The Goodliffe Family of Nottingham

Pickering Goodliffe - Second son of Arnold Goodliffe

Pickering Goodliffe

Arnold and Ann Goodliffe had 7 children. Pickering - their 4th child and 2nd son was baptised at the Stoney Street General Baptist Church in Nottingham on 13/4/1836. 

It has long puzzled me why he was named Pickering, as it is not a common name and does not appear anywhere else in the family. The Rev. W Pickering was the Minister at Stoney St Baptist Chapel in Nottingham when Arnold first began there, so this is the likely source of the name. (see the article from the General Baptist Magazine)

1851 Census

In the 1851 census, Pickering, aged 14, was a draper's apprentice in Market Place, Spalding, Lincolnshire. The Draper was Malcolm Stubbs.

In 1861, Pickering (aged 24), a Provisions Merchant's Clerk, was living at 51 Bridlesmith Gate Nottingham with Jesse Foster and David Hyrsthouse:

Marriage to Margaret Murphy

Pickering married Margaret MURPHY 29th June 1865 at the St Francis Xavier Church, West Derby Lancaster. Margaret had been born in Liverpool in 1842 to Daniel and Kezia Murphy:

The family of Pickering and Margaret

Pickering and Margaret had 1798-1864  1799-1799  1800-1868  1801-1854  1809uish College from 1903 to 1941. There is more information Arnold Daniel and his family here.

Arnold GOODLIFFE======v======Ann SPEED   Daniel MURPHY======v======Kezia BOWLE
   1807-1888         1830    1807-1895     1810-1869         |       1809-1875
                      |                                     |
                Pickering GOODLIFFE=========v=========Margaret MURPHY
                    1836-1892              1865         1842-1926 
                                            |
                                            |
                                      Arnold Daniel                       
                                        GOODLIFFE=========v=========Sarah Alice MANN         
                                        1874-1941        1903          1876-1955
                                             |
                  |------------|------------|------------|
                 Sara        Arthur     Frederick       Edwin 
               Margaret      Henry        Arnold        Ramsay
               1904-1936   1905-1964    1905-1979     1913-2002
                  -            |            |           | 

In 1868 Pickering joined his father Arnold and brother Thomas as a partner in the firm of A. Goodliffe & Sons. Arnold retired in 1876, leaving the business to Pickering and Thomas.

In the 1871 census, Pickering and Margaret are at 36 Park St, Nottingham, with two boarders.

Pickering retired from the family business in 1879, leaving the business to Thomas.  The dissolution of the partnership was recorded in the London Gazette on 29 April 1879:

In 1881 they are still at 36 Park St, now with son Arnold Daniel:

According to a Letter to the local newpaper, Pickering left Nottingham and moved to Liverpool in late 1882 on account of his health. The article also reveals his care for "dumb creatures":

By the time of the 1891 census, they were living at 36 Percy St, Liverpool. Arnold Daniel Goodliffe was boarding at University School, Cambridge Road in Southport:

Pickering died in Liverpool on 6 March 1892 at their residence at 36 Percy St.

Margaret continued to live at 36 Percy St, Liverpool running it as a boarding house. In the 1901 census she has three boarders. Son Arnold was a student at Kings College, Cambridge:

Some time after 1901 Margaret moved to Taunton to live with son Arnold, where she died in 1926, aged 84.

In 1911 she is listed living with Arnold in Huish House.

A note on 36 Percy St, Liverpool

Pickering and Margaret lived at 36 Percy St, Liverpool from about 1882. Arnold Goodliffe refers to the house in his memoirs: "We left home Sep 2nd 1884 accompanied by our own daughter and grand-daughter Froggatt, went by Liverpool, we spent the afternoon at Pickering's, and was pleased with his nice well-furnished house, his garden and greenhouse." (page 125). The greenhouse has gone, but 36 Percy St remains.

Percy St, Liverpool	The building at 36 Percy St, today	36 Percy St, Liverpool is the middle door
The door of No 36 & 38. There are six separate door bells to the left of the door, suggesting the original residence was quite large.	An example of nearby architecture.	The church of St Bride's across the road from No 36. (see the Church's website)

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Last updated: 03/06/2010