Forum Replies Created
-
Posts
-
Hmm. Now she remembers and Aunt Lil (Lillian), who married William Goudie. I have a Lillian Goudie in my notes with the date of 4 Jul 1889, but I’m not sure what that relates to. She’s 95 and sometimes things get a little jumbled for her. I hope there are some leads there anyway.
Thank you very much.
I live with my mother, but unfortunately she knows very little about her family. She says it simply wasn’t mentioned much.
I’ve checked any notes that I had written down years ago while trying to research my family. I don’t know how accurate they are. My notes say that John William was actually William John, but that he went by John. He was born on 14 Dec 1859 and died 19 Feb 1908. He married Eliza Coombs, born in Round Harbour on 15 Feb 1860 and died in Grand Falls in 1956. Father was Robert Coombs. Eliza remarried to Robert Oldford. They were buried in Grand Falls.
My mother tried to remember her father’s siblings and came up with James William (my grandfather), Clara Isabel, George, Emma, Lucy Maud and Louisa.
I don’t know much at all after my Mom’s Dad’s family. But that’s what I have in my notes.
Hi. My mother is Stella Goudie. She’s 95 years old and she’s the daughter of James William Goudie from Pilley’s Island, who was the son of John Goudie. She was born in Grand Falls, where her father worked for the paper mill. I don’t have any information farther back than this, unfortunately. My mother says that family history was never really discussed much in her family. But there has always been a rumour that there was Cree in our family. Written above just confirmed that for me. So Sheldon, we have the same great-great grandparents. I too used to correspond with Herb Goudie, and we determined that our lines are not connected with his.
