARL
      4. Richard GOODEARL
      5. Alfred GOODEARL
      6. William GOODEARL
      7. Benjamin GOODEARL

Ancestors

Richard GOODEARL *6 Sep 1843 +...

William GOODEARL
*about 1812
+Jan 1890

Deborah STRATFORD
*13 Jun 1813
+2 Jul 1895

Edward STRATFORD
*1782
+24 Aug 1859

Thomas STRATFORD
*25 Dec 1743
+8 Apr 1804

Jane COX
*about 1746
+1 Feb 1828

Elizabeth LEE
*about 1786
+22 Feb 1862

Source References

1. 1851 census
   1. • Citation:

        Name: Richard Goodearl
        Age: 7
        Estimated Birth Year: abt 1844
        Relation: Son
        Father's Name: William Goodearl
        Mother's Name: Deborah Goodearl
        Gender: Male
        Where born: Great Marlow, Buckinghamshire, England
        Civil Parish: Great Marlow
        Phillimore Ecclesiastical Parish Maps:
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        County/Island: Buckinghamshire
        Country: England
        Street Address:
        Occupation:
        Condition as to marriage:
        Disability:
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        Registration District: Wycombe
        Sub-registration District: High Wycombe
        ED, institution, or vessel: 1f
        Neighbors:
        Household Schedule Number: 36
        Piece: 1719
        Folio: 490
        Page Number: 11

2. Newspaper
   1. • Citation:

        South Bucks Standard 05 July 1895
        Excerpt from longer article:-
        Alderman GOODEARL was born 6th September, 1843, in a small cottage near the chair factory of Mr Jarvis, at Lane Rnd. He was the son of the late Mr William GOODEARL who acted as foreman for Me James JARVIS.

   2. • Citation:

        South Bucks Standard 16 November 1894

        THE mayoral chair of High Wycombe is again filled by a representative of the staple trade, and the fact that the latter has not monopolised the position will be apparent from the fact that Alderman Goodearl is only the second chair manufacturer who has attained to the office. As most of our readers are aware Councillor Glenister was the first mayor chosen from the representatives of the staple trade, and he occupied the chair during two years- from Nov. 1889 to Nov. 1891. Alderman Goodearl therefore takes the office after three years' interval, during which the mayoralty has been very worthily held by representatives of other professions in our midst.
        We will not re-echo what has been said as to Mr. Goodearl being a "working man" mayor, because the term working man has, to our mind, been greatly abused of late years, and we see no reason why the term should be confined to those only who earn their bread by manual labour, because surely the man who has to work hard with his brains has an equal claim to the title. It is certainly true, how- ever, that Alderman Goodearl had the distinction we use the word advisedly-of starting life very low down on the social ladder. It is his boast that he commenced work on eighteen pence a week, and we are bound to say that the position in which we find him to-day from such small beginnings does credit both to his own perseverance and his business capabilities, and must confer a certain amount of additional distinction upon him.
        Alderman Goodearl was born on the 6th September, 1843, in a small cottage near the chair factory of Mr. Jarvis, at Lane End. He was the son of the late Mr. William Goodearl, who acted as foreman for Mr. James Jarvis for several years, and then served in a similar capacity, for over twenty-five years, for the late Mr. Samuel Sears, for whom the subject of our present sketch also worked at the bench, Alderman Goodearl was in fact at work long before boys nowadays leave school, and as a consequence the education he received was somewhat scanty. He came to Wycombe in 1868, and worked for two years as a journey- man for Mr. M. Gibson. On March 25th, 1870, in conjunction with his father and three brothers, Alderman Goodearl commenced business in Dovecote Meadows, near the extensive premises now occupied by the Wycombe Steam Saw Mill Company. Through the industry and keen business capacities of the subject of our present sketch and his family the business rapidly prospered and soon developed into the six distinct branches which we find it to-day
        Meanwhile Alderman Goodearl began to take an interest in public affairs. In May, 1881, he secured a seat on the Town Council at the bye-election to fill the vacancy caused in the representation of the Western Ward by the lamented death of Mr. Edmund Pierce. This seat Alderman Goodearl retained till he was raised to the Aldermanic bench in November, 1892. At that time Mr. Thomas Wheeler intimated his intention of not seeking re-election as an Alderman, and there was a close fight for the vacancy between Alderman Goodearl and Councillor Glenister, both gentlemen receiving nine votes, but Alderman Goodearl was declared elected by the casting vote of the newly-elected Mayor (Alderman C. H. Hunt).

        Alderman Goodearl has also taken an interest in the affairs of the county, and in January, 1889, he succeeded in obtaining a seat on the Bucks County Council, after a severe contest with the late Mr. Edward Wheeler, in the Western Ward, by a majority of 89. He has thus been a member of the County Council six years next January. He was returned without opposition at the last election in March, 1892, and will again retire at the triennial election next year.
        Alderman Goodearl is a firm teetotaller, and as far as we are aware is the first temperance mayor Wycombe has ever had. He is also a prominent member of the Wesleyan Methodist Church, having been connected with that body since he was four years old. He has filled nearly every office in the Church, including that of Sunday school teacher, class leader, local preacher, society steward, poor steward, chapel steward, and circuit steward.
        Alderman Goodearl has been married twice - first to Miss A. M. Wingrove, third daughter of Mr. W. Wingrove, late of Terriers Farm, High Wycombe, and secondly to Miss M. S. Steedman, of Rampton, Notts.
        The new Mayor, at his installation on Friday, expressed his intention of allowing nothing to interfere with the duties he had taken upon himself, and if that is the spirit with which he approaches the work of the office, there should be no fear as to his success in carrying it out during the ensuing year.