John Henry (Jack) GOODMAN

1892 - 1965  (72 years)

• Name	John Henry (Jack) GOODMAN
  Born	17 Jul 1892	Malvern, Worcestershire, England   [1, 2]
  	May have lived in Droitwich
  Gender	Male
  EMIG	2 Sep 1910	Belle Isle, Quebec, Canada
  NATU	8 Jun 1921	Norwich, New London County, CT   [3]
  	Session for Naturalization held at Superior Court June 7th and 8th at 10 A.M. Hon Gardiner Greene, Judge
  OCCU	Gardener
  RELI	Anglican/Episcopal
  RES	1917: 9 Reynolds Hill, Mystic opposite the Haley Mansion
  Buried	Feb 1965	Elm Grove Cemetery, Mystic, CT
  Died	8 Feb 1965	Mystic, New London, CT
  Person ID	I65	The Turses
  Last Modified	11 Feb 2016

  
  

  Father	John G. GOODMAN,   b. 17 Mar 1871, Ombersley, Worcestershire, England ,   d. 1 Sep 1953, Witton, Birmingham, England  (Age 82 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Lily HAWKES,   b. 15 Sep 1872, Malvern, Worcestershire, England ,   d. 4 Mar 1944, Upton on Severn, Worcestershire, England  (Age 71 years)
  Married	5 Oct 1891  [4]
  Family ID	F47	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Jessie Irene TRUSS,   b. 3 Mar 1894, 99 Sturbridge St., Bromsgrove, Worcestershire England ,   d. 14 Sep 1960, Mystic, CT  (Age 66 years)
  Married	12 Apr 1914	Christ Church, Bedford Ave. Brooklyn, NY
  	Rev William Sheafe Chase, Rector
  Notes	Married on Easter Sunday, April 12, 1914 at Christ Church on Bedford and Division Avenue, Brooklyn, New York by Rev. Canon William Sheafe Chase at 10 AM. A wedding breakfast followed at the home of the bride’s parents, Mr. & Mrs. W. G. Truss, 1169 Herkimer Street, Brooklyn, NY. Winesses: Charles Hobday and Henry Sylvester. [5]
  Children	+ 1. Alfred John GOODMAN,   b. 13 Mar 1915, Mystic, CT ,   d. 17 Oct 1990, Mystic, CT  (Age 75 years) + 2. Robert George GOODMAN,   b. 1 Sep 1918, Mystic, CT ,   d. 12 Sep 1996, Stonington, CT  (Age 78 years)
  Last Modified	14 Dec 2008
  Family ID	F45	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Mary Virginia MORGAN,   b. 7 Oct 1897, Groton, New London, CT ,   d. 2 May 1988, Noank, Groton, New London, CT  (Age 90 years)
  Last Modified	28 Jun 2018
  Family ID	F85	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 17 Jul 1892 - Malvern, Worcestershire, England EMIG - 2 Sep 1910 - Belle Isle, Quebec, Canada NATU - 8 Jun 1921 - Norwich, New London County, CT  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Jack Goodman wedding portrait about 1914
  		Jack Goodman age 20
  		John G Goodman and wife, Elizabeth Taken in the courtyard of the farm in Worcestershire, UK, where John served as bailiff
  		John G Goodman Family Undated photo taken about 1905. John Henry Goodman emigrated to Canada/USA in 1910 aboard the SS Tunisia, Ernie Goodman emigrated aboard the SS Commonwealth to Australia in 1914, and Joe Goodman emigrated to Australia aboard the SS Asturias in 1949. The rest of the family remained in England. Albert's daughter, Barbara Goodman, is a significant contributor to the family genealogy in England and Australia.
  		Jack Goodman 20 yo.TIF

  
  

  Histories

  World War I Draft Registration Cards PDF file - Contains the draft registration cards of 41 Tuers/Turse men, Truss, Holliday, Goodman, and Grangers known to the website administrator as of Dec 2005.

  
  

• Notes

  According to notes in his handwritten biographical sketch, John Henry (Jack) Goodman sailed aboard the Allen Line ship SS Tunisian embarking from Liverpool, England 25 August 1910. The Tunisian was a primary carrier of British Home Children. These children were forced to emigrate from England, and then bound to work for Canadian families - a practice which went on across the Commonwealth until the early 1960’s. Jack was not one of these children, but received a letter in England while from John Price, a school friend who had gone to Canada as a child, and offered to assist him to travel to Canada, sending him a ticket for travel from Liverpool to Quebec aboard the SS Tunisian. Jack arrived in Quebec on 2 September. He worked as a farm laborer in Canada for a year. He left Canada via train on 7 September 1911, to arrive in Brooklyn, New York where he found work as a shipping clerk. (See My Life Time by John Henry Goodman, transcribed by Jim Turse & Cindy Goodman Turse. The original is held by Janet Goodman Chapman, Mystic, CT) While in Brooklyn, he met and courted Jessie Irene Truss, the sister of George Truss, a fellow Englishman he befriended and met with a couple of times each week after work. His WW I Draft Registration Card on June 5, 1917 lists him as living at 9 Reynolds Hill, Mystic, CT while employed by Mr. Albert Haley as a gardener in Mystic. He is described as medium in build with grey eyes and brown hair. [6]

  
  

• Sources

  [S4] Robertha Agnes Holliday. [S8] Truss Family Genealogy, Beverly Lathrop. [S31] Session for Naturalization. [S245] Goodman Family Genealogy. [S6] Book of Comman Prayer, (Episcopal Church). [S32] John Henry Goodman Diary.