Welcome to the Gosling & Simmonds Family Website

This website has been put together in order to record and share the research that has been carried out relating to myself, Andrew Gosling. Contributions to this research has come not only from interviewing family members but also from a variety of other sources.

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Summary of Research

The Gosling side of the family can be traced back to Thomas Gosling Snr who was born in the late 1700s although at the moment we know little about him. However, we do know that Thomas Gosling Jnr was born in Somerset and that the family stayed around that area until Sidney George Gosling moved to Walsall in the West Midlands where he worked at the Walsall Lithographic Company. Mabel Gosling (daughter of George Morgan Gosling) emigrated to Canada and married George Hawke Hiffernan, a Canadian serviceman who she met at the Beaufont Hospital in Bristol where she was a volunteer nurse during World War One. The photograph opposite is held in the South Peace Historical Society Archives, Dawson Creek, British Columbia and shows Mabel Hiffernan (nee Gosling) on the Homestead at Rolla.

The Simmonds side of the family can be traced back to Jonathan Simmonds who was born in Suffolk in 1781. The family stayed around the Suffolk area until around 1905 when Asaph Simmonds moved to Areley Kings in Worcestershire to work as a Domestic Coachman for E.A. Broome at Areley Court. Pelham Robert Simmonds moved to Areley Kings with his father Asaph and later he lived in Stourport-on-Severn where he had his own shoe repair business. The photograph opposite shows Asaph Simmonds working as a Domestic Coachman at Areley Court, Areley Kings, Stourport employed by Edward A. Broome.

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Family Tree

The following Family Tree is a simplified version showing only the direct ancestors with respect to myself, Andrew Gosling. More comprehensive Family Trees for both the Gosling and the Simmonds families are available to download in PDF format.

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Further Information

If you would like further information, have information that you would like to contribute, or would just like to get in touch, then you can make contact by completing the Contact Form. We are still researching the Gosling and the Simmonds families so why not Register to receive email notifications when new information is added to the website. You can choose to receive notifications for the Gosling family, the Simmonds family or for both families.

If you have just started to research your own family tree then I have included a selection of useful Links which I would recommