I wonder if this is in fact GODDARD?. My gt. grandmother's GOTHARD family is from Appleby Magna and Leicester;  she moved into Nottingham to be a children's nurse and her sister eventually married a man from Mansfield.   Census entries vary with GOZZARD, GOTHERD, and similar - old problem of local accent, near-deaf cleric and semi-illiterate enumerators?? Only fairly recently did I find that this is an East Midlands variation of GODDARD and I am now trying to connect with other possible related families of this surname through the Goddard Association of Europe.   Retired sub is only £5 per annum - easily affordable.   (They have other branches too) Take a further look in neighbouring parishes of Burton Joyce, East Bridgford, Southwell, Lambley, Arnold, etc, as I have found other of my surnames scattered in quite a wide area along the River Trent.   Some of the families are known to have worked on/along the canals and waterways.   They may had a hurried baptism before moving on? Mavis, born Nottingham, now in Somerset. >________________________________ > From: Tony Proctor <tony@proctor.net> >To: symonds3 <psym8950@bigpond.net.au>; NoTTSGEN@rootsweb.com >Sent: Friday, 22 November 2013, 9:10 >Subject: Re: [NTT] Godward puzzle > > >I can't see any such death. Another possibility is that the child lived and >was "adopted" (in the informal sense) by another family member. Have you >looked at Elizabeth's close relatives? > >    Tony Proctor > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "symonds3" <psym8950@bigpond.net.au> >To: <NoTTSGEN@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Friday, November 22, 2013 12:34 AM >Subject: Re: [NTT] Godward puzzle > > >> Hi Marcia, >> James was baptised and "born the same day" which may signify that he >> wasn't >> expected to live, a rushed baptism would usually have been a private >> baptism. >> If you have looked everywhere else and haven't found him, then I'd suggest >> searching through the parish register to see if there was a subsequent >> burial for him. >> Cheers >> Trish >> Nowra NSW >> >>> I have a Copy of a baptism of James son of Eliz.th Godward in >>> Lowdham, Nottinghamshire, England "Oct 16th 1791: James illigitimate >>> Son of Eliz.th: Godward born the same day." >> >> >> >> Notts Surname List >> >> http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/notts.html >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> NOTTSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > >Notts Surname List > >http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/notts.html > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NOTTSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >