Robert George GOODMAN

1918 - 1996  (78 years)

• Name	Robert George GOODMAN
  Born	1 Sep 1918	Mystic, CT
  	Small house near the river cove on the Haley Estate
  Gender	Male
  CAUS	Cancer
  EDUC	Stonington High School 1936
  OCCU	Building Contractor
  RES	1996-347 New London Turnpike, Stonington, CT
  Died	12 Sep 1996	Stonington, CT   [1]
  Person ID	I67	The Turses
  Last Modified	31 Mar 2015

  
  

  Father	John Henry (Jack) GOODMAN,   b. 17 Jul 1892, Malvern, Worcestershire, England ,   d. 8 Feb 1965, Mystic, New London, CT  (Age 72 years)
  Mother	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. [2]
  Family ID	F45	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Mary Elizabeth DUBOURG,   b. 1925,   d. 16 May 1980, Stonington, CT  (Age 55 years)
  Married	11 Sep 1946	St. Stephens Catholic Church, New Orleans, LA   [3]
  Children	+ 1. Living   2. Living   3. Living
  Last Modified	14 Dec 2008
  Family ID	F46	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Living
  Last Modified	14 Dec 2008
  Family ID	F1498	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Married - 11 Sep 1946 - St. Stephens Catholic Church, New Orleans, LA Died - 12 Sep 1996 - Stonington, CT  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos

  Bob Goodman Family Luau - Lantern Hill Cottage L-R Dad Bob Goodman, Robert John, Mary P, Janet, and Mom Mary. Taken about 1960 at their lakeside cottage. Bob and Mary loved to party, and their annual gathering at the lakeside cottage was great fun always for family and friends. How could it not be, when you get dressed like this in Connecticut!

  
  

  Headstones

  Robert G Goodman and Mary Dubourg Robert Goodman is brother to Alfred, son of Jack and Jessie Goodman

  
  

• Notes

  Born in the small house near the river cove on the Haley Estate, Mystic, CT (Now on Seamans Inn grounds) Stationed in New Orleans while serving in the Army during WW II (enlisted 18 May 1943), there he met and married Mary Dubourg. HIs WWII enlistment record indicates that he was a “skilled pattern and model maker”, but according to his own story, he began his career building shipping boxes during the war, and after coming home he worked as a shipbuilder at Mystic Shipyard. During the prime of his career as a builder, he built and remodeled hundreds of houses throughout the Mystic and Mason’s Island area. He was well known for the quality of his work, and was sought out for custom construction projects in homes and commercial properties. He loved the color orange, and over the years he owned a series of bright orange trucks that were familiar sights. His slogan was “For a good man, call Goodman.” He loved to tell the story of riding out the hurricane of 1938 aboard a boat that he was trying to save. The floodwaters picked up the boat and deposited both he and the boat safely ashore. He also was known to pick up his banjo from time to time, and enjoyed dancing whenever the opportunity arose. The home he built for his family on Mistuxet Avenue was on land once part of the Denison Homestead where Jack Goodman worked for many years as the caretaker. The land was bequethed to Jack by Ann B. D. Gates the last of the Denison family to live at the homestead. He was a member of St. Patrick’s Church, Mystic; a charter member of Quiambaug Fire Company; and, a member of the Groton Lodge of the Elks.

  
  

• Sources

  [S46] SSDI. [S6] Book of Comman Prayer, (Episcopal Church). [S8] Truss Family Genealogy, Beverly Lathrop.