Geographical locations in England have unique, interesting terms in county sub-divisions, according to Shirley Irvine. Three mention dioceses, and Yorkshire has its 'ridings' --- North, East, and West. Some counties are divided into “Hun-dreds.”
Hundreds were subdivisions of shires and counties, each with its own court. They were judicial, military, and taxation units that emerged before William the Conqueror. “Domesday Book” is arranged by counties and hundreds.
Size of the hundreds varied, but the basis for drawing up the hundreds of a county was pretty much the same everywhere. It was an area that was comprised of one hundred families, or one hundred 'hides.' A hide [also known as a carucate] was a measure of land--the amount required by one free family and its dependents. This amount of land was defined in turn as that which could be tilled by one plough and a team of oxen in one year.
The hundred was a practical division of local administration for a very long time. Genealogists encounter hundreds in directories; they are listed in the county sections within Samuel Lewis' “Topographical Dictionary of England;” they appear on maps. Among the records arranged this way are hearth taxes in the late 1600s and militia records of the 1700s.
This ancient division is not found in every county. The four extreme northern counties of Cumberland, Westmorland, Durham, and Northumberland, were broken up into wards. On the eastern side of England, the equivalent of a hundred is the wapentake, a term which the Danes brought with them. Wap-entakes are found in Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire, Rutland, and Yorkshire.
In several counties the hundred [or the wapentake] is a sub-division of a unit that falls between it and the county. York-shire has its ridings, Lincolnshire has three divisions [Lindsey, Kestevan and Holland]; in the southeast, Kent has 62 hundreds within 5 'lathes' and Sussex has 66 hundreds within 6 'rapes.'
Lancashire had six hundreds. Cornwall had nine hundreds, Essex had twenty, and Norfolk had thirty-three. The smaller divisions reflect the larger number of people per square mile and the greater fertility of the land.
The Parish records--primarily births, baptisms, marriages, and burials--provide the best source of vital record information in the centuries before civil registration.
Sherry Irvine, CGRS, FSA has written an informative book on effectively using the census returns of Great Britain. She wrote:
“Apart from minor differences in supplementary details, the census returns for 1851 through 1891 provide the following:
~ Address or location
~ Name of each person in the household
~ Marital status
~ Sex
~ Relationship to the head of the household
~ Age
~ Occupation
~ Birthplace
However, the first nominal census [1841] is different and less informative. Missing from these returns are relationships, accurate ages, and precise birthplace details. What they record is:
~ Address or location
~ Name of each person in the household
~ Age rounded down to the nearest five years for adults
[this confused people and compounded fibs]
~ Exact age for children under 15
~ Occupation
~ A vague answer to the question "were you born in the
county?" which in England meant noting Y [yes], N
[no], S [Scotland], I [Ireland), Pts [foreign parts;
points]
Several clues distinguish one household from another: hash marks made by the enumerators [when at the left edge of a name, a double backslash is a new building and a single one separates family units in the same building]; 1851 and after, a new number in the extreme left column [No. of Householder's Schedule]; 1851 and after, the appearance of the word "Head" in the Relationship column.”
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Capt. George Thomas Gowen, commanding officer of the 27th Native Infantry Regiment of the East India Company Service was killed in the Indian revolt that occurred in the fall of 1857.
His name, along with a list of killed and wounded, was published in the October 10, 1857 edition of the “Bombay Gazette:”
“The War in India,
List of Killed and Wounded
The following is the list of persons connected with the East India Company's Service who were killed during the re-volt.”
The East India Company had the unusual distinction of ruling an entire country. Its origins were much humbler. On December 31, 1600, a group of merchants who had incorporated themselves into the East India Company were given monopoly privileges on all trade with the East Indies.
The Company's ships first arrived in India, at the port of Surat, in 1608. Sir Thomas Roe reached the court of the Mughal Emperor, Jahangir, as the emissary of King James I in 1615, and gained for the British the right to establish a factory at Surat. Gradually the British eclipsed the Portugese and over the years they saw a massive expansion of their trading operations in India.
Numerous trading posts were established along the east and west coasts of India, and considerable English communities developed around the three presidency towns of Calcutta, Bombay, and Madras. In 1717, the Company achieved its hitherto most notable success when it received a firman or royal dictat from the Mughal Emperor exempting the Company from the payment of custom duties in Bengal.
The Company saw the rise of its fortunes, and its transformation from a trading venture to a ruling enterprise, when one of its military officials, Robert Clive, defeated the forces of the Nawab of Bengal, Siraj-ud-daulah, at the Battle of Plassey in 1757. A few years later the Company acquired the right to collect revenues on behalf of the Mughal Emperor, but the initial years of its administration were calamitous for the people of Bengal. The Company's servants were largely a rapacious and self-aggrandizing lot, and the plunder of Bengal left the formerly rich province in a state of utter destitution.
The famine of 1769-70, which the Company's policies did nothing to alleviate, may have taken the lives of as many as a third of the population. The Company, despite the increase in trade and the revenues coming in from other sources, found itself burdened with massive military expenditures, and its destruction seemed imminent. State intervention put the ailing Company back on its feet, and Lord North's India Bill, also known as the Regulating Act of 1773, provided for greater parliamentary control over the affairs of the Company, besides placing India under the rule of a Governor-General.
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G. Gowan, a 32-year-old waiter on the S.S. Lusitania, was among the 1,198 people who lost their lives when the British liner was torpedoed and sunk May 7, 1915. Many Americans were aboard the Lusitania when it was attacked by a German submarine, and the incident contributed to the entry into World War I by the United States.
The 32,000-ton ship was sailing on her regular run from New York to Liverpool, despite the war, with a full load of 1,959 passengers and a cargo containing some munitions. Her speed, 18 knots, was considered speedy at that time and was so much faster than the submarines of that era that a considerable amount of luck was required for the U-boat to get into torpedo range. Though she was only a few miles off the Irish coast, the Lusitania sank so quickly that lifeboats and liferafts could not be fully loaded and lowered.
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James Robert Gowen, secretary of the Royal Horticultural Society from 1845 to 1850, had a plant named for him. The Gowen Cypress, Goveniana Gord, a shrub or small tree, can be found in Europe, Asia and North America, according Dr. E. Clair "Cal" Calavan, University of California, Riverside.
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John Goyne and Richard Goyne, "born in the parts of the land of Luque," received denization [naturalization] by the king, 1st month, 17th day, 1452, according to an early record found in Westminster. Luque is located in southern Spain..
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Sir William Goyen, a knight, was buried "8th month, 7th day, 1597."
John Gowing of Berkshire was convicted of a crime and sentenced to transportation. In 1686 he was "reprieved for transportation for Jamaica, Barbados or Bermuda."
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Christopher d'Olier Gowan was born in 1910 in India, according to his obituary published August 13, 1996 in the “London Daily Telegraph.” He taught for 38 years at Eton College, the largest public school of England. It was founded by King Henry VI in 1440 for 70 highly qualified scholarship students and up to 20 boys in addition to the scholars. The 70 scholarships has remained fixed for the past 560 years.
His father was Governor of the Central Provinces. Gowan won a scholarship to Rugby and left as Head of School.
His obituary read:
“Christopher Gowan, who has died aged 85, spent most of his working life as a master at Eton. He taught there for 38 years and served as head of modern languages and as a housemaster. Although Gowan had taken a First in History at Oxford, he found there were no vacancies to teach his subject when in 1932 he wrote to Dr Cyril Alington, then the headmaster of Eton. None the less, Alington invited Gowan to lunch, and the result was that he was appointed to teach French for the time being, and told to spend the summer vacation in France brushing up the language.
As it turned out Gowan, though for a number of years the only man on the Eton staff with a First in History, never taught the subject. This may have saved his life. When the Second World War came, several of the young historians joined the infantry and were killed in the Western Desert. Gowan, being a linguist, became an intelligence officer and spent the war in headquarters in several countries.
After Staff College training, initially under John Marsden, a former Eton pupil of his, Gowan was sent to the Middle East and in 1942 to GHQ Cairo. He later joined the "Map Caravan" with Bill Williams, Montgomery's Chief of Intelligence. He worked on the forward liaison units "J" and Phantom, responsible for reconnoitering and reporting forward troop and tank movement on both sides. For this work he was mentioned in despatches.
After D-Day, Gowan went through Northern Europe with Montgomery at HQ 21st Army Group, ending the war in Berlin as a lieutenant-colonel. He always said how grateful he was for his war-time experience, feeling that it made him a much better schoolmaster.
At Hertford College, Oxford, he played most games and won a half-blue as a three-miler. On moving to Eton he had planned to marry Margaret McNair, the first New Zealand girl to graduate at Oxford. But Alington persuaded him to delay the marriage for a year to learn the ropes of schoolmastering.
Gowan's vigour of intellect and buccaneering personality soon brought him notice. In those days Eton masters wore silk hats and tailcoats on Sundays, and Gowan was unusual in sporting his hat at a jaunty angle.
He once surprised an insolent boy by offering to meet him in the ring, only to discover that the boy was soon to become Captain of Boxing. They fought three rounds and parted friends. Gowan was soon put in charge of school boxing. He was active also in modernising the coaching of athletics. At the time of his appointment, the School Mile was still run on a public road, which was closed to all traffic for the occasion.
Soon after his return from the war, he took over as a housemaster in Cotton Hall House, and for 17 years Gowan's boys were a force to be reckoned with. On the games field they successfully reflected his intensely competitive spirit, and in the house they appreciated the family atmosphere. They were also impressed by the number of dinner-party guests invited to the Gowans' table, though they could not help wondering how the food compared with that served up to them.
In 1964 Tony Chenevix-Trench, the new headmaster, gave Gowan the chance to make his greatest contribution to Eton. He was invited to chair a new curriculum committee, which transformed the academic structure of the school. It led to a wider range of subjects, as well as the establishment of Geography, Economics and English departments.
Gowan's clarity of mind and grasp of detail were a great help to Chenevix-Trench, as well as being powerful assets in what he saw as a strategic campaign. He was not averse to challenging the traditional power of Classical masters, by as he put it, “mining, sapping, diversions and flank attacks.” Much of what his committee put in place still endures. Gowan was perhaps disappointed that no headmastership came his way.
In 1970 he retired to Windermere. He continued to be very active there, serving for 22 years on the committee of the YMCA camp at Lakeside. His diversions included fly-fishing and hill-walking. He was a notable grower of irises.
Gowan could be unsparing in criticism, but he was always gregarious and ebullient. His wife died shortly before they could celebrate their golden wedding; they had three daughters.
Lt. John Gowan of the 30th Regiment [Cambridgeshire] of Foot served in the Battle of Waterloo against Napoleon Bonaparte under the command of Lt. Col. Alexander Hamilton, according to Tim Chadwick of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
The will of Gowen Duncalf “of Adlington, Yeoman,” was proved in 1737, according to the Cheshire Record Office. His beneficiary was Mary Wilson Wright, wife of Richard Wright and daughter of Joseph Wilson, a cousin.
Mentioned in "Cornwall Muster Roll of 1569" by H. L. Douch were "Richard Gyan, St. Erne Parish, powder; Udy Gyen, St. Cullomb Parish; John Gyen, St. Cullomb Parish; Henry Gyen, St. Cullomb Parish; John Gyon, Penrybor Parish; Nyclis Gyon, Penybor Parish; Harry Geyne, Unylelant Parish, Perwith, George Gyne, Unylelant Parish, Perwith and Fraunces Gyne, Camborne Parish, Penwiyh.
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Francis Goyan was born in St. Agnes,Cornwall and came to the United States in 1840 with brothers John Goyan, James Goyan and William Goyan, according to Pamela Goyan Kitt-ler a descendant. John Goyne and Mary Ann Mitchell Goyne are regarded as their parents.
Francis Goyan became known as Frank Goyan and was a founder of of Placerville, California, arriving there about 1855.
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Peter Goyen, son of Peter Goyen, a tin miner and Mary Ann Bawden Goyen, was born at St. Agnes, Cornwall in 1846. In 1853, his father left his family in Cornwall and emigrated to Australia, hoping to find better mining opportunities. After a six-month voyage, he arrived at his destination, and six years later he was able to send for his family.
Mary Ann Bawden Goyen, Peter, 13; Elizabeth, 11; John, 7 and Mary Jane, 6 arrived in Melbourne on the "Red Jacket," 140 days out of Liverpool in August 1853. Peter Goyen was carried on the ship's passenger list as a "laborer," indicating that child labor was an accepted practice in those early days.
Peter Goyen was enrolled in St. James Church of England School on Flinders Street in Melbourne. Following graduation, he went to Ballarat and entered teacher training while earning his living as an engine driver in the tin mines. He was married about 1868 to Mary Ann Skinner.
He first taught at Pigoreet School and then Talbot and Cambrian Hill and Ballan. Tragically, Mary Ann Skinner Goyen died December 12, 1875, at age 21. Their six-year-old daughter, Elsie Helen Phillips Goyen died in the following spring, April 25, 1875, compounding his grief.
Peter Goyen was remarried in Melbourne to Emilie Harriette Leete Smith, daughter of John Halcon Smith and Jane Bennetts Smith. Fortune then began to smile on the couple, and Peter Goyen was selected from a large group of applicants for the position of Inspector of Schools in New Zealand. They sailed immediately in the "Albion" for Dunedin where in 1882 he began his inspectoral duties.
He became well known as the author of a number of education works, among them being "The Principles of English Composition," "Higher Arithmetic and Mensuration" and "Companion to Higher Arithmetic." He also wrote some small useful education works and several papers on arachnida of New Zealand.
He was elected a Fellow of the Linnean Society of London in 1888 and was an enthusiastic botanist and arachnologist. He died at age 81 in 1927 in Dunedin.
I am enclosing [below] a copy of a newspaper account of a collision at sea involving my g-g-grandmother and her children while they were coming out in 1859 to join my g-g-grandfather already here. Robert J. Goyen, 523 Sutton St, Sebastopol, 3357, Victoria, Australia.
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The White Star ship Red Jacket arrived at Port Phillip Heads at sundown on Saturday and reached Hobson's Bay late yesterday evening. Her passage to the Equator occupied 28 days; thence to the Cape light and baffling winds. Capt. Kirby reports the loss of the Elizabeth Walker from collision with the Red Jacket. The following particulars were extracted from the log:
"June 13, lat. 30.40 S, long. 36.40 W at 1 a.m, clear moonlight, ship's course SE 1/2 S, rate of sailing 9 knots, all plain sail set and the port foretopmast studding-sail, the man on the look-out reported a ship on the port bow. Orders were given by Mr. Robertson, officer of the watch, to show the port light. On ascertaining the tack and position of the ship the officer of the watch gave orders for the helm to be put to port, as the strange vessel was nearly on a parallel on the opposite tack to ourselves. The strange vessel then showed a flaming torchlight. At the same time, it was discovered that she had put her helm to starboard, and was keeping off the same as ourselves. The officer of the watch seeing, by the two vessels continuing on the same course, that a collision would be inevitable, ordered the helm of the Red Star to be put to starboard, with the view of passing under the stern of the strange vessel, and almost simultlaneously, the helm on board of the strange vessel was put to port, which luffed her across our bows, and a collision took place. Orders were immediately given to throw all aback. To describe the confusion among the passengers at the first shock is unnecessary; suffice it to say that the Red Jacket had cut into the main-hatch combings of the other vessel, carrying away her mainmast, mizen topmast, yards, etc, the Red Jacket losing foretopmast-studsail-boom, and some of the head gear being carried away. On looking over the bows of our own vessel, I immediately saw the dangerous position of the other one, as she was evidently filling very rapidly with water, and called out to them on board to leave her at once. With much difficulty the crew got on board the Red Jacket, and in less that eight minutes from the first shock the strange vessel went down under the bottom of the Red Jacket. At the earliest opportunity the crew of the strange vessel was mustered. They were all on board, and with the exception of the man that was at the wheel, they were all uninjured. The ship proved to be the Elizabeth Walker, of Glasgow, from Buenos Ayres, with a general cargo. When repair was completed, sail was made with the intention to procede on the voyage and to put the crew on board the first ship we found homeward bound."
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John Goyne Instant Success
John Goyne was born in 1826 at Rosemundy, St. Agnes, Cornwall, the son of James and Elizabeth Goyne. He grew up in a world of mining and miners and gained much practical experience in that field, becoming a miner himself at a young age. The 1841 census shows John Goyne as a miner at age 15. In 1847, he was married to Catherine Letcher in Truro, Cornwall. Five years later, he sailed with his brother on the ship "Graham" from the West Indian docks of London for Victoria, arriving in Australia in early 1854. Catherine was to follow in 1866, some 13 years later on the "Great Britain," and their children, Louisa, 18; Emily, 16; Kate, 15 and John, 13 travelled on the "White Star" the following year.
On his arrival in Victoria, John Goyne made his way to the Creswick and Ballarat goldfields and followed the rush of gold fever for four years. In the goldfields he had observed that much of the gold ore was lost in its processing. He saw some deficiencies in the stamper grating equipment then in use and had some ideas for improvements. By 1858, he had raised sufficient capital to launch his stamper grating factory at Epsom. The Goyne factory was immediately successful, gaining large sales volume and much publicity. He was soon receiving large orders from mining companies in Western Australia, Queensland, New Zealand, South Africa, the Straits settlements and Batavia. Two more children were born, Minnie and Frank.
With success, John Goyne began to plan a new home, a show place in the community. It was to be called "Rosemundy House" after his birthplace. By, 1880, he was a very wealthy and influential man. Shipments of sheet iron and steel were constantly arriving from England, and finished products were continually being shipped out. The factory was wired with electric lights, enabling it to operate day and night. By the mid 1800's he was exporting world wide and was able to employ seven men during 1902.
Opposite the factory was "Rosemundy" surrounded by 20 acres of grounds, six of which were orchards. The area surrounding the mansion was like a park, landscaped with trees and shrubs, and the house was almost hidden with gardens. The outhouses were many--scullery, laundry, maidsquarters, stables and a gold office. The main house was glorious--an exceptional Victorian solid brick residence.
John Goyne also owned 1800 acres of land at Kamarooka where he carried out his pastoral and agricultural interests. John Goyne was elected to the Huntly Shire Council in 1881 and served with this institution for over 20 years, he was also gazetted as a Justice of the Peace.
Catherine Goyne died October 12, 1905 at the age of 76, and John Goyne designed the family vault which was erected in White Hills Cemetery. Two years later, he died at the age of 81 and was buried beside his wife. So ended the life of a man who contributed greatly to the gold industry of Bendigo and to the communities of Epsom and White Hills. He was a man who embarked on an enterprise which was destined to play an important role in mining operations worldwide--a pioneer and a genius in his own right.
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[Nola Aickin and her husband are the present owners of "Rosemundy" and have maintained the mansion in keeping with its original grandeur and heritage. The address: "Rosemundy," Goyne's Road, Epsom 3551, Victoria, Australia.
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Ursula Gowen was married in 1705 to Richard Cowling in St. Agnes Parish, Cornwall, according to a letter written January 16, 1990 by Gladys M. White, a descendant of Quinnesec, Michigan.
Children born to Richard Cowling and Ursula Gowen Cowling include:
Emblen Cowling christened in 1706
John Cowling christened in 1708
Richard Cowling christened in 1710
Atwel Cowling christened in 1712
Eulalia Cowling christened in 1716
Atwell Cowling christened in 1719
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Ambros Gowen was the father of Shadrach Gowen who was christened in Cornwall, "9th month, 21st day, 1600."
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Elizabeth Goyen was married August 4, 1823 to John Roberts in St. Agnes Parish, according to Sheila Hill.
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Sarah Goyen, daughter of Richard Goyen and Jane Goyen, was christened May 23, 1825, according to St. Agnes Parish Register in Gunvea, Cornwall.
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Included in the 1841 census of St. Agnes, District 11, Mount Hawke, Folio 166, page 8 were:
“Goyne, John 30, tin miner
Phillippia 25
John 4
Goyne, Sarah 65, ind[indigent?]
Mary 20
Arthur, George 25, tin miner
Catherine 25
Goyne, William 35, tinplate worker
Mary 35,
Amelia 15, shopmaid,
Mary 14,
Francis 11, male
Sarah 9,
Sirzah 4, female
Lydia 2”
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Elizabeth Goyne was married August 8, 1796 to William Henwood, according to St. Agnes marriage records. Children born to them include Rebecca Henwood who was baptized December 25, 1799 at St. Agnes.
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Thomas Goyne of Cornwall was sentenced and transported in March 1754 "for assaulting a J.P. on duty to preserve a stranded ship," according to "The Complete Book of Emigrants in Bondage, 1614-1775." by Peter Wilson Coldham.
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John Gyon of St. Colomb Parish appeared on the tax list of 1524.
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Oto Gyon, Benedict Gyon, Pasco Gyon of St. Erme and John Gyon of Maddron appeared in the 1525 tax list of Cornwall.
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Richard Goyn was born September 22, 1822 in Cornwall, according to the research of Dolores "Jackie" Towner of Nyssa, Oregon. He was, by family tradition, son of a sea captain. The research of Billie June Salmond, a descendant of Bountiful Utah, shows Richard Goyn to be a son of Richard Goyn and Sarah Job Goyn.
He was disowned by his family when he was married in Quebec, Canada to Catherine Crippen January 11, 1843. Catherine Crippen Goyn was born November 7, 1821 in Canada. In 1858, they lived in Iowa and in Missouri in 1865. He died in Collbran, Colorado June 13, 1893, and she died there in Mesa County February 16, 1915.
Children born to Richard Goyn and Catherine Crippen Goyn include:
Alice Goyn born April 1, 1858
Charles Augustus Goyn born August 9, 1865
Alice Goyn, daughter of Richard Goyn and Catherine Crippen Goyn, was born in Iowa April 1, 1858. She was married July 3, 1874 to Mansfield Towner who was born in Hunter, New York October 14, 1847. In 1875 they lived in Boulder, Colorado. In 1886 they lived in Boise, Idaho. She died March 25, 1915 in Grandview, Idaho. He died May 10, 1939 in Council, Idaho.
Children born to Mansfield Towner and Alice Goyn Towner include:
Elmer Towner born April 29, 1875
Walter Towner born August 28, 1886
Elmer Towner, son of Mansfield Towner and Alice Goyn Towner, was born April 29, 1875 at Boulder, Colorado. He was married November 20, 1900 in Mesa County, Colorado to Jessie Mable Hope, according to Edwyna Dayonne Hurt Work of Denton, Texas. Jessie Mable Hope was born March 17, 1881 at La Cygne, Kansas to Edwin Hope and Lucetta Theressa Pettyjohn Hope. In 1913 they lived at Colorado Springs, Colorado. Elmer Towner died April 19, 1960 at Eureka, California. Jessie Mable Hope Towner died July 31, 1960 in Humboldt County, California.
Children born to them include:
Elma Harriet Towner born July 7, 1913
Elma Harriet Towner, daughter of Elmer Towner and Jessie Mable Hope Towner, was born July 7, 1913 in Colorado Springs. She was married February 3, 1945 to Charles Russell Hurt, according to their daughter, Edwyna Dayonne Hurt.
Children born to them include:
Edwyna Dayonne Hurt born September 5, 1934
Edwyna Dayonne Hurt, daughter of Charles Russell Hurt and Elma Harriet Towner Hurt, was born September 5, 1934 at Stockton, California. She was married August 12, 1956 at Wheatridge, Colorado to Peter T. Work who was born at Lake City, Colorado March 1, 1934.
Walter Towner, son of Mansfield Towner and Alice Goyn Towner, was born August 28, 1886 in Boise, Idaho. He was married Augut 21, 1909 to Myrtle Mackey who was born March 1, 1887 in Kirksville, Missouri. In 1910, they lived at Rockvale, Colorado. He died February 9, 1940 in Grandview, Idaho, and she died May 22, 1961 at Mt. Home, Idaho.
Children born to Walter Towner and Myrtle Mackey Towner include Edward Towner who was born June 18, 1910 at Rockvale, Colorado. He was married July 5, 1929 to Ruth Houk who was born March 27, 1910 in Mulberry, Kansas. He died February 9, 1940 at Grand View, Idaho, and she died August 7, 1977 at Ontario, Oregon.
Children born to Edward Towner and Ruth Houk Towner include Norman Towner who was born January 31, 1930 at Grand View. He was married September 12, 1953, wife's name Dolores. In 1991 Norman Towner and Dolores "Jackie" Towner live in Nyssa, Oregon.
Charles Augustus Goyn, son of Richard Goyn and Catherine Crippen Goyn, was born August 9, 1865 in Missouri, according to the research of Billie June Salmond, a descendant. He was married about 1895 to Adeline Cecilia Brooke, daughter of Benjamin F. Brooke and Emeline Darcy Brooke. Adeline Cecilia Brooke Goyn was born in 1880 in Colorado. They lived in Mesa County in 1896. He died July 28, 1932 in Longmont, Colorado, and she died in Colorado August 18, 1941.
Children born to them include:
Ethel Magnolia Goyn born July 4, 1896
Ethel Magnolia Goyn, daughter of Charles Augustus Goyn and Adeline Cecilia Brooke Goyn, was born July 4, 1896 in Collbran. She was married August 19, 1913 to Robert Ellsworth "Rob" Cook. He was born May 28, 1891 at DeSoto, Iowa to Harmond Cook and Lydia Anne Heald Cook. Ethel Magnolia Goyn Cook died December 31, 1933 in Long Beach, California. He died August 30, 1951 in Oakland California.
Children born to them include Maxine Maria Magdalene Cook who was born April 17, 1914 at Longmont. She was married in Las Vegas, Nevada to Alvin Festus "Al" Whittington, Jr. March 20, 1933. He was born December 21, 1913 to Alvin Festus Whittington and Cora May Padgett Whittington in Los Angeles. He died April 24, 1976 in Verdi, Nevada, and she died in Reno, Nevada October 22, 1981. Children born to them include Billie June Whittington. She was born June 30, 1937 in Oroville, California. She was married August 30, 1985 in Salt Lake City to John Lowell Salmond. In 1991, they lived in Bountiful, Utah. She is a member of the Cornwall Research Team of Gowen Research Foundation.
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Simon Goyne and his wife Elizabeth Goyne were residents of St. Cleer in Cornwall, according to the research of Edna Reynolds of Bexley, Kent.
Children born to Simon Goyne and Elizabeth Goyne include:
Mary Goyne born in 1710
Samuel Goyne born in 1712
John Goyne born in 1715
Elizabeth Goyne born in 1720
William Goyne born in 1724
Thomas Goyne born in 1727
Henry Goyne born in 1732
Mary Goyne born in 1737
Ann Goyne born in 1738
Samuel Goyne, son of Simon Goyne and Elizabeth Goyne was born in St. Cleer in 1712. He became a blacksmith. He was married in June 1765 at St. Germans, Cornwall to Elizabeth Trevigan. He was remarried in July 1782 at Morval, Cornwall to Sarah Webb. He died in February 1790 at Morval.
Children born to Samuel Goyne and Elizabeth Trevigan Goyne include:
Mary Goyne born in 1766
Samuel Goyne born in 1768
William Goyne born in 1770
Mary Goyne born in 1772
Ann Goyne born in 1775
John Goyne born in 1777
Samuel Goyne, son of Samuel Goyne and Elizabeth Trevigan Goyne, was born in 1768. He, like his father, was a blacksmith. He was married at Morval in 1794 to Ann Prout. Ann Prout Goyne died in May 1839 at age 64, and he was married in the following December to Elizabeth Wills who was born about 1764. Elizabeth Wills Goyne died in 1843 at Morval at age 79. He died in 1845 at age 77.
Children born to Samuel Goyne and Ann Prout Goyne include:
Mary Goyne born in 1794
John Goyne born in 1798
William Goyne born in 1801
Ann Goyne born in 1804
Samuel Goyne born in 1807
Anne Goyne, daughter of Samuel Goyne and Ann Prout Goyne, was born in 1804 at Morval. She was married about 1830 to Thomas Deacon who was baptized in 1806 at Duloe, Cornwall.
Children born to Thomas Deacon and Anne Goyne Deacon include:
Agnes Deacon baptized in 1833
Maria Deacon baptized in 1835
Agnes Deacon, daughter of Thomas Deacon and Anne Goyne Deacon, was baptized in 1833. She was married about 1852 to William Webb Marsh. A daughter, Susan Ann Marsh was born to them in 1853. She was married in 1870 to William Turpin Wood. Children born to them include Victoria May Wood who was born in 1897 at Gillingham. She was married in 1919 at Woolwich to John R. Jones who was born in 1897. She died in Kent in 1985.
