Bowler Family History

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

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Families

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Richard Goodearl

Attributes

Pedigree

1. William GOODEARL
   1. Deborah STRATFORD
      1. Mary Ann GOODEARL
      2. George GOODEARL
      3. Henry GOODEARL
      4. Richard GOODEARL
         1. Anna Maria WINGROVE
            1. George Herbert GOODEARL
            2. Clara GOODEARL
            3. Richard GOODEARL
            4. Ada Jane GOODEARL
            5. Rhoda Ellen GOODEARL
            6. Alice GOODEARL
         2. Mary Spencer STEEDMAN
            1. Mary Annie Spencer GOODEARL
            2. Albert Thomas GOODEARL
            3. Edith Sarah GOODEARL
            4. Florence GOODEARL
            5. Percy Ronald GOODEARL
         3. Minnie Skelton ATKINSON
      5. Alfred GOODEARL
      6. William GOODEARL
      7. Benjamin GOODEARL
      8. Arthur GOODEARL
      9. Emma GOODEARL
      10. Ellen GOODEARL

Ancestors

Richard GOODEARL *6 September 1843 +24 October 1930

William GOODEARL *about 1812 +January 1890

Deborah STRATFORD *13 June 1813 +2 July 1895

Edward STRATFORD *1782 +24 August 1859

Thomas STRATFORD *25 December 1743 +8 April 1804

Jane COX
*about 1746
+1 February 1828

Elizabeth LEE
*about 1786
+22 February 1862

John LEE *14 May 1758 +2 January 1844

Deborah HAWS
*about 1754
+27 March 1839

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:
        View related Ecclesiastical Parish
        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:

        West Middlesex Gazette Saturday 25 October 1930
        High Wycombe has lost by the death on Friday, of Mr Richard GOODEARL J.P. aged 87, a distinguished citizen. He was a former Mayor of the town of his adoption, was engaged in the staple industry, was a justice of the peace of the borough and for about seventy years was a Wesleyan local preacher.

   3. • 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.

3. 1891 census
   1. • Citation:

        First name(s) Richard
        Last name Goodearl
        Relationship Head
        Marital status Married
        Sex Male
        Age 47
        Birth year 1844
        Birth town Lane End
        Birth county Buckinghamshire
        Birth county as transcribed BUCKINGHAMSHIRE
        Birth place England
        Occupation Chair manufacturer
        Full address Iddlesleigh House, Amersham Hill, Chipping Wycombe, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England
        House name Iddlesleigh House
        Street Amersham Hill
        Town Wycombe
        Parish Chipping Wycombe
        City Wycombe
        County Buckinghamshire
        Country England
        Registration district Wycombe
        Sub district High Wycombe
        Enumeration district 6
        Parliamentary borough or division South Buckinghamshire
        Municipal borough or ward Central
        Ecclesiastical parish or district All Saints
        Archive reference RG12
        Piece number 1138
        Folio 59
        Page 50
        Schedule 269
        Record set 1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census

4. 1871 census
   1. • Citation:

        First name(s) Richard
        Last name Goodearl
        Relationship Head
        Marital status -
        Sex Male
        Age 28
        Birth year 1843
        Birth town -
        Birth county Buckinghamshire
        Birth county as transcribed BUCKINGHAMSHIRE
        Birth place England
        Occupation -
        Full address Water Lane, Chipping Wycombe, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England
        House name -
        Street Water Lane
        Parish Chipping Wycombe
        City High Wycombe
        County Buckinghamshire
        Country England
        Registration district Wycombe
        Sub district Wycombe, High
        Enumeration district 4
        Parliamentary borough or division High Wycombe
        Archive reference RG10
        Piece number 1403
        Folio 105
        Page 25
        Schedule 130
        Record set 1871 England, Wales & Scotland Census

5. 1861 census
   1. • Citation:

        Name Richard Goodearl
        Gender Male
        Age 17
        Relation Son
        Estimated Birth Year 1844
        Father's Name William Goodearl
        Mother's Name Deborah Goodearl
        Where born Great Marlow, Buckinghamshire, England
        Civil parish Great Marlow
        Ecclesiastical parish Lane End
        County/Island Buckinghamshire
        Country England
        Registration district Wycombe
        Sub-registration district Great Marlow
        ED, institution, or vessel 6
        Neighbors
        Household schedule number 65
        Piece 858
        Folio 113
        Page number 16

6. Marriage Certificate
   1. • Citation:

        Kensington and Chelsea, Denbigh Road Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, 3rd Sept 1878, by Licence
        Richard GOODEARL, 35, widower, Chair maker, Well End Road High Wycombe, s of William GOODEARL chairmaker
        Mary STEEDMAN, 33, spin, Domestic St., Roslyv Villa Cadon Rd., Norman STEEDMAN, lab.
        Wit. Mary Ann GOODEARL and William GOODEARL

7. FreeBMD index
   1. • Citation:

        Marriages Sep 1922
        ATKINSON Minnie S Goodearl Thrapston 3b 551
        GOODEARL Richard Atkinson Thrapston 3b 551