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Sophia Goodman (Ford)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Landport. Portsea, Hampshire, England (United Kingdom)
Death: July 03, 1915 (77)
at her home, 87 Cowper Street, Glebe, New South Wales, Australia (Heart Failure & Bronchitis & Pleurisy & Chronic Rheumatism)
Place of Burial: Rookwood Cemetery, (with son Arthur), Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Immediate Family:

Daughter of William Ambrose Ford and Mary Ford
Wife of Charles Nash Goodman
Mother of Mary Hannah Goodman; Rebecca Gertrude Jones; John Nash Goodman; Charles (1) Goodman; William Henry Goodman and 6 others
Sister of Mary Ann Hitchens - Minifie; Emily Amelia Watts; Rebecca Ford - Martin; Emma Chaney; William Henry Ford and 4 others

NSW Immigration: Evidence suggests 1859/60 ( birth death of children)
NZ Immigration: Canterbury Settlers “Cressy 1850”
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About Sophia Goodman

  • Image about 1900.
  • 1841 English Census ; Sophia Ford 3 with parents & siblings Town Street Portsea Island Hampshire
  • Sophia Ford along with her siblings and parents arrived Lyttleton NewZealand aboard Cressy in December 1850 and are commemorated along with others as Canterbury Pilgrims.
  • Sophia was enrolled in the Commercial School Lyttleton Oct 1851 along with sisters Emma & Susannah.
  • Sophia moved to Wellington with her parents about 1853 and some siblings to where her father had secured some meaningful work.
  • 1894 NSW Sands Directory; home Rutaven Street Randwick NSW.
  • Sophia Goodman nee Ford would eventually be reunited with her sisters Emma & Rebecca who would later move near to her in Sydney.
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Sophia Goodman's Timeline

1837
December 4, 1837
Landport. Portsea, Hampshire, England (United Kingdom)
1851
October 1851
Age 13
Commercial School Lyttleton
1856
April 21, 1856
Wellington, New Zealand
1858
June 19, 1858
Wellington, New Zealand
1861
May 7, 1861
Lithgow, New South Wales, Australia
1863
1863
Glebe, New South Wales, Australia
1865
1865
Glebe, New South Wales, Australia
1867
1867
at her home; 6 Foreman Street, Tempe, New South Wales, Australia