Louisa Shirley

Louisa Helen (o/w Ellen) Shirley 

Day Student

Born: 7 December 1884, Southam 

Baptised: 11 January 1885, Napton-on-the-Hill

Father: John Evelyn Shirley (b. 1852) (d. 1894) 

Mother: Mary Haynes Shirley (b. 1853)

Brothers: Edward Astley Shirley (b. 1890)

Sisters: Alice Mary Shirley (b. 1879) [LDTC 1900], Eveline Lucy Shirley (b. 1880), Kate Eliza Shirley (b. 1883), Margaret Shirley (b. 1886)

Marriage:        9 November 1908, Calcutta

Husband:         Percy Worthington Goodwin 

                        b. 31 May 1882 

                        Dairy Farmer

Issue – 

#1 Margaret Shirley Goodwin (b. 19 December 1909)

#2 Muriel Evelyn Steele Goodwin (b. 25 June 1911) 

#3 Mary Worthington Goodwin (b. 4 June 1913)

#4 Enid Goodwin (b. 1914)

#5 Joan Goodwin (b. 5 December 1917)

#6 Peter Goodwin (b. 1918) (d. 1919)

#7 David Shirley Goodwin (b. 9 November 1922)

#8 Hazel Goodwin (b. 26 September 1924)

In 1891 – 

She is at School House, Astley. Her mother is listed as ‘Schoolmistress’. Louisa, her mother and siblings (Alice, Eveline, Kate and Edward) are unlisted. There is a servant, Mary Scattergood (b. 1868)

In 1901 – 

She is at School House, Astley. Her mother is listed as widow and ‘National Schoolmistress’. Her sister, Alice, is listed as ‘Assistant Teacher’. Her siblings, Kate and Edward, are unlisted. Louisa and her sister, Margaret, are listed as ‘Pupil Teacher’. There are three visitors: Joseph H Garrett (b. 1865), Amy Garrett (b. 1875) and George H Garrett (b. 1899). There is a boarder, Florence H Longley (b. 1896). 

In 10/03 – 

PT at Chilvers Coton, Heath End near Nuneaton.

In 10/05 – 

Appointed to Chilvers Coton Church. £70.

In 10/06 – 

Address is Astley, Nuneaton.

In 04/08 – 

Address is Astley, Nuneaton. 

In 04/09 –

She writes a letter from Rilli, Kalimpong, Benga about her wedding and honeymoon. 

In 04/10 – 

Birth to Margaret Shirley on 19.12.09 in Rili View, Kalimpong, Bengal, India.

In 04/12 – 

Birth to Muriel Goodwin on 25.06.11 at Steel Memorial Hospital, Kalimpong, India.

In 10/13 – 

Birth to Mary on 04.06.13 at Copston Magna.

In 04/17 – 

Birth to Joan on 05.12.16 at Copston Magna, Hinckley.

In 1921 – 

She is at Copston Magna, Leicestershire. Her father is listed as ‘Farmer’. Louisa and her children, Mary, Enid and Joan, are unlisted. There is a farm servant, Frank Cartwright Tart (b. 1896). There are two domestic servants, Rhoda Martin (b. 1890) and Anne Nevin Bearpack (b. 1897).

In 1939 – 

She is at The Farm, Copston, Wibtoft, Rugby. Her husband is lifted as ‘Dairy Farmer’. Louisa is listed as ‘School teacher (Trained Certificated Head)’. Their daughter, Margaret, is listed as ‘School Art Teacher Assistant’. Their daughter, Hazel, is listed as ‘Assisting Father on Farm’. 

d.         18 October 1978, Mendip 

GOODWIN, Louisa Helena of The Old Smith, Dean Cranmore, Shepton Mallet, Somerset died 18 October 1978. Probate Nottingham 20 December £9317.