Genealogy Pictures & Treasures

Genealogy is a serious topic and has taught me, amongst many other things, to laugh at myself and to not take things too seriously! Since I presently cannot prove which line of GOOGE or GOOCH I belong to, if any, I will for now adopt my own self-made coat-of-arms e.g. until I can trace my line back to one of the official lines of Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk or Lincolnshire. Now, this does not mean that I don't take the subject seriously, to the contrary, it may show that I am slow but, one would hope, thorough in my research and still have a sense of humour while doing it!

Here is a picture of 4 generations of Googe's!!! Elijah Googe of Brightlingsea - Essex (Center), his son Charles I also of Brightlingsea (right), his grandson Charles II and my uncle "Harry" (center) whom I never knew.

and, this is a picture of "mon Papa", Edward G. Googe in the RAF (bottom left)during WW2 (same as pictured with Pocahontas below)!

The next picture is of our Canadian/American branch, Frederick & Alice Maude (Shorter) Googe (from right to left of picture), their sons Harold, "Eddie" Edgar Frederick and George on the left.

This is a bed of reeds:

An this how thaching is done!

John Googe (thatcher) and Mary Googe (wife of William) death certificates:

Here is a picture of "mon Papa" Edward G. Googe with Pocahontas in Jamestown.

These 3 links let you view the Essex Settlement Papers for John Gooch (Bradfield/Brighlingsea).

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