| LEONARD GOOSE | Spouse: | SARAH ELIZABETH SMITHEE | |
| Parent/s: | John and Sarah (Wittred) Goose. | Parent/s: | Charles and Rebecca Smithee. |
| Born: | Baptised 18 February 1838, Walsoken. | Born: | March qtr 1838, Wisbech dist 14 153 (as SmitheR) Baptised 19 March 1838, Emneth. |
| Married: | September qtr 1861, Emneth. | Married: | September qtr 1861, Emneth. |
| Died: | 28 February 1889, Emneth. | Died: | 23 November 1933. Wisbech dist 3b 651, age 95. |
| Occupation: | Farmer and Innkeeper. | Occupation: | |
| Notes: | Leonard and Sarah kept "The Wheatsheaf" in
Hungate Road, Emneth from 1869 to 1883, and farmed the
adjoining 70 acres. SEE PICTURES of Leonard and "The Wheatsheaf" and "The Hungate", both now private houses. |
Notes: | Sarah was born at "The Hungate", Emneth. In 1845 her parents moved 200 yards up Hungate Road to "The Wheatsheaf" which they kept till 1856. 1891 census, Sarah, widow, farming at Walsoken Fen with daughters Jessie and Eliza, sons Arthur, Leonard and Hugh. Arthur's future wife Fanny Barton was with them. In the 1901 census, Sarah (a widow) was farming at Marshland Villa, West Walton, with two of her sons, Leonard Smithee and Hugh Leonard. 1911 census, widow, private means at Marsland Villa, Middle Drove, Wisbech, Cambs. |
| Source: | Parish register, GRO, Norfolkpubs.co.uk, | Source: | 1891 RG12/1308 F42 P8. 1901 RG13/1557 F78 P11, 1911 RG14PN9310 RG78PN501 RD187 SD3 ED7. Parish register, GRO. |
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