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Louisa DODD (1828 - 1932)

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
Sarah A GOODE (1854 - 1931) Eliza GOODE (1856 - 1930) Ann GOODE (1858 - 1946) John GOODE (1862 - 1885) Susan GOODE (1866 - ) George David GOODE (1868 - 1959) Louisa GOODE (1871 - 1964) Jane Emma GOODE (1878 - 1951)	Louisa DODD (1828 - 1932) + John Richard GOODE (1809 - 1892)	John DODD (1794 - 1835)
		Susannah COLE (1806 - 1881)

b. 24 Feb 1828 at Coulsden, Surrey, England

m. 29 May 1853 John Richard GOODE (1809 - 1892) at Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

d. 30 Jun 1932 at Adelong, New South Wales, Australia aged 104

Near Relatives of Louisa DODD (1828 - 1932)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Father	John DODD	1794		abt 1835		41
Mother	Susannah COLE	1806		1881	Kent, England	75
Self	Louisa DODD	24 Feb 1828	Coulsden, Surrey, England	30 Jun 1932	Adelong, New South Wales, Australia	104
Husband	John Richard GOODE	abt 1809		25 Jul 1892	Tumbarumba, New South Wales, Australia	83
Daughter	Sarah A GOODE	06 Jun 1854	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	17 Apr 1931	Henty, New South Wales, Australia	76
Daughter	Eliza GOODE	1856	Adelong, New South Wales, Australia	10 Oct 1930	Adelong, New South Wales, Australia	74
Daughter	Ann GOODE	1858	Adelong, New South Wales, Australia	17 Sep 1946	Adelong, New South Wales, Australia	88
Son	John GOODE	1862	Adelong, New South Wales, Australia	27 Oct 1885	Adelong, New South Wales, Australia	23
Daughter	Susan GOODE	1866	Adelong, New South Wales, Australia		Barmedman, New South Wales, Australia
Son	George David GOODE	1868	Adelong, New South Wales, Australia	22 Aug 1959	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	91
Daughter	Louisa GOODE	1871	Adelong, New South Wales, Australia	08 Dec 1964	Adelong, New South Wales, Australia	93
Daughter	Jane Emma GOODE	1878	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	21 Apr 1951		73
Brother	George DODD	abt 1833	Surrey, England
Brother	David DODD	abt 1836	Surrey, England
Son in Law	Thomas OAKMAN	Dec 1848	Little Thetford, Cambridgeshire, England	26 Sep 1929	Henty, New South Wales, Australia	80
Son in Law	George OAKMAN	05 Oct 1866	Grahamstown, New South Wales, Australia	07 Oct 1946	Adelong, New South Wales, Australia	80
Grandson	Thomas OAKMAN	1873	Humula, New South Wales, Australia	29 Aug 1956	Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia	83
Granddaughter	Sarah Jane OAKMAN	20 Jun 1874	Humula, New South Wales, Australia	18 Jan 1930	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	55
Granddaughter	Emma Anne OAKMAN	02 May 1876	Humula, New South Wales, Australia	20 Sep 1962	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	86
Grandson	John OAKMAN	1879	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	22 Jan 1880	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	1
Grandson	Edward J OAKMAN	04 Dec 1880	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	02 Sep 1965	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	84
Granddaughter	Susan Olive OAKMAN	04 Feb 1883	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	04 Aug 1986	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	103
Grandson	William OAKMAN	1884	Albury, New South Wales, Australia	1884	Albury, New South Wales, Australia	0
Grandson	Herbert Ernest OAKMAN	15 May 1886	Humula, New South Wales, Australia	15 Sep 1971	Gympie, Queensland, Australia	85
Granddaughter	Lena Linea M OAKMAN	1888	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter	Louisa Elizabeth OAKMAN	01 Mar 1891	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson	Harold David OAKMAN	11 Oct 1893	Adelong, New South Wales, Australia	04 Dec 1966	Lockhart, New South Wales, Australia	73
Grandson	Arthur Edward OAKMAN	1896	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	03 Mar 1972	Albury, New South Wales, Australia	76
Grandson	Charles Richard OAKMAN	1899	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia		Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Grandson	Elmore Henry "Elmo" OAKMAN	1893	Tumbarumba, New South Wales, Australia	1946		53
Granddaughter	Elily Edna OAKMAN	1894	Tumbarumba, New South Wales, Australia	1982		88
Grandson	Lindsay George OAKMAN	06 Sep 1895	Tumbarumba, New South Wales, Australia	1981		86
Granddaughter	Louisa Elizabeth Jane "Jenny" OAKMAN	1897	Tumbarumba, New South Wales, Australia	1982		85
Grandson	Thomas John Raymond OAKMAN	1900	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	1932		32
Granddaughter	Amy Mona OAKMAN	1901	Batlow, New South Wales, Australia	1972		71
Granddaughter	Edith T OAKMAN	Jul 1905	Adelong, New South Wales, Australia	2004		99
Grandson	Oliver Hamilton OAKMAN	1907	Adelong, New South Wales, Australia	1977		70
Granddaughter	Eveline Greta OAKMAN	1910	Adelong, New South Wales, Australia	2004		94

