Ancestors of Mandy Willard

George GOBLE (1870-?)

and Elizabeth LAMKIN (1872-?)

George Goble and Elizabeth Lamkin married by banns on 17 May 1891 (Whitsun Day) at the parish church of St. Andrew, Portslade-by-Sea, Sussex.  He was then a 20 year old bachelor and labourer and she an 18 year old spinster, and they were both of Portslade-by-Sea.  Their fathers were named as James Goble and John Lamkin who were both labourers.  The witnesses to their marriage were John Lamkin and Rose Goble.  (They were not my direct ancestors.  George was the nephew of my 2x Great Grandfather, Edmund Goble.)

George Goble was baptised on 6 November 1870 in Portslade.  He was the son of James Goble (1843-1896) and Anne Taylor (1847-?).  When the 1871 census was recorded he was 8 months old and living with his parents and elder sister at the greengrocers in The Terrace, Fishersgate, Sussex.  In 1881, he was 11 years old and living with his parents and 5 siblings at 6 North Street, Portslade.  In 1891 he was the eldest of his siblings living at home and he was then a 20 year old gas house labourer.

Elizabeth Lamkin was baptised on 6 October 1872 in Brighton, Sussex.  She was the daughter of John Lamkin (c1839-?) and Mary Ann.  When the 1881 census was recorded, 9 year old Elizabeth Lamkin was a scholar, living with her parents and 8 siblings in Church Road, Portslade.  Her father was then a 42 year old labourer and her mother 43 and they were born in Kent.  In 1891, Elizabeth Lamkin was an 18 year old laundress living at 21 North Street, Portslade with her widower father aged 51, 6 siblings and 2 year old nephew George T. Lamkin.  Her father was then, like her soon to be husband, a gas labourer.  (Note, her surname was consistently spelt Lamkin rather than Lambkin.)

When the 1901 census was recorded George and Elizabeth were living at 98 North Street, Portslade, along with their 4 children.  George was then a 30 year old greengrocer and Elizabeth was 27. 

In 1911 the couple and 8 children were living at 10 Seaford Road, Hove.  George was then a 40 year old greengrocer and Elizabeth was 38. 

George Goble and Elizabeth Lambkin had 9 known children:

1. George Goble was born about 1893 in Portslade.  When the 1901 census was recorded he was 8 years old.  In 1911 he was 17 years old and a greengrocer's assistant to his father.  George married Florence.

2. Elizabeth Goble was born on St. Swithins Day 1895 in Portslade, and was known as Nell.  She died aged 89 years on 15 April 1985.  In 1901 she was 5 years old.  In 1911 she was 15 years old and assisting in her father's shop.

   Elizabeth married Cecil Christian Shorter, also known as Harry, in the fourth quarter of 1914.

   Cecil was born in the fourth quarter of 1891 in Fulham and died on 17 January 1983, aged 91 years.

   Harry and Elizabeth had 3 children:

   1. Eileen Phyllis Shorter was born on 2 April 1915 and died on 4 July 1993.  Eileen married Dixie Dean.  They had no children.

   2. Christian Reginald Shorter, also known as Son, was born in the fourth quarter of 1920 and died on 3 August 1994.  Christian married Lilian.  They had 4 children:

      1. Michael Shorter

      2. Morris Shorter

      3. Susan Shorter

      4. Peter Jeffrey Shorter (1954-1973)

   3. Hubert James Shorter, also known as Jim, was born in the second quarter of 1923 and died on 11 July 2000.

      Hubert married Peggy May Penfold.

      Peggy was born in the third quarter of 1924 and died on 27 October 1997.

      Hubert and Peggy had 2 children:

      1. Wendy Shorter

      2. David Shorter

3. Emily Daisy Goble was born in the third quarter of 1898 in Portslade.  She was 2 years old in 1901.  The 1911 census records that 12 year old Daisy Goble was at school.  (The photograph on the right is of Emily and has been provided by her daughter Jean.)

   Emily Dasiy married twice, firstly to Charles P. Shurety in the first quarter of 1919 in the Kensington registration district.

   Charles and Emily had 2 children:

   1. Patrick D. Shurety

   2. Yvonne D. Shurety

   Emily divorced Charles and married George Edward Jones.

   George and Emily had 1 daughter:

   1. Jean Elizabeth Ann Jones

4. James Albert Goble was born in the second quarter of 1900 in Portslade.  He died in 1960.  At the time of the 1901 census he was a year old.  In 1911 he was 11 years old and at school.

   James married Dorothy May Russell.

   Dorothy was born on 9 May 1902 and died on 15 April 1989 aged 86 years.  She had 3 brothers and a sister, Alf, George, William who was killed in 1914 aged 23 years, and Ede.  Dorothy was the daughter of John Russell and Laura Clara Dawson who in 1914 were living at 2 Leylands Road, Fishersgate.  Dorothy also married Dennis Cliford Henneberry who died on 12 March 1990 aged 66 years.  Dennis was buried in the Portslade cemetery along with his wife Dorothy Henneberry nee Goble.  He was born on 23 November 1923.