Children born to John R. Jones and Victoria May Wood Jones include:
Edna Rose Jones born in 1924
Edna Rose Jones, daughter of John R. Jones and Victoria May Wood Jones, was born in 1924 at Woolwich. She was married in 1947 to Frederick G. Reynolds who was born there in 1923. She, a member of Gowen Research Foundation, lived at Bexley, Kent in 1990. Children born to them include Christopher Reynolds. He was born in 1959 at Cambridge. He was married in 1988 at Wimbledon to Catherine Mayers who was born in 1961 at Surbiton. A daughter, Alison Louise Jones, was born to them in April 1989.
Samuel Goyne, son of Samuel Goyne and Ann Prout Goyne, was born at Morval in 1807. He was married about 1830, wife's name Ann. She died in 1837 at age 28. He was remarried to Mary Brown October 20, 1838 at St. Pinnock, Cornwall. She died in 1845 at Morval at age 29. He was married for the third time to Mary Glover April 3, 1847 at Morval. He died in 1884 at age 77. Mary Glover Goyne died in 1893 at Morval at age 77.
Children born to Samuel Goyne and Ann Goyne include:
John Goyne born in 1831
Children born to Samuel Goyne and Mary Brown Goyne include:
Jane Ann Goyne born in 1841
Mary Goyne born in 1842
Elizabeth Goyne born in 1844
Children born to Samuel Goyne and Mary Glover Goyne include:
Samuel Goyne born about 1847
Jethro Goyne born in 1849
Richard Goyne born about 1855
Catherine Goyne christened in 1859
Tryphena Goyne christened in 1859
Annie Goyne christened in 1860
Elizabeth Goyne, daughter of Samuel Goyne and Mary Brown Goyne, was born in 1844 in Morval. She was married about 1870 to Edward Vanson who was born in 1842. Children born to them include Annie Vanson, born about 1872. Annie Vanson was married in 1893 at Charlestown to Richard Rowse. A son Alfred Leslie Rowse was born to them in 1903 at St. Austell. He became a prominent historian, according to Edna Rose Jones Reynolds.
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Dr. Raymond L. Goyne, 66 Woodruff Avenue, Hove, Sussex, England wrote January 4, 1996:
"I have been in touch with several of the "Goyne" families over a period of many years. These include Robert Goyen of Victoria, Australia and most of the Goynes of Delaware, Lancaster, Maryland and Virginia. Recently I visited the various American families with whom we have been exchanging visits for many years. I have now collected data both from my own research and from that of others and completed the enclosed family tree for the Foundation Library. You will recognise the extensive data which I received from Robert Goyen which I have used to aid my research and to build upon.
Also I collected data from others either directly or via fellow researchers. I hope that you find some new data in my work and find it usefull. I am of course interested in further data and lines of research. I am at present spreading my findings around in order to encourage the "Rolling Snowball Effect".
I, from time to time visit St. Agnes in Cornwall, the source of my Goyne family, and find it rather pleasant to worship in the parish church where it all happened so many years ago.
During the research it became obvious that the name Goyne [I will use this spelling although I mean to include the surname spelt in other ways also] was often given in church and other records with various spellings. This occurred in many records especially in early ones, in many cases to the extent that the record of the birth christening and marriage of a man could have his name given in different forms and even his Christian name might vary, ie. Rod and Richard]. I also found that in records of baptisms the surname of the children could be given with different spellings [Goyne, Goyen, Goine, Goynes and Gowen, etc.] I feel that this was to be expected for more than one reason including the fact that Cornwall had its own lan-guage as has Scotland, Wales and Ireland.
I remember a relative who spoke, wrote and taught the Cornish language. Also the fact that the parish clerk was often not an accomplished scholar and might well write what he felt was the spelling of the name spoken to him at the time. Like my-self, most of the Goynes I have contacted were of the opinion that the family were descended from Huguenots who of course came to England mainly at the time of the Edict of Nantes in 1685.
I suppose that Huguenots came to England from France before that time and who is to say that the original name was not changed to Gowen from a different one in a similar way to the Gowen/Goyne one. However the name Gowen is a Celtic one, and it appears in Scotland, Wales and Ireland as well as in Cornwall, so probably is the correct one. In my opinion most of people of Cornish descent will have Huguenot ances-tors so we are all probably Huguenots anyhow. I am certain that I have at least one. There are few records around for the period 1550 and earlier. Below is a copy of the ones used to begin this Family Tree.
Raymond L. Goyne"
John Gawen was born about 1556 and was baptized January 8, 1556. He was married October 17, 1591 to Dorothy Skinner.
