Samuel and Elizabeth Goddard who died from suffocation 1890
In loving memory of
SAMUEL & ELIZABETH
GODDARD
Who died
From suffocation
Decbr 25th 1890
Aged 36 & 37 years.
Eastern Daily Press Thursday, January 1 1891
LITTLE CRESSINGHAM
Deaths from Suffocation.- A shocking occurrence has just happened at this village. On Wednesday evening last week (Christmas eve) Mr Goddard, who has recently taken the Mill Farm and the milling business, went home in his usual health. The night being very cold, he and his wife placed a large quantity of live coal, which they appear to have taken out of the kitchen fireplace, and put them into an old zinc pail, and placed them in the bedroom before retiring to bed. On the following morning (Christmas Day) it was noticed by the horse-keeper when he came to feed the horses that no one was up. In the evening when he came again, he found the house just as it was in the morning. He tried the door, but found it locked; but thinking his master and mistress had gone out to keep Christmas with their friends, he did not feel alarmed. When he came on the Friday morning he again found everything just as he had left on the two previous days. He now became alarmed, and informed Police-constable Goldsmith, who broke into the house, and found Mr and Mrs Goddard both dead in bed. An inquest was held on Saturday before A.B Elwin, Esq., Deputy-Coroner, at the White Horse Inn, when the jury found as their verdict that death was caused by suffocation from the poisonous fumes arising from the burning coke which had been placed in the bedroom. Great sympathy is felt for the deceased’s friends, they being well known and very industrious people. No indoor servant was kept. Mr Goddard had for several years occupied the Carbrook Mill. He was thirty-six years of age and his wife thirty-seven. They had been married about twelve years, but had no family.
1854/55 – birth of Samuel
At this time there was no enforcement of the requirement to register a birth with the civil authority, something which had only come into being in 1837. It would take until 1872 with the introduction of fines and criminal prosecutions that registration of birth became almost universal.
There is no obvious civil birth record for Samuel.
1861 Census of England and Wales
Samuel Goddard, aged 6 and from Breckles, was recorded living at a dwelling on Green Lane, Breckles, Norfolk. On the census schedule it is shown as next door to the Gate Public House. His father William, aged 66 was an Agricultural Labourer from Rockland, Norfolk. His Mother, Elizabeth, was aged 46 and was originally from Shropham, Norfolk. The census taker has indicated that she also is an Agricultural Labourer. In the household there is also another son, James Goddard, aged 27 and an Agricultural Labourer from Shropham.
There is an Elizabeth Eagling aged 6, born Hingham, Norfolk and an Elizabeth Eagling, aged 7, born Hingham, Norfolk. Either could be potentially his future wife – the 6 year old individual is recorded as 17 on the next census, while the 7 year old becomes 16.It is likely to be one of them as the other one can be tracked through to the 1881 census where she is recorded as a 26 year old unmarried Domestic Servant.
The older one is living at Dereham Road, Hingham. This was the household of her widowed father, “Thos” Eagling, aged 49 and a Shoemaker, (employing 1 man and 1 boy), originally from Southburgh, Norfolk. Other children in the household are:-
George…..aged 20…..born Hingham….Shoemaker
Emma……aged 15….born Hingham
Ellen……..aged 12….born Hingham
John……..aged 11…..born Hingham
Elizabeth…aged 7……born Hingham
Mary………aged 5…..born Hingham
Edward……aged 2…..born Hingham
James……..aged 6 months,,,born Hingham
Finally there is one more individual in the household, whose relationship to “Thos” is given as servant. This is the 31 year old Ann Eagling, unmarried and from Hingham – possibly a relative who had moved in following the recent death of his wife.
The younger one is living at Watton Road, Hingham. This was the household of her parents, Peregrine, aged 46 and a Farming Bailiff from Little Ellingham, Norfolk, and Mary A, aged 37 and from Hingham. Other children in the household are:-
George………aged 10….born Hingham
James……….aged 8……born Hingham
John…………aged 3……born Hingham
Hannah……...aged 1……born Hingham
They also have a widowed boarder living with them, a 61 year old Elizabeth Bird from Carbrooke, Norfolk.
(But note there is a marriage recorded in Norwich in 1879 of a Samuel Goddard to an Elizabeth Eagling, daughter of “Perrygrine”Eagling – see below)
1871 Census of England and Wales
Samuel Goddard, a 16 year old Agricultural Labourer from Breckles, Norfolk, was recorded living at Mere Road, Stow Bedon, Norfolk. This was the household of his parents, William, (aged 63* and a Farmer of 30 Acres but now from Stowbedon, Norfolk), and Elizabeth, (aged 55 and from Shropham, Norfolk). Samuel is the only person living with them.
