Goss plot

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Plot number (FHS)	742
Row	11
Section	34
Date

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Goss plot

Plot number:
11,34
Family name:
Goss
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Arthur Goss (742)

1865 –19/01/1938

Brushmaker who gave up job to help wife run laundry

1865 –19/01/1938

Brushmaker who gave up job to help wife run laundry

Relatives

Clara Jane Goss — wife

Sarah Goss (786) — mother

William Goss — father

Research:

Jackie Jones

ARTHUR GOSS; 1865 – 1938

Arthur Goss was born in April 1865 in High St Berkhamsted to Sarah Young and William Goss. His father was a coach wheelwright and his mother a dressmaker. Arthur had 9 siblings, all being born in Berkhamsted. By 1871 the family had moved to Park Street. His father died in 1880 and the family had moved to St John’s Well Lane by 1890.

He married Clara Jane Rance in 1894 in Berkhamsted. By 1901 he and Clara had moved to Cross Oak Road and Arthur working as a self-employed brush maker. Clara was taking in washing. Arthur and Clara then had 2 children and her mother, who was a widow, had moved in with them. By 1911 they had 5 children and were still living in Cross Oak Road, but Arthur had given up his job as a brush maker and was working with his wife and 2 of their children running a laundry from home. Clara’s mother had gone to live with another family member in Chesham.

Arthur died on 19^th January 1938 at the age of 72 years.

Clara Jane Goss

30/12/1872 –26/10/1938

Wife of Arthur Goss; launderess

30/12/1872 –26/10/1938

Wife of Arthur Goss; launderess

Relatives

Arthur Goss (742) — husband

Research:

Jackie Jones

CLARA JANE GOSS; 1872- 1938

Clara Jane, née Rance, was born in Chesham Buckinghamshire on 30 December 1872. Her mother’s maiden name was Norwood and this seems to have been incorporated into Clara’s names, Clara Jane Norwood Rance. She was from a large family and had 8 siblings.

She married Arthur Goss in St Peter’s church Berkhamsted in 1894. By 1901 he and Clara had moved to Cross Oak Road and Arthur working as a self-employed brush maker. Clara was taking in washing. Arthur and Clara then had 2 children and her mother, who was a widow, had moved in with them. By 1911 they had 5 children and were still living in Cross Oak Road, but Arthur had given up his job as a brush maker and was working with his wife and 2 of their children running a laundry from home. Clara’s mother had gone to live with another family member in Chesham.

Clara worked all her married life and was obviously very enterprising.

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