   James and Dorothy had 4 children:

   1. Desmond J. Goble was born in the fourth quarter of 1925 and died on 26 December 2003.

   2. Jacqueline Dedrie Goble was born in the fourth quarter of 1930 and died on 12 March 1987.

   3. Christopher Goble

   4. Michael Dorian Goble

5. Edith Lavinia Goble was born in the third quarter of 1901 in Portslade.  She was 9 years old in 1911.  Edith married William W. Standing in the third quarter of 1918.  William and Edith had 3 children:

   1. Cecil W. G. Standing, also known as Billy.

   2. Edith D. I. Standing

   3. George C.P. Standing

6. Ivy Louise Goble was born in the fourth quarter 1902 in Portslade.  When the 1911 census was recorded she was 8 years old.

   Ivy married her cousin George Goble (1902-?).  He was the son of George Goble (1878-?) and Ada Hobden (1881-?).  (The photograph on the right is of George and has been provided by Ray, grandson of 1904 Bert.)

7. Hubert Goble, also known as Bert, was born on 7 May 1904 in Portslade and died on 4 December 1974 at 5 North Street, Portslade-on-Sea.  His son Hubert register the death.  He owned the Greengrocers at 37 North Street, Portslade, which as a child and teenager my mum (Eileen Tullett) remembers shopping in from time to time.  The 1911 census records that he was 6 year old Bertie Goble.

   Hubert married Dorothy Smith on 27 June 1923 at the register office in the Steyning registration district.  The were both then 21 years old and both single.  Hubert was a greengrocer of 1 Seaford Road, Hove and Dorothy was a laundry assistant of 27 Sheldale Road, Portslade.  Their fathers were named as George Goble a greengrocer and John Smith a labourer.  The witnesses to their marriage were Daisy Shurety and Sarah Goble.

   Dorothy was born on 29 August 1903 in 40 Wolseley Road, Portslade.  She died on 12 October 1973 at 5 North Street, Portslade-by-Sea.

   Bert and Dorothy had 3 children:

   1. Hubert George Goble, also known as George, was born on 29 October 1923 at 13 Ellen Street, Portslade.  His father was then a greengrocer (hawker) and his mother registered his birth on 12 December 1923.

      George married Peggy Eileen Cheesman on 14 May 1951.

      Peggy Eileen Cheeseman was born on 30 August 1926 at 9 Fernbrook Avenue, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, the daughter of William Gilbert Cheeseman an Annie Dillon.  At the time of her birth, her father was a coal carman and her mother registered her birth on 24 September 1926.

      George and Eileen had 1 son:

      1. Raymond George Goble

   2. Leslie Goble was born on 10 November 1926 in Seaford Road, Hove.  He died on 14 April 1995.

      Leslie married Doreen Whitner.

      Leslie and Doreen had 2 daughters:

      1. Pauline Lesley Goble

      2. Barbara Goble

   3. Joan Goble was born on 16 November 1928 in St. Leonards Avenue, Hove.  She died on 14 May 1992.

      Joan married Ronald Watts.

      Ronald and Joan had 1 son:

      1. Howard Watts

8. Irene Evelyn Goble was born in the third quarter of 1907 in Portslade.  She was 3 years old at the time of the 1911 census.

   Irene married Albert Leslie Eager.

   Albert, also known as Toby, was born in the third quarter of 1903 and died on 4 September 2000.

   Toby and Irene had 1 son:

   1. Derek L. Eager

9. Gladys M. Goble was born in the third quarter of 1912.

   Gladys married Alfred Woolgar in the third quarter of 1931.

   Alfred and Gladys had 2 daughters:

   1. Joan Woolgar

   2. Audrey J. Woolgar

1911 census transcript (RG14PN5201 RG78PN229 RD80 SD2 ED27 SN67)

10 Seaford Road, Hove, Sussex

George Goble, Head, Married 20 years, M, 40, Greengrocer Shopkeeper, born Sussex, Portslade

Elizabeth Goble, Wife, Married 20 years, F, 38, born Sussex, Brighton

George Goble, Son, Single, M, 17, Greengrocer assisting above, born Sussex, Portslade

Elizabeth Goble, Daughter, Single, F, 15, Assist in Shop, born Sussex, Portslade

Daisy Goble, Daughter, F, 12, School, born Sussex, Portslade

James Goble, Son, M, 11, School, born Sussex, Portslade

Edith Goble, Daughter, F, 9, born Sussex, Portslade

Ivy Goble, Daughter, F, 8, born Sussex, Portslade

Bertie Goble, Son, M, 6, born Sussex, Portslade

Irene Goble, Daughter, F, 3, born Sussex, Portslade 

GOBLE          LAMKIN