Events in Louisa DODD (1828 - 1932)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
24 Feb 1828		Louisa DODD was born	Coulsden, Surrey, England	census 1841 has birth as 1830	69
abt 1835	7	Death of father John DODD (aged 41)			69
01 Jan 1853	24	Immigration	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	per 'Persian'	69
29 May 1853	25	Married John Richard GOODE (aged 44)	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia		69
06 Jun 1854	26	Birth of daughter Sarah A GOODE	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	Note 1	69
1856	28	Birth of daughter Eliza GOODE	Adelong, New South Wales, Australia	V185656 159/1856	69
1858	30	Birth of daughter Ann GOODE	Adelong, New South Wales, Australia	V1858171 159/1858	69
1862	34	Birth of son John GOODE	Adelong, New South Wales, Australia	14050/1862	69
1866	38	Birth of daughter Susan GOODE	Adelong, New South Wales, Australia		69
1868	40	Birth of son George David GOODE	Adelong, New South Wales, Australia	17262/1868 Good	69
1871	43	Birth of daughter Louisa GOODE	Adelong, New South Wales, Australia		69
1878	50	Birth of daughter Jane Emma GOODE	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	23428/1878	69
1881	53	Death of mother Susannah COLE (aged 75)	Kent, England
27 Oct 1885	57	Death of son John GOODE (aged 23)	Adelong, New South Wales, Australia		69
25 Jul 1892	64	Death of husband John Richard GOODE (aged 83)	Tumbarumba, New South Wales, Australia		69
10 Oct 1930	102	Death of daughter Eliza GOODE (aged 74)	Adelong, New South Wales, Australia
17 Apr 1931	103	Death of daughter Sarah A GOODE (aged 76)	Henty, New South Wales, Australia
30 Jun 1932	104	Louisa DODD died	Adelong, New South Wales, Australia		69
		Death of daughter Susan GOODE	Barmedman, New South Wales, Australia

Note 1: NSW Index V18543625 40/1854 Good

Personal Notes:

LOUISA GOODE nee Dodd by Val Wilkinson "The oldest woman in these districts and possibly in New South Wales, in the person of Mrs Louisa Goode, passed away peacefully on Thursday last at the residence of her daughter Mrs Oakman of The Grove, Adelong, at the extreme age of 104 years and four months. This wonderful old lady, up till about two years ago, was able to do for herself in a little cottage close by her daughter's residence. She sustained a nasty fall at that time and from that time on failed somewhat quickly and was tenderly looked after by her daughter, Mrs Oakman. Her life was a marvellous cne. Born at Coulsdon, Surrey England she even in her teens expressed a desire to travel. To this her parents strongly objected, but she waited patiently till she was 21 years of age, and other members of the family had grown up sufficiently to take her place in the home, and then expressed her intention of going to Australia. This horrified her parents, but she was firm in her bent, and sailed for the country on 22nd September 1852 in the good ship Person which was commanded by Captain Peet arriving at Melbourne in the first day of the year 1853. Landing there she was a complete stranger in a strange land, having no relatives, but she sought and accepted a situation with a family named Brock. Whilst with them she met a young man named John Goode, who was the proprietor of the Duke of York stables in Swanston Street. Theywere married on 29th May 1853, and in June 1854, their first child was born. After that Mrs Goode got a period of very bad health, and for that reason her husband sold up his business and accepted a position at Ellerslie Station, Adelong. The trip occupied weeks of travel, but was safely made. Her health so improved in a few months that they decided to remain here, and Mrs Goode has lived within 40 miles of Adelong ever since. ln those days their provisions arrived from Sydney by bullock wagon, and, when a visit to Sydney was made, it was by bullock dray, averaging a few miles per day. She had some exciting experiences with bushrangers and saw Morgan on a number of occasions, though her family was never actually stuck up by him. Her accounts of the gold-boom days of Adelong, when thousands of men were smitten with the gold fever, when sailors deserted their ships, bank managers threw up their positions, and came to Adelong in search of the precious metal, were most interesting. For 20 years before her husband's death, he was helpless from sickness, and the lot of rearing a growing family fell on her shoulders. She adopted nursing and used to ride her pony many miles to assist suffering humanity. Doctors were not available, and Mrs Goode attended many score of mothers in childbirth, and it was her proud boast that she never lost a case. At the time time she and her daughters cultivated as much land as possible, doing all the labour themselves. Up till she was nearly ninety years of age, it was a common sight to see Mrs Goode driving a spirited horse in a buggy. For many years she has lived with her daughter, Mrs Oakman, at The Grove, Adelong; and was always surrounded by loved ones. Some 250 descendants are alive including, in two instances, 5 generations." So is the life story of Louisa Goode as printed in her obituary in the Tumut & Adetong Times, Tuesday 5 July 1932. This account sums up her life with few Corrections - the ship which brought her to Melbourne was called the Persran, and her father had died when she was five years old. About 1930 Louisa recounted her life's story to her grand-daughter, Elsie Saxon, who recorded the narrative which was used as a basis for the very detailed obituary. ln this account Louisa also stated she knew John Goode's parents before she came to Australia, then became acquainted with him on her arrival in Melbourne. John was nineteen years older than her and had come to Tasmania where he worked as a coachman to Governor Arthur. Louisa and John were blest with 8 children; the eldest was born in Melbourne while the rest of the family were born around the Adelong district. Sarah born in 1854; Eliza born 1856; Ann born 1858; John born 1862; Susan born 1866; George David born 1868; Louisa born 1871; and Jane Emma born 1BlB. ln 1885 John died tragically at the age of 24 years on Ellerslie Station. John Goode died 25 July 1892 and is buried in the Tumbarumba Cemetery, unfortunately no headstone marks the place today. Louisa's family was very attentive to her and celebrated her mile-stone birthdays with gatherings which were reported in the local newspapers. Her 99th and 102nd birthdays were celebrated in style surrounded by family and friends. The report of her 102nd birthday mentions she was still able to do for herself, although she had become quite deaf and communication was rather difficult! At that time she had over 220 descendants. Louisa Goode passed away on 30 June 1932 aged 104 years and 4 months and was buried in the Adelong Cemetery with other family members. The Tumut and Adelong Times 13 Mar 1928 ADELONG SPLASHES TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTEEN DESCENDANTS GRANNY GOODE CELEBRATES HER CENTURY This grand old lady celebrated her 100th birthday on 24th February, Her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren, as well as a number of friends, assembled together at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Oakman, of 'Currajong,' The Grove, Adelong, where they all took part in a big banquet to celebrate the great event. This wonderful old lady is still hale and hearty. She was born in the Parish of Colsden, Surry, England, on 24th February, 1828, and was baptised in the Colsden Church by Rev. Wood. Her father's name was John Dodd. He owned a farm in Colsden named 'Woodplace.' He died when she was only five years of age. Her grandfather's name was James Cole ; he was captain of his own ship. Granny Goode's youngest brother David was a captain in the artillery, and served in the great Russian wars, Inkerman and Sebastapool, also in the Indian war, but unfortunately died on the way home after surviving these great battles. Mrs. Goode came to Australia at the age of 22 years, having left England on 22nd September, 1852, in the good ship 'Person,' commanded by Captain Peel. She landed in Melbourne on 1st January, 1853, and went to live with some people named Brocks. There she became acquainted with her future husband, John Goode. They were married on 29th May, and kept the Duke of York Stables in Swanston-st. Melbourne did not altogether agree with her health, so they came up country to Ellerslie Station, Adelong, to work for Mr. Carn. Her health improved so much there that she never again left this part, and ever since resided within at least 30 miles of Adelong for that long period'. She now lives with her daughter, Mrs. Geo. Oakman, in a little cottage a few yards from Mrs. Oakman's house. She has a family of two boys and six girls, all of whom are naturally very proud of their aged parent. Her husband predeceased her over thirty years, and was an invalid for some time prior to his death. All her life, Granny Goode has been a hard working, in dustrious woman. Fifty years ago she was considered very clever as a nurse. She was a most charitable woman, always ready to assist those in need or in sickness, and in cases of sickness, no matter how dark the night or dreary the journey, she was ever willing to go at almost a moment's notice, and it is no wonder that, in her old days, she carries the good wishes and love of all those who know her. Her children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great great-grandchildren number 216.

Source References:

63. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Trove, Title: Trove National Library of Australia, Locn: http://trove.nla.gov.au/

- Reference = The Tumut and Adelong Times 13 Mar 1928 (Name, Notes, 100th birthday)

69. Type: Book, Abbr: Relict of, Title: Relict of … Lives of Pioneering Women of Tumut and District, Auth: Tumut Family History Group, Publ: Tumut Family History Group, Date: 2001

- Reference = 80 (Death)

- Reference = 79 (Immigration)

- Reference = 79 (Marriage)

- Reference = 80 (Birth)

- Reference = 79 (Name, Notes)

71. Type: Book, Abbr: Wagga Pioneers, Title: Pioneers of Wagga Wagga and District, Auth: Wagga Wagga & District Family History Society Inc, Publ: Wagga Wagga & District Family History Society Inc, Date: 2004, Locn: http://www.waggafamilyhistory.org.au/

- Reference = 300 (Name, Notes)

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