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WILLIAM H GOOCH was born in Kennebunk, Maine on 2 Sept, 1830, the son of Luther and
Ruth (Baker) Gooch. Frank A Gooch's The History of a Surname with Some Account of the Line
of John Gooch in New England (c 1926) gives the ancestry of William as: William (Luther,
Joseph, Jedediah, Benjamin, John, John). He died in Kennebunk on 16 Dec, 1909 at age
79yrs,3mos,14das, and was buried in Evergreen Cemetery in Kennebunk.
Around 1852 [48 yrs married in 1900], he married MARY J MURPHY, the daughter of Thomas and Lucy (Andrews) Murphy, who was born in Biddeford, ME on 26 June, 1834 and died on 6 Mar, 1907 [YCCI,pg.932, ME VR].
Except for the brief time he lived in Biddeford after his marriage took place and his sons were born, he lived in Kennebunk and was occupied as a house painter (as was his brother John B., who served alongside him during the War).
According to the 1900 census, wife Mary had 5 children, three of them living at time of the census. It is those 3 that I've data on:
I. GEORGE H, born 17 Aug, 1858 in Biddeford, ME; died on 6 Oct, 1921 in Portland, ME at age 63yrs,1mos,19das. Death record says he was buried in Evergreen Cem, Kennebunk [don't see in YCCI]. He was a house painter, living in Manchester, NH and in Kennebunk. He had a wife NELLIE A, whom he married by 1882 [28 yrs in 1910] and following six chldren:
1. Helen H, age 32 in 1920 Manch., NH census,single, a weaver in woolen mill
2. Mabel, age 36 in 1920, living with mother in Manchester, NH, she was married and had last name of Cummings. She had a son Alfred W, b. ca.1909
3. Alice I, with parents in 1910 Manch., NH, age 24, a bookkeeper
4. Bernice, age 18 in 1910 census, a weaver in cotton mill
5. Harold C, with parents in 1910 at age 13, weaver in cotton mill
6. Caroll Francis, born 22 Jan, 1900 [WWI D.C], after 1920 census moved to New Jersey, dying there in May, 1979 [SSDI]. In 1930, he lived in Penns Grove, Salem Co, NJ, working at an ice making plant [census says married but noone living with him]
II. WILLIAM L, born 5 Sept, 1861 in Biddeford, ME; died in Kennebunk on 2 July, 1922 at age 60yrs,9mos,27das of cerebral hemorhage. He is buried in parents plot with his first wife IDA M BOSTON [b. Kennebunk 1861 d. Kenn. 14 Aug, 1901], the daughter of John and Bertha (Swan) Boston, whom he married ca 1880 [20 yrs in 1900]. He 2ndly marr BERTHA PROUT [pg 95, Gooch Gen], and thirdly on 16 Nov, 1912 in Kennebunk to MABEL G LAWS, the daughter of Charles H and Elizabeth (Tupper) Laws, who was born in Jamaica Plains,MA. William ran The Sagamore, a summer hotel in Kennebunk.
He had one child by Ida:
1. Otis E , born 25 Nov, 1880 [WWI Draft Card], died 20 May, 1964 in Biddeford at age 83 [ME Death Index] In 1920 Kennebunk census as a plumber (he worked for AM Wells in 1918), with wife Alice and children Ida, Byron O, and William L.
By his third wife Mabel he had two daughters:
2. Mary Elizabeth, born 24 Nov, 1913 in Kennebunk [1965's Kennebunk in the Nineties book, pg 76, calls her Mary Tate, living in Saco]
3. Ruth J, born 2 June, 1915 in Kennebunk [In 1965, she was called a retired Lt Colonel of the Army Nurse Corps, living with mother -Kenn. in the Nineties, pg 76]
III. ISABELLE B, born circa Jan, 1866, she married on 22 Jan, 1885 [Kenn vr] to CHARLES W HUFF, the son of Charles O and Amanda L (Tripp) Huff. He was born 29 Apr, 1864 and died on 13 Aug, 1900. They had four children together:
1. Roy O, born 7 Mar, 1886 in Kennebunkport [VR], he died 29 Sept, 1888 aged 2yrs,7mos. Buried in Huff Plot, Village Cemetery, Kennebunkport [YCCI, pg 985]
2. Earle W, born 28 Aug, 1888 and died on 3 Oct, 1912. Buried in family plot.
3. Gladys M, born Apr, 1890, she was married to a Smith and died in 1922, buried with father and brothers.
4. Norma L, born in March, 1894 [1900 census], not researched after this.
Additional Source Data:
1850 Kennebunk census: hh 24/25
1860 Biddeford (pg 16): hh 128/128
1870 K-Bunk (pg 37): hh 327/329
1880 K-Bunk (pg 27): hh 432/467
1890 Veteran Schedule: William lived in K-Bunk
1900 K-Bunk (pg 6A): hh 140/142 William and Mary marr 48yrs, her with "ch 5/3"
1900 K-Bunk (pg 3A): son William at hh 53/55 - page hard to read
1900 K-Bunk (pg 20B) - dau Isabelle +her ch.
1910 Manchester, NH ward-8 (pg 4B): George H and family, renting at 55 A St.
1920 K-Bunk (pg 12B) - son William; (pg 13A) - son George H, both living Port Rd.
1920 Manchester, NH Wrd-10 (pg 10A): Nellie, w/o Geo., and children living at 73 A St. [George was back in Kennebunk]
1930 Penns Grove, Salem, NJ (pg 1A): dtaa on Carroll Gooch
-MOCA York County Cemetery Inscriptions (pg 932+985)
-Bourne, Edward and Lord, Hartley 'Kennebunk in the Nineties and Biographical Sketches' c1965 Brick Store Museum (pg 76 for small William Gooch and family mention)
Around 1852 [48 yrs married in 1900], he married MARY J MURPHY, the daughter of Thomas and Lucy (Andrews) Murphy, who was born in Biddeford, ME on 26 June, 1834 and died on 6 Mar, 1907 [YCCI,pg.932, ME VR].
