THE GOODLIFFE FAMILY OF BATTERSEA

Joseph James GOODLIFFE (1872-1894)

Joseph James GOODLIFFE was the oldest child of James Joseph and Maria and was born in London in 1872..

       1724                         c.1815
       Emma                         Joseph
       KITCHINGMAN========v=========GOODLIFFE
                         1844
                          |
              |-----------|--------------|-------------------|
            1845        1846            1849             1850-1877
            Maria       Emily           Louisa           James Joseph
              |           |              |                   |
              |           ?              ?                   |
                                                            m: ?
                                                             |
                                                           Maria                    William   
                                             Unk===========RUSHTON====== ====v=======ARNOLD
                                             |               |               |
                                             |               |               |
                                            Maria            |               |
                                            RUSHTON          |               |
                                                             |               |
    |-----------------|----------------|---------------------|               |-----------|
  1872               1874            1875                   1877            1880        1886
  James Joseph       Emily           Charlotte            Florence         William      Charles
  GOODLIFFE          GOODLIFFE       GOODLIFFE            GOODLIFFE        ARNOLD       ARNOLD
    |                 |                |                     |               |           |
  m:1894
 Elizabeth
 SMITH
   |
   |--------------|-------------|---------------|
   |              |             |               |
 1896-1930       1898         1901             1911
 James           Florence     William          Kathleen
   |              |            |                |
 m:1919           ?          m:1924             ?
 Kate                        Helen
 GOODING		     WEAVING
   |                           |
   |                           |------------|
1919-1979                     1925         1927
Kathleen                     Denis        Anthony
   |                           |            |

 Joseph James, usually known as James, was born 16 July 1872 at 11 Lizard St, St Luke, London:

His father, a scaffolder, was killed in 1877, leaving his wife Maria with 4 small children. In the 1881 and 1891censuses, the family is living with William Arnold:

1881 census 1891 census

Marriage to Elizabeth Alice SMITH
James married Elizabeth Alice SMITH in 1894 (Dec qtr Wandsworth 1d/1132).

James and Elizabeth had 3 or possibly 4 children. I am not confident about the youngest (Kathleen) given the 10 year gap in ages:

In the 1901 census James and elizabeth were living at 123 Wincherley Rd, Battersea:

James and Elizabeth in 1911 were at Queens Building, 25 Broughton St, Battersea:

I have not looked further for the death of James Joseph.
His wife Elizabeth Alice died in 1962 (Dec qtr Battersea 5c/55), aged 87.

The Children of James and Elizabeth Goodliffe

James Charles

James was born in 1896 (Jun qtr Wandsworth 1d/575). 
He married kate Selina GOODING in 1919 (Mar qtr Wandsworth 1d/1003).

They had a daughter Kathleen Mary GOODLIFFE, born 10 October 1919, registered in Lambeth. Kathleen died in early 1979.

Florence Elizabeth

Florence was born in 1898 (Dec qtr Wandsworth 1d/568). She married Simon SHAFFIR (or GRITZMAN) on 27 April 1918. The marriage is idexed under both Shaffir and Gritzman. Simon was the son of Polish immigrants (Joseph and Hannah GRITZMAN). In 1901 the Gritzman family were living in Whitechapel:

Simon and Florence had two children:

Apparently, Sydney migrated to Canada, but he is not in the shipping records up to 1960.

William Frederick

William was born in 1901 (Sep qtr Wandsworth 1d/567). He married Helen Violet WEAVING in 1924 (Dec qtr Exeter 5b/243).
They had two sons:

Denis emigrated to New Zealand, departing on the ship Rangitane on 29 July 1957.
His brother Tony joined him some time after 1960.

Some time after the birth of their two sons, William and Helen appear to have disappeared from the records. Their deaths are not recorded in the UK, and they did not emigrate prior to 1960. They are not recorded in the New Zealand electoral rolls from 1966 to 1986, and their deaths are not recorded in New Zealand up to 1990.

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