The Goodliffe Family of Lambley Lodge, RutlandJohn Thomas GOODLIFFE - oldest son of John and Elizabeth
John Goodliffe was born 23 November 1832 in the family home of Lambley Lodge near Belton in the County of Rutland. His birth was first recorded at the Morcott and Barrowden Baptist Chapel which the extended Goodliffe family attended, but on 1 August 1847 John and his siblings were formally baptised at the local Church of England St Peter's in Belton.
In the 1841 and 1851 censuses John was living with his family at Lambley Lodge:
Marriage and Emigration to AmericaJohn Thomas married Mercy STALEY in London in 1856 (registered at Lambeth, June quarter). The date of marriage is recorded on various family trees as 30 June but I suspect this is based on a date of 30 June 1862 in the old IGI database. This record is no longer available, suggesting the date was in error. John and Mercy emigrated to the United States, departing Southhampton on 1 September 1856 on the Palestine. He is shown as John T GOODLIFF, age 24 and a carpenter.
John and Mercy first settled in the town of New Rochelle, on the northern edge of New York, and close to the head of Long Island Sound. They are in the 1860 census with their young daughter Ida. The census also recorded the value of property owned at $600 and of personal estate at $100:
According to the 1900 census, John and Mercy had 8 children. I can only find the records for 6:
John became a naturalized citizen on 7 March 1865:
In 1870, John and family were still in New Rochelle. It would appear that Ida had died (although I cannot find a birth or death record for her), and they had a daughter Elizabeth Laura aged 2. Their property was now worth $8,000:
By 1880 the family had moved to Mamaroneck, a few miles to the north of New Rochelle. John was no longer a carpenter, but had become an "ice dealer".
With the growth of New York and other cities, the demand for ice grew. By 1880 New York and surrounding suburbs were requiring 1.5 million tons annually. All this ice was harvested from the Hudson River each winter, then stored in vast storehouses. Ice harvesters were being paid $1-$1.50 per day. Before the severe winter of 1880, the wholesale price of ice in mid-summer was up to $20/ton. After that winter, the price dropped to around $2/ton. There is more information about ice here. John would have been buying at that price then selling small blocks for home use.
In the 1900 census, the family were at Mamaroneck. This census shows that John and Mercy had 8 children, only 5 were still alive. Their son John Thomas was living with them with his wife Jennie and their son John T. Jnr. John senior was still an Iceman, and son John was a driver.
Death of John and Mercy GOODLIFFEJohn Thomas GOODLIFFE died at Mamaroneck on 8 May 1901. His wife Mercy died there on 7 Jan 1908. Both are buried at the Greenwood Union Cemetery, Rye, Westchester, New York.
The children of John and Mercy GOODLIFFEElizabeth Laura GOODLIFFE (1868-1928)Elizabeth Laura was born 5 February 1868 at New Rochelle, New York. She was recorded in the 1870 census as Elizabeth L. and in the 1880 census as Laura L. After this record Elizabeth seems to vanish. She is not in the 1900 census. Clara Gertrude GOODLIFFE (1870-1924)Clara Gertrude was born 6 January 1870 at New Rochelle, New York. She was recorded in the 1880 census with the family. The 1890 census records were destroyed by fire so we do not know where she was living. On 26 November 1891 she married Charles G. SAPORITO. Charles had been born in Salerno, Campania, Italy in June 1867 and emigrated to New York in 1887 or 1888. Charles and Clara had one child - Florence Charlotte born 20 October 1893. The 1900 census recorded Charles and Clara as "SATORITO" and their young daughter as "Mary C" born October 1892, but the 1900 census also records that Charles and Clara had only one child, so we can conclude that Mary was in fact Florence. Charles established a shoe shop in Mamaroneck, moving into 148 Mamaroneck Ave around 1900. He eventually owned the building and operated the shoe shop for many years. Charles eventually sold this "three-story brick business building" in May 1937 and it became a furniture shop. The building has since been demolished. But that was not the end of the family shoe business, as Charles soon assisted his son-in-law (Arthur TORRENCE) to open a new shoe shop across the road at 105 Mamaroneck Ave in September 1938.
Charles took his daughter Florence back to Italy in 1914 but it appears that their visit may have been cut short by the start of the war on 28 July 1914. However, Florence, as an American national, registered with the US Embassy.
Clara Gertrude SAPORITO died in Mamaroneck on 4 October 1924. After Clara's death, Charles remained living in Mamaroneck. He sold the building housing the shoe shop at 148 Mamaroneck Ave in 1938 and assisted his son-in-law to open a new shoe shop across the road at 105 Mamaroneck Ave. Charles SAPORITO outlived Clara by 24 years, dying at Mamaroneck on 14 December 1948.
Florence Charlotte SAPORITOFlorence Charlotte was born 20 October 1893 in Mamaroneck to Charles and Clara. She was recorded with the family in various censuses up to 1920. Florence married Arthur Lawrence TORRENCE on 7 June 1921 at the Mamaroneck Methodist Church. Arthur had been born 25 March 1895 in Mamaroneck, NY.