Except for the brief time he lived in Biddeford after his marriage took place and his sons were born, he lived in Kennebunk and was occupied as a house painter (as was his brother John B., who served alongside him during the War).
According to the 1900 census, wife Mary had 5 children, three of them living at time of the census. It is those 3 that I've data on:
I. GEORGE H, born 17 Aug, 1858 in Biddeford, ME; died on 6 Oct, 1921 in Portland, ME at age 63yrs,1mos,19das. Death record says he was buried in Evergreen Cem, Kennebunk [don't see in YCCI]. He was a house painter, living in Manchester, NH and in Kennebunk. He had a wife NELLIE A, whom he married by 1882 [28 yrs in 1910] and following six chldren:
1. Helen H, age 32 in 1920 Manch., NH census,single, a weaver in woolen mill
2. Mabel, age 36 in 1920, living with mother in Manchester, NH, she was married and had last name of Cummings. She had a son Alfred W, b. ca.1909
3. Alice I, with parents in 1910 Manch., NH, age 24, a bookkeeper
4. Bernice, age 18 in 1910 census, a weaver in cotton mill
5. Harold C, with parents in 1910 at age 13, weaver in cotton mill
6. Caroll Francis, born 22 Jan, 1900 [WWI D.C], after 1920 census moved to New Jersey, dying there in May, 1979 [SSDI]. In 1930, he lived in Penns Grove, Salem Co, NJ, working at an ice making plant [census says married but noone living with him]
II. WILLIAM L, born 5 Sept, 1861 in Biddeford, ME; died in Kennebunk on 2 July, 1922 at age 60yrs,9mos,27das of cerebral hemorhage. He is buried in parents plot with his first wife IDA M BOSTON [b. Kennebunk 1861 d. Kenn. 14 Aug, 1901], the daughter of John and Bertha (Swan) Boston, whom he married ca 1880 [20 yrs in 1900]. He 2ndly marr BERTHA PROUT [pg 95, Gooch Gen], and thirdly on 16 Nov, 1912 in Kennebunk to MABEL G LAWS, the daughter of Charles H and Elizabeth (Tupper) Laws, who was born in Jamaica Plains,MA. William ran The Sagamore, a summer hotel in Kennebunk.
He had one child by Ida:
1. Otis E , born 25 Nov, 1880 [WWI Draft Card], died 20 May, 1964 in Biddeford at age 83 [ME Death Index] In 1920 Kennebunk census as a plumber (he worked for AM Wells in 1918), with wife Alice and children Ida, Byron O, and William L.
By his third wife Mabel he had two daughters:
2. Mary Elizabeth, born 24 Nov, 1913 in Kennebunk [1965's Kennebunk in the Nineties book, pg 76, calls her Mary Tate, living in Saco]
3. Ruth J, born 2 June, 1915 in Kennebunk [In 1965, she was called a retired Lt Colonel of the Army Nurse Corps, living with mother -Kenn. in the Nineties, pg 76]
III. ISABELLE B, born circa Jan, 1866, she married on 22 Jan, 1885 [Kenn vr] to CHARLES W HUFF, the son of Charles O and Amanda L (Tripp) Huff. He was born 29 Apr, 1864 and died on 13 Aug, 1900. They had four children together:
1. Roy O, born 7 Mar, 1886 in Kennebunkport [VR], he died 29 Sept, 1888 aged 2yrs,7mos. Buried in Huff Plot, Village Cemetery, Kennebunkport [YCCI, pg 985]
2. Earle W, born 28 Aug, 1888 and died on 3 Oct, 1912. Buried in family plot.
3. Gladys M, born Apr, 1890, she was married to a Smith and died in 1922, buried with father and brothers.
4. Norma L, born in March, 1894 [1900 census], not researched after this.
Additional Source Data:
1850 Kennebunk census: hh 24/25
1860 Biddeford (pg 16): hh 128/128
1870 K-Bunk (pg 37): hh 327/329
1880 K-Bunk (pg 27): hh 432/467
1890 Veteran Schedule: William lived in K-Bunk
1900 K-Bunk (pg 6A): hh 140/142 William and Mary marr 48yrs, her with "ch 5/3"
1900 K-Bunk (pg 3A): son William at hh 53/55 - page hard to read
1900 K-Bunk (pg 20B) - dau Isabelle +her ch.
1910 Manchester, NH ward-8 (pg 4B): George H and family, renting at 55 A St.
1920 K-Bunk (pg 12B) - son William; (pg 13A) - son George H, both living Port Rd.
1920 Manchester, NH Wrd-10 (pg 10A): Nellie, w/o Geo., and children living at 73 A St. [George was back in Kennebunk]
1930 Penns Grove, Salem, NJ (pg 1A): dtaa on Carroll Gooch
-MOCA York County Cemetery Inscriptions (pg 932+985)
-Bourne, Edward and Lord, Hartley 'Kennebunk in the Nineties and Biographical Sketches' c1965 Brick Store Museum (pg 76 for small William Gooch and family mention)
Private, Company I, Age 33 From Kennebunk
William H Gooch
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