Elizabeth Wilkins Goom^{[1, 2]}

1797 - 1868  (71 years)

• Name	Elizabeth Wilkins Goom
  Born	25 Mar 1797	Westminster, London, Middlesex, England   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Baptism	24 Apr 1799	St George The Martyr, Soutwark, Surrey, England   [2]
  Residence	1851	Bermondsey, Surrey, England   [1]
  _FSFTID	L5ZD-JDS
  _UID	F328C7D777D34317A61469F472197A29A28D
  Died	27 Jul 1868	Detroit, Wayne, Michigan   [3, 4, 5]
  Buried	11 Nov 1869	Detroit, Wayne, Michigan   [3, 6]
  	Woodmere Cemetery, Sec A, Lot 1114
  Person ID	I204	Strong History
  Last Modified	2 Jan 2018

  
  

  Father	Stephen Goom,   b. Abt 1753, St Paul, Deptford, Kent, England ,   d. 22 Oct 1809, St Mary Magdalen, Bermondsey, Surrey, England  (Age ~ 56 years)
  Mother	Sarah Wilkins,   b. Abt 1771, Snow Fields, Southwark, London, England ,   d. Apr 1825, St Mary Magdalen, Bermondsey, Southwark, London, England  (Age ~ 54 years)
  Married	24 Jan 1803	St. Mary's, Whitechapel, Middlesex, England   [7, 8]
  Family ID	F35	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Charles Smith,   b. 9 Dec 1793, Bermondsey, Surrey, England ,   d. 11 Oct 1871, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan  (Age 77 years)
  Married	8 Aug 1815	Piccadilly St James, Westminster, London, England   [9]
  Children	1. Stephen S. Smith,   b. 18 Aug 1816, St John the Evangelist, Westminster, Middlesex, England ,   d. 18 Jun 1871, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan  (Age 54 years)   2. Charles Smith,   b. 22 May 1818, St John the Evangelist, Westminster, Middlesex, England ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Sarah Smith,   b. 28 Aug 1819, St John the Evangelist, Westminster, Middlesex, England ,   d. 22 Apr 1888, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan  (Age 68 years)   4. Joseph Smith,   b. 21 Jul 1821, St John the Evangelist, Westminster, Middlesex, Eng ,   d. 12 Jun 1895, Dayton, OH  (Age 73 years)   5. John Smith,   b. 22 May 1824, St John the Evangelist, Westminster, Middlesex, England ,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Elizabeth Smith,   b. 25 Feb 1826, St John the Evangelist, Westminster, Middlesex, England ,   d. 11 Sep 1909, Lansing, Ingham, MI  (Age 83 years)   7. Margaret Smith,   b. 9 Jun 1828, St John the Evangelist, Westminster, Middlesex, England ,   d. 14 Feb 1898, Cheboygan, Cheboygan, MI  (Age 69 years)   8. George Smith,   b. 9 Dec 1830, St John the Evangelist, Westminster, Middlesex, England ,   d. 25 Mar 1876, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan  (Age 45 years)   9. William Smith,   b. 11 Apr 1833, St John the Evangelist, Westminster, Middlesex, England ,   d. Yes, date unknown   10. Jane A. Smith,   b. 14 Jan 1836, St John the Evangelist, Westminster, Middlesex, England ,   d. 22 Jan 1925, Detroit, Wayne, MI  (Age 89 years)   11. Thomas R. Smith,   b. 23 Aug 1838, St John the Evangelist, Westminster, Middlesex, England ,   d. 22 Nov 1917, Brooklyn, Queens, New York  (Age 79 years)   12. Alice Louisa Smith,   b. 20 Sep 1840, St John the Evangelist, Westminster, Middlesex, England ,   d. 23 May 1906, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan  (Age 65 years)
  Last Modified	14 Jan 2020
  Family ID	F143	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Headstones

  Elizabeth Wilkins (Goom) Smith Woodmere Cemetery Detroit, Micigan Plot: Sec A, Lot 1114

  
  

  Documents2 » Slide Show		1851 England Census
  		London, England, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812
  		London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921

  
  

• Notes

  Elizabeth was the oldest of Stephen and Sarah's children. In May of 1815 she was living in Westminster, most likely visiting family or friends there, when banns were read for her and John Hollier in St Marylebone. Objections were made because of the groom's age and the marriage didn't take place. Five months later in the parish of St James Westminster, she married Charles Smith, a cabinetmaker. In both cases she claimed to be a resident of the parish. She may have moved or may have lied about her residence. In both cases she lied about being of age to marry without parental consent. She was 18, and the legal age was 21. She almost always gave her birthplace as Westminster, not Southwark. Elizabeth and Charles lived in Westminster until at least 1841. They moved back to Bermondsey for a time and were living there in 1851, but in 1852 they emigrated to the US with their six younger children children (the four oldest had already moved to Detroit). They settled in Detroit, Michigan where Charles was a land speculator, buying up and developing farmland for sale in what is now downtown Detroit. Elizabeth died in 1868 and buried in Elmwood Cemetery. In 1871, when Charles died, her body was moved to the new family plot in Woodmere Cemetery. - Ronda L. Oberlin, ancestry.com

  
  

• Sources

  [S40] 1851 England Census, Class: HO107; Piece: 1560; Folio: 222; Page: 44; GSU roll: 174793. Birth date: abt 1797 Birth place: Westminster, Middlesex, England Residence date: 1851 Residence place: Bermondsey, Surrey, England 1851 England Census [S59] London, England, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812. Birth date: abt 1799 Birth place: St George The Martyr, Surrey, England Baptism date: 24 Apr 1799 Baptism place: St George The Martyr, Surrey, England London, England, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 [S47] Woodmere Cemetery Records Database, Date of Death, Plot info, Burial Date. [S34] Michigan, Deaths and Burials Index, 1867-1995, GS Film number: 1377692. [S204] Michigan, Deaths, 1867-1897, GS Film Number: 2363448. [S154] Findagrave Memorial Entry, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/12199524/elizabeth-w.-smith. [S42] London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921, Date, Place. [S61] England Marriages, 1538–1973, GS Film number: 94701. [S42] London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921. Marriage date: 8 Aug 1815 Marriage place: Piccadilly St James, England London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921