| HUSBAND | WIFE |
| Husband: Thomas GODFREY Birth Date: 4 Feb 1825 Birth Place: Merton, Oxfordshire, England Death date: 3 Aug 1901 Death Place: Moscow Twp, Hillsdale, MI Burial Place: Moscow Plains Cemetery Father: William GODFREY Mother: Dinah HUNT |
Wife: Alice EVANS Birth Date: 20 June 1824 Birth Place: Launton, Oxfordshire, England Death date: 30 April 1910 Death Place: Jonesville, Hillsdale, MI Burial Place: Moscow Plains Cemetery Father: Joseph EVANS Mother: Elizabeth (unknown) |
| Marriage date: 13 July 1845 | Marriage place: Merton, Oxfordshire, England |
| Child No. 1: Henry GODFREY Sex: M Birth Date: 22 Sep 1845 Birth Place: Launton, Oxfordshire, England Death date: 13 Feb 1920 Death Place: Jonesville, Hillsdale, MI Burial Place: Sunset View Cemetery, Jonesville Marriage date: 12 Feb 1865 Marriage place: London, Middlesex, England Spouse's name: Mary Louisa BLACKWELL |
Child No. 2: Thomas GODFREY Sex: M Birth Date: 2 Oct 1847 Birth Place: Launton, Oxfordshire, England Death date: 6 Nov 1930 Death Place: Hillsdale County, MI Burial Place: Moscow Plains Cemetery Marriage date: about 1870 Marriage place: Michigan Spouse's name: Charlotte (unknown) |
| Child No. 3: Alfred GODFREY Sex: M Birth Date: April 1850 Birth Place: Launton, Oxfordshire, England Death date: 30 Oct 1851 Death Place: London, Middlesex, England Burial Place: Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: |
Child No. 4: Alfred John GODFREY Sex: M Birth Date: 20 June 1853 Birth Place: London, Middlesex, England Death date: 9 Sep 1931 Death Place: Moscow Twp, Hillsdale, MI Burial Place: Moscow Plains Cemetery Marriage date: about 1871 Marriage place: Michigan Spouse's name: Jane UNDERHAY |
| Child No. 5: Alice GODFREY Sex: F Birth Date: 4 March 1856 Birth Place: London, Middlesex, England Death date: 25 Aug 1912 Death Place: Detroit, Wayne, MI Burial Place: Woodlawn Cemetery, Detroit Marriage date: about 1878 Marriage place: Michigan Spouse's name: Edward LANE |
Child No. 6: Elizabeth Ann GODFREY Sex: F Birth Date: 28 Dec 1858 Birth Place: London, Middlesex, England Death date: living 1870 Death Place: Burial Place: Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: |
| Child No. 7: Jemima GODFREY Sex: F Birth Date: 1 May 1861 Birth Place: London, Middlesex, England Death date: 3 Oct 1920 Death Place: Gaylord, Otsego, MI Burial Place: Fairview Cemetery, Gaylord Marriage date: 12 Oct 1879 Marriage place: Jonesville, Hillsdale, MI Spouse's name: Thomas SISSON |
Child No. 8: George GODFREY Sex: M Birth Date: Nov 1863 Birth Place: London, Middlesex, England Death date: 9 Sep 1874 Death Place: Moscow Twp, Hillsdale, MI Burial Place: Moscow Plains Cemetery Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: |
| Child No. 9: Mary Jane GODFREY Sex: F Birth Date: 5 Jan 1866 Birth Place: London, Middlesex, England Death date: living 1920 Death Place: Burial Place: Marriage date: 30 Aug 1885 Marriage place: Hillsdale County, MI Spouse's name: Frank CORBETT |
| Documentation: Sources: Merton & Launton parish registers; British civil registrations (Thomas & Alice marriage; births of son Henry, daughters Elizabeth & Mary Jane); Michigan death certificates (Thomas Sr, wife Alice, son Henry, daughters Alice & Jemima); passenger manifest of the 'Atlas' (1870); Michigan marriage records (FamilySearch Pilot); gravestones; 1841-51-61 British censuses; 1894 Michigan census; 1880-1900-10-20-30 US censuses. Other information: This family is NOT related to Wallace & Wilbert Godfrey, who had an adjoining farm in Moscow Twp. The family went to London from Oxfordshire in 1851 and lived on Pear Tree St, off Goswell Rd. In 1870 they came to Michigan; Thomas bought a farm in 1871. Son Henry came in 1884; his first wife had died and he had later married Maria Bennett. Tom Godfrey's wife Charlotte died in 1900 and he married Nellie Masterman. Alfred had a farm adjoining his father's in Moscow Twp. Mary Jane's husband Frank Corbett died in 1899, and she married Alem Whiting in 1902. |
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