*Note – this makes him younger than his stated age on the 1861 census.
The daughter of Thomas, aged16, was still recorded living with her widower father at Dereham Road, Hingham. He is a Shoemaker, (59), while she works as a Shoebinder. Also in the house are children John, (21, Shoemaker), Mary, (14), Edward, (11), James , (10) and William, (9, born Hingham)
The other Eagling family were now living at “Miney Hills”, Hingham where father Peregrine, (56), is a Farmer of 8 acres. He lives there with wife Mary Anne, (46), and children George, (20, Carpenter), James, (19, Agricultural Labourer), Elizabeth, (17), John, (12) and William, (7) and Hannah, (4) – both born Hingham.
1879 – Probable marriage for Samuel and Elizabeth
The marriage of a Samuel Goddard to an Elizabeth Eagling was recorded in the Norwich District in the July to September quarter, (Q3), of 1879.
The marriage of a Samuel Goddard, aged 24 and a Bachelor, to Elizabeth Eagling, aged 25 and a Spinster, took place at St Peter Parmentergate, Norwich on the 20th July 1879.His occupation is given as Miller. Both are stated to live on Prince of Wales Road, (presumably in Norwich), and the marriage followed the reading of the Banns. His father was William Goddard, Farmer. Hers was “Perrygrine” Eagling, Farmer. Witnesses were William and Maria Farrow.
freereg2.freereg.org.uk/search_records/5510ced5e937900271...
1881 Norfolk Register of Electors
A Samuel Goddard was entitled to vote in the parish of Carbrooke as a result of having a Mill and Land as occupier. It is noted that this is near the Caston Boundary.
1881 Source: familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2HYQ-V1N
1881 Census of England and Wales
Samuel, aged 26 and from “Brecles”, Norfolk, was recorded as the married head of the household at Mill House, Mill Lane, Carbrooke, Norfolk. A Miller and Farmer of 25 acres, he employs 1 labourer. Living with him is his wife Elizabeth, aged 26 and from Hingham, Norfolk.
Samuels parents, the 74 year old William, (born Stowbedon) and Elizabeth, (64, born Shropham), were recorded living at the Street, Caston, Norfolk. William lives off a pension – he is described as an “Annuitant”.
1882, 1883, 1884,1885, 1885-6, 1887, 1888, 1889 and 1890 Norfolk Registers of Electors
A Samuel Goddard was entitled to vote in the parish of Carbrooke as a result of having a Mill and Land as occupier. It is noted that this is near the Caston Boundary (1882), near the Watton Road (1883).
1882 Source: familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2HY7-6N7
1883 Source: familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2HYW-4KY
1884 Source: familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2HBR-KKV
1885 Source: familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2HBT-XQ9
By 1885-6 this had become House, land and Mill by Watton Road, Carbrooke.
1885-6 Source: familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2H1Z-JWM
1887 Source: familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2H1D-TTT
1888 Source: familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2HYC-3VY
By 1889 House and land by Watton Road, Carbrooke.
1889 Source: familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2HBN-CFH
1890 Source: familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2HYB-T8N
From a piece on the history of Carbrooke Mill, which includes photographs of the structure.
Samuel Goddard was miller between 1879-1890 and by 1888 was using a steam engine for a separate set of additional stones. He then moved on to Little Cressingham wind/watermill where he and his wife unfortunately died.
www.norfolkmills.co.uk/Windmills/carbrooke-mill-lane-towe...
The combined windmill and watermill at Little Cressingham.
www.norfolkmills.co.uk/Watermills/lt-cressingham.html
1890 – Death
The death of a Samuel Goodard, aged 36, was registered with the Civil Authorities in the district of Swaffham, Norfolk, in the October to December quarter, (Q4), of 1890. Elizabeth Goddard, aged 37, was registered in the same district and quarter.
The Burial of Samuel took place on the 29th December 1890 at Little Cressingham.
familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JZ37-P2K
The 1891 Probate Calendar has Administration granted at the Principal Registry on the 24th January for the Personal Estate of Samuel Goddard, late of Little Cressingham in the County of Norfolk, Miller and Farmer. He is however described as a Widower although he did die on the 25th December 1890 at Little Cressingham. The Administrator was a George Goddard of Northwold, Norfolk, a brother of Samuel. His Personal Estate was valued at £649 4s 5d.
probatesearch.service.gov.uk/Calendar?surname=Goddard&...
Samuel and Elizabeth Goddard who died from suffocation 1890
In loving memory of
SAMUEL & ELIZABETH
GODDARD
Who died
From suffocation
Decbr 25th 1890
Aged 36 & 37 years.
Eastern Daily Press Thursday, January 1 1891
LITTLE CRESSINGHAM
Deaths from Suffocation.- A shocking occurrence has just happened at this village. On Wednesday evening last week (Christmas eve) Mr Goddard, who has recently taken the Mill Farm and the milling business, went home in his usual health. The night being very cold, he and his wife placed a large quantity of live coal, which they appear to have taken out of the kitchen fireplace, and put them into an old zinc pail, and placed them in the bedroom before retiring to bed. On the following morning (Christmas Day) it was noticed by the horse-keeper when he came to feed the horses that no one was up. In the evening when he came again, he found the house just as it was in the morning. He tried the door, but found it locked; but thinking his master and mistress had gone out to keep Christmas with their friends, he did not feel alarmed. When he came on the Friday morning he again found everything just as he had left on the two previous days. He now became alarmed, and informed Police-constable Goldsmith, who broke into the house, and found Mr and Mrs Goddard both dead in bed. An inquest was held on Saturday before A.B Elwin, Esq., Deputy-Coroner, at the White Horse Inn, when the jury found as their verdict that death was caused by suffocation from the poisonous fumes arising from the burning coke which had been placed in the bedroom. Great sympathy is felt for the deceased’s friends, they being well known and very industrious people. No indoor servant was kept. Mr Goddard had for several years occupied the Carbrook Mill. He was thirty-six years of age and his wife thirty-seven. They had been married about twelve years, but had no family.
1854/55 – birth of Samuel
At this time there was no enforcement of the requirement to register a birth with the civil authority, something which had only come into being in 1837. It would take until 1872 with the introduction of fines and criminal prosecutions that registration of birth became almost universal.
There is no obvious civil birth record for Samuel.
1861 Census of England and Wales
Samuel Goddard, aged 6 and from Breckles, was recorded living at a dwelling on Green Lane, Breckles, Norfolk. On the census schedule it is shown as next door to the Gate Public House. His father William, aged 66 was an Agricultural Labourer from Rockland, Norfolk. His Mother, Elizabeth, was aged 46 and was originally from Shropham, Norfolk. The census taker has indicated that she also is an Agricultural Labourer. In the household there is also another son, James Goddard, aged 27 and an Agricultural Labourer from Shropham.
There is an Elizabeth Eagling aged 6, born Hingham, Norfolk and an Elizabeth Eagling, aged 7, born Hingham, Norfolk. Either could be potentially his future wife – the 6 year old individual is recorded as 17 on the next census, while the 7 year old becomes 16.It is likely to be one of them as the other one can be tracked through to the 1881 census where she is recorded as a 26 year old unmarried Domestic Servant.
The older one is living at Dereham Road, Hingham. This was the household of her widowed father, “Thos” Eagling, aged 49 and a Shoemaker, (employing 1 man and 1 boy), originally from Southburgh, Norfolk. Other children in the household are:-
George…..aged 20…..born Hingham….Shoemaker
Emma……aged 15….born Hingham
Ellen……..aged 12….born Hingham
John……..aged 11…..born Hingham
Elizabeth…aged 7……born Hingham
Mary………aged 5…..born Hingham
Edward……aged 2…..born Hingham
James……..aged 6 months,,,born Hingham
Finally there is one more individual in the household, whose relationship to “Thos” is given as servant. This is the 31 year old Ann Eagling, unmarried and from Hingham – possibly a relative who had moved in following the recent death of his wife.
The younger one is living at Watton Road, Hingham. This was the household of her parents, Peregrine, aged 46 and a Farming Bailiff from Little Ellingham, Norfolk, and Mary A, aged 37 and from Hingham. Other children in the household are:-
George………aged 10….born Hingham
James……….aged 8……born Hingham
John…………aged 3……born Hingham
Hannah……...aged 1……born Hingham
They also have a widowed boarder living with them, a 61 year old Elizabeth Bird from Carbrooke, Norfolk.
(But note there is a marriage recorded in Norwich in 1879 of a Samuel Goddard to an Elizabeth Eagling, daughter of “Perrygrine”Eagling – see below)
1871 Census of England and Wales
Samuel Goddard, a 16 year old Agricultural Labourer from Breckles, Norfolk, was recorded living at Mere Road, Stow Bedon, Norfolk. This was the household of his parents, William, (aged 63* and a Farmer of 30 Acres but now from Stowbedon, Norfolk), and Elizabeth, (aged 55 and from Shropham, Norfolk). Samuel is the only person living with them.