Arthur and Florence had one son - Arthur Lawrence TORRENCE (Jnr) born 1927. Arthur (Jnr) married Jane K. FOLLETT on 30 March 1957. They had 3 children. Arthur died 30 Sep 2020.
Florence Charlotte died at 424 Carroll Ave, Mamaroneck on 8 April 1969. Her husband Arthur Lawrence TORRENCE died 15 June 1970.
John Thomas GOODLIFFE (1873-1944)John Thomas was born at New Rochelle on 26 November 1873 to John and Mercy GOODLIFFE. He married Jane (Jennie) CUNNINGHAM (from Ireland) on 12 June 1896. They had 7 children:
In 1910, Thomas and Jane were at Mamaroneck. John had become a retail merchant of Ice:
In 1920 John was still managing the icehouse. Three of his sons were in the ice business: John and Frederick were labourers in the icehouse, George drove the ice wagon:
In 1930 John was still in the ice business, now with son Clifford. Daughter Ida was the book keeper for the ice business and son Adolph was the chauffeur:
Jane (Cunningham) GOODLIFFE died at Mamaroneck on 19 March 1930. She is buried at Greenwood Union Cemetery, Rye, New York. John remained at Waverley Ave with his son Clifford and daughter Ida. The family had now branched out into delivering coal as well as ice. This photo was taken on 23 May 1937 by one of the Goodliffe relatives visiting from England.
John Thomas GOODLIFFE died on 20 November 1944 and is buried with his wife Jane.
Of the Children of John and JaneJohn Thomas (Jnr) married Katherine (Kitty) SULLIVAN. They did not have any children. John was a long-time partner in the trucking business of J.T. Goodliffe Trucking and Moving Company. John died 18 May 1981 at the family home at 344 Florence St, Mamaroneck. His wife Kitty died 14 July 1985.
George Staley GOODLIFFE was born 12 July 1900 in Mamaroneck, NY. He attended Mamaroneck High School graduating in 1919 in the Latin-Scientific Course. But he joined the family ice business, in 1930 driving the ice wagon. By 1940 he was a "chauffeur" in the retail ice trade. George married Catherine BOHAN (born 1906 New York to John and Delia Fennell BOHAN) at Holy Trinity Church Mamaraneck on 26 November 1924. They had three children - Claire (30 Mar 1926-11 Oct 1931), George T. (1937-2016) and Joan Marie (6 May 1940-20 Jan 2018). In the 1940 census George and family were living at 412 Melbourne Ave, Mamaroneck.
George Staley GOODLIFFE died at 162 Delancey Ave, Mamaroneck on 30 March 1953. Catherine outlived George by 35 years. She later moved to Montgomery, NY to live with her daughter Joan. Catherine died in Montgomery, NY on 18 April 1998.
Their first daughter Claire died 11 October 1931 aged 5 years.
Their second daughter Joan Marie was born 6 May 1940. She married Victor H. HORTON in Mamaroneck on 7 May 1960. They lived in the family home at 162 Delancey Ave, but later moved to Montgomery, NY. They had four children: Joan, Victor, Catharine and Christopher. Joan died on 20 January 2018 and is buried at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, New Rochelle, NY. Frederick H. GOODLIFFE was born 14 October 1902 in Mamaroneck, NY. He died in Mamaroneck on 8 April 1922 and is buried at the Greenwood Union Cemetery, NY.
Clifford John GOODLIFFE was born 1 September 1904 in Mamaroneck, NY. He was drafted into the Army in February 1942 and discharged in November 1944. He died in Mamaroneck on 2 June 1974 and is buried at the Greenwood Union Cemetery, NY. Apparently Clifford did not marry. Ida Jane GOODLIFFE was born in 1907 in Mamaroneck, NY. She remained a spinster, living at Waverly Ave, continuing to live there after her father died in 1944. In 1950 she built her own house at 1208 Franklin Ave, Mamaroneck, where she died on 13 September 1957. She is buried at Greenwood Union Cemetery with her parents.
Adolph GOODLIFFE was born 6 February 1908 in Mamaroneck, NY. He married Elsie BALDWIN on 5 September 1931 in Mamaroneck. Elsie was the daughter of George and Alice BALDWIN. George was a horticulturist in Mamaroneck, who specialised in orchids, building up an international reputation for his orchid breeding. He has an orchid named after him - Cattleya George Baldwin, bred in 1941. [As an aside the Cattleya genus is named after William Cattley, my great-great-great-uncle!] Adolph and Elsie had two children: Joyce (1936) and John (1938). Adolph worked for his father's trucking business. In 1940 the family was living at Grand Ave, Mamaroneck.
In 1952 Adolph and Elsie were recorded at 7301 5th Ave S. St Petersburg, Florida. It appears that this was a winter address for the BALDWIN and GOODLIFFE families as Elsie's father George died there on 7 November 1967.
Adolph GOODLIFFE died in Mamaroneck on 22 May 1963, aged 55. Their daughter Joyce joined the Navy. Here she met William John HUHNER whom she married on 4 January 1958 at Mamaroneck.