Children born to John Gawen and Dorothy Skinner Gawen include:
Robert Gawen baptized January 11, 1591
Margery Gawen baptized October 12, 1597
Peter Gawen baptized September 30, 1598
Peter Gawen was born about 1598 and baptized September 30, 1598, He was married November 22, 1629 to Joanna Warne. Children born to Peter Gawen and Joanna Warne Gawen include:
Margarita Gowin bp November 1, 1633
Tamsyn Gowen bp July 12, 1636
Emlyn Gawin bp August 25, 1639
Mary Gawen bp August 7, 1642
Richard Gawen bp April 19, 1646
Christian Gawen bp January 25, 1650
Dorothy Skinner
b.c.1591 dec. Bp. 11/ 1/1591 b,c.15gl dec. Bp. 12/10/1597 b.c.1598 dec. Bp. 1/ 9/1598 b.c.1598 dec. Bp. 30/ 9/1598
The Goyne name has been sighted as far back as 1397. In the Close Rolls of 1397 were mentioned John Gowyn the elder and John Goyen the younger of Fovent. He made Quit claim of all lands etc. in Westmerton and Wodhouse within the parish of Eblesborne Wake. Margaret Jove was mentioned as "late his wife." The deed was dated at West Merton 12 April, in the 20th year of the reign of Richard II.
Simon Gowen married Elizabeth Powglass in 1709 at St.Cleer.
Their children were:
Mary Gowen christened 4/ 1/1710
Samuel Gowen christened 20/ 5/1712
John Goyne christened 18/ 4/1713
John Gowen christened 18/ 4/1715
Elizabeth Goine christened 22/ 3/1720
William Goyn christened 24/ 6/1724
Thomas Goyne christened 21/ 7/1727
Mary Gowen christened 23/ 6/1730
Henry Goyne christened 31/ 7/1732
All of the children were christened at St. Cleer. Samuel christened Gowen above then appears as Simon Goyn when he married Mary Stout at Jacobstown in May 1736. His children were christened at St. Cleer.
Further back, Francis Gowen who married Elizabeth James in 1703 interestingly christened all of the 11 children Gowen except the last child who was christened Philipa Goyen in 1729. From then on the names were often spelt Goyne in the various ways found later but not always consistently. Prior to that no "Goyne" spellings were found in this research, but they have been sighted as isolated findings earlier.
We have not used all the male members of the line in the Family tree but have reserved some of them them for future research. The ones used link up with the later research undertaken and link up with Goynes in the U.S.A. and Australia.
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Samuel Goynes was married February 2, 1834 at St. Neot, Cornwall to Elizabeth Saunders, according to Wes Richards, a descendant. In 1844 they lived at St. Pinnock. Children born to Samuel Goynes and Elizabeth Saunders Goynes include:
William Saunders Goynes born May 8, 1835
Jonathan Goynes born August 27, 1837
Elizabeth Ann Goynes born November 17, 1839
Mary J. Goynes born about 1840
Johanna Goynes born July 16, 1844
Ellen Goynes born about 1849
Emma Goynes born about 1854
Samuel Goynes born October 17, 1856
Cornwall Researchers:
Robert J. Goyen, 523 Sutton St, Sebastopol, 3356, Victoria, Australia
Brian Goyen, 6 Myrtle Court, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Col. Carroll Heard Goyne, 10019 Canterbury Dr, Shreveport, LA, 71106
Raymond L. Goyne, 68 Woodruff Ave, Hove, Sussex, Great Britain, BN3 6PJ.
Edna Rose Jones Reynolds, 54 Parkhill Road, Bexley, Kent, Great Britain, DA5 1HY
Billie June Salmond, 34167 Bridgeview Dr, NE, Kingston, WA, 98346-9705
Jackie Towner, 754 Alberta Avenue, Nyssa, Oregon, 97913
Gladys M. White, Box 523, Quinnesec, Michigan, 49876
Edwina Dayonne Hurt Work, 1028 Ector, Denton, Texas, 76201
F. A. Gowen was listed as a casualty in St. Mary’s World War I Memorial in Essex County. The memorial was described as:
“On the East wall to the right of the stage area is a large marble tablet commemorating those lost in the First World War. There are angels and a cross above the names, and a banner inscription beneath the angels and above the names.”
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John Gowen was married December 25, 1848 to Harriett West in the Registry Office at Colchester, according to the research of Robert Neil of Chatham, Ontario. Children born to John Gowen and Harriett West Gowen are unknown.
Anne Gowen was married in 1774 to William Sargeant at Hawkesbury, Gloucestershire. Their first two children, Ann Sargeant and William Seargeant, were born at Hawkesbury, and the rest at Kingswood, Gloucestershire. Their son, Na-thaniel Sargeant, baptized in 1782 at Kingswood, was married to Mary Milsom in 1802 at Hawkesbury. Their children were subsequently born at Kingswood, according to Linda Barra-clough of Victoria, Australia.
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Nathaniel Gowen and his wife, Ann Pavey Gowen were married May 5, 1772 at Horton, Gloucestershire. Children born to them include:
William Gowen baptized July 28, 1789
William Gowen, son of Nathaniel Gowen and Ann Pavey Gowen, was baptized July 28, 1789 at Hillesley Street Baptist Chapel in Hillesley, according to Robert Millard. He was married October 6, 1811 at Hawkesbury to Ann White. He became a carpenter.