*Note – this makes him younger than his stated age on the 1861 census.
The daughter of Thomas, aged16, was still recorded living with her widower father at Dereham Road, Hingham. He is a Shoemaker, (59), while she works as a Shoebinder. Also in the house are children John, (21, Shoemaker), Mary, (14), Edward, (11), James , (10) and William, (9, born Hingham)
The other Eagling family were now living at “Miney Hills”, Hingham where father Peregrine, (56), is a Farmer of 8 acres. He lives there with wife Mary Anne, (46), and children George, (20, Carpenter), James, (19, Agricultural Labourer), Elizabeth, (17), John, (12) and William, (7) and Hannah, (4) – both born Hingham.
1879 – Probable marriage for Samuel and Elizabeth
The marriage of a Samuel Goddard to an Elizabeth Eagling was recorded in the Norwich District in the July to September quarter, (Q3), of 1879.
The marriage of a Samuel Goddard, aged 24 and a Bachelor, to Elizabeth Eagling, aged 25 and a Spinster, took place at St Peter Parmentergate, Norwich on the 20th July 1879.His occupation is given as Miller. Both are stated to live on Prince of Wales Road, (presumably in Norwich), and the marriage followed the reading of the Banns. His father was William Goddard, Farmer. Hers was “Perrygrine” Eagling, Farmer. Witnesses were William and Maria Farrow.
freereg2.freereg.org.uk/search_records/5510ced5e937900271...
1881 Norfolk Register of Electors
A Samuel Goddard was entitled to vote in the parish of Carbrooke as a result of having a Mill and Land as occupier. It is noted that this is near the Caston Boundary.
1881 Source: familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2HYQ-V1N
1881 Census of England and Wales
Samuel, aged 26 and from “Brecles”, Norfolk, was recorded as the married head of the household at Mill House, Mill Lane, Carbrooke, Norfolk. A Miller and Farmer of 25 acres, he employs 1 labourer. Living with him is his wife Elizabeth, aged 26 and from Hingham, Norfolk.
Samuels parents, the 74 year old William, (born Stowbedon) and Elizabeth, (64, born Shropham), were recorded living at the Street, Caston, Norfolk. William lives off a pension – he is described as an “Annuitant”.
1882, 1883, 1884,1885, 1885-6, 1887, 1888, 1889 and 1890 Norfolk Registers of Electors
A Samuel Goddard was entitled to vote in the parish of Carbrooke as a result of having a Mill and Land as occupier. It is noted that this is near the Caston Boundary (1882), near the Watton Road (1883).
1882 Source: familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2HY7-6N7
1883 Source: familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2HYW-4KY
1884 Source: familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2HBR-KKV
1885 Source: familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2HBT-XQ9
By 1885-6 this had become House, land and Mill by Watton Road, Carbrooke.
1885-6 Source: familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2H1Z-JWM
1887 Source: familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2H1D-TTT
1888 Source: familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2HYC-3VY
By 1889 House and land by Watton Road, Carbrooke.
1889 Source: familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2HBN-CFH
1890 Source: familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2HYB-T8N
From a piece on the history of Carbrooke Mill, which includes photographs of the structure.
Samuel Goddard was miller between 1879-1890 and by 1888 was using a steam engine for a separate set of additional stones. He then moved on to Little Cressingham wind/watermill where he and his wife unfortunately died.
www.norfolkmills.co.uk/Windmills/carbrooke-mill-lane-towe...
The combined windmill and watermill at Little Cressingham.
www.norfolkmills.co.uk/Watermills/lt-cressingham.html
1890 – Death
The death of a Samuel Goodard, aged 36, was registered with the Civil Authorities in the district of Swaffham, Norfolk, in the October to December quarter, (Q4), of 1890. Elizabeth Goddard, aged 37, was registered in the same district and quarter.
The Burial of Samuel took place on the 29th December 1890 at Little Cressingham.
familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JZ37-P2K
The 1891 Probate Calendar has Administration granted at the Principal Registry on the 24th January for the Personal Estate of Samuel Goddard, late of Little Cressingham in the County of Norfolk, Miller and Farmer. He is however described as a Widower although he did die on the 25th December 1890 at Little Cressingham. The Administrator was a George Goddard of Northwold, Norfolk, a brother of Samuel. His Personal Estate was valued at £649 4s 5d.
probatesearch.service.gov.uk/Calendar?surname=Goddard&...