After leaving the Navy Joyce and William lived in New Orleans. Joyce died 7 February 2006 and William died 10 January 2007.
Their son John E. GOODLIFFE was born on 17 September 1937 at Porchester West, NY. After leaving school he spent time with the US Marines. Here he met Beverly GRAY whom he married at her hometown of Lebanon, New Hampshire on 3 May 1958.
After leaving the Marines, John rejoined the family trucking business. Later he moved to Florida where he married Theresa Ann O'BRIEN (née SCHWARTZ) on 2 May 1975. John Edward GOODLIFFE died in St Petersburg, Florida on 13 June 1997. He is buried at the Bay Pines National Cemetery, Florida. His second wife Theresa died in Florida 20 April 2010.
Edwin GOODLIFFE was born 1911 in Mamaroneck, NY. He attended Mamaroneck High School but was drowned whilst ice skating on 30 December 1928.
Annette Florence GOODLIFFE (1876-1947)Annette Florence was born in Mamaroneck on 17 August 1876 to John and Mercy GOODLIFFE. She became a bookeeper. Annette remained a spinster living in Mamaroeck all of her life. She is recorded in the early census records but seems to have miised out on the 1930 and 1940 censuses.
Annette visited England in 1936, arriving at Southampton on 4 June 1936 on board the Cunard liner "Berengaria. She departed Southampton on the "Berengaria" again on 24 June and arrived back in New York on 30 June 1936, giving her 20 days in England. She meet Goodliffe relatives and visited the family home at Lambley Lodge on 12 June 1936. We know she visited the Lodge as she took photographs and sent copies back to England.
Annette GOLDSWORTHY died 30 December 1947 at the Osborn Memorial Home in Rye, NY.
Harry Rufus GOODLIFFE (1880-1961)Harry Rufus was born 23 August 1880 at Mamaroneck. He worked for the family ice business, in 1900 he was a driver. Harry Rufus married Julia Adaline COCHRAN on 29 May 1904 at Kings, NY. They had two children: Annette (1905) and Robert Rufus (27 March 1915-25 July 1999).
Harry and Julia resided at 128 Smith St, Port Chester for many years. In 1933 Julia was reported hosting a meeting and in 1946 Harry, now aged 66 was a bus driver.
Harry Rufus GOODLIFFE died at 67 Putnam Drive, Port Chester on 13 December 1961. This is the address of his daughter Annette (HARTLIEB). His wife Julia Adaline (COCHRAN) died 3 weeks later on 2 January 1962. Both are interred at Greenwood Union Cemetery, Rye, NY
The Children of Harry and Julia GOODLIFFE
Annette M. GOODLIFFE was born in 26 September 1904 at Mamaroneck, NY. She was recorded with the family in the 1905 to 1930 censuses. She attended Port Chester High School, leaving in 1923 to become a stenographer. Annette married the local butcher - Louis Carl HARTLIEB in Mamaroneck on 14 June 1937. Louis was the son of Louis and Marie (SCHWARNER) HARTLIEB, a butcher. Annette and Louis did not have any children.
Annette HARTLIEB (née GOODLIFFE) died in Port Chester on 21 September 1963 aged 58. Louis outlived her by 24 years, dying at the United Hospital Port Chester on 22 May 1987. Both are interred at Greenwood Union Cemetery, Rye NY.
Robert Rufus GOODLIFFE was born 27 March 1915 at Mamaroneck, NY. He was recorded with the family in the 1925 to 1930 censuses. The 1940 census is confusing. Robert is shown as married with wife Annette Mary (the same name as his sister) but the age and place of birth for his wife is Connecticut. They also have a daughter - Joan, born about 1935. The confusion is cleared by looking at Robert's 1940 Army draft card which shows him married to Mary. There is a marriage record for Robert marrying Mary MAJEWSKA at Harrison NY on 26 March 1935. I suspect the "Annette" in the 1940 census was caused by confusion between daughter and daughter-in-law.
However the marriage to Mary did not last very long. On 20 August 1946 Robert was plaintiff in the County Court of Washoe, Nevada seeking a divorce from Mary on the grounds of "extreme cruelty". Presumably this was granted as Robert next married Audry Rose WELCKER in New Orleans on 1 February 1947. Robert and Audry had four children - Robert Richard (1947), Douglas Stephen (1949), Gwendoline Ann (1951) and Jeffrey Charles (1953). But this relationship appears to have failed as Robert Rufus next married Freida Juanita Mumme BURBRIDGE in July 1958 at Escambia, Florida. Freida was the daughter of George MUMME and Eva LUNDY, born 11 December 1927 at Jackson, Mississippi. Freida had been married previously to Earl BURBRIDGE. Robert and Freida lived in Mobile, Alabama. They appear to have had only one daughter - Michelle. Freida Juanita MUMME/BURBRIDGE/GOODLIFFE died in Mobile, Alabama on 18 November 1994. Robert Rufus GOODLIFFE died 25 July 1999 at Mobile. Both are buried at Pine Crest Cemetery, Mobile.
Last updated: 18 July 2021 |
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1860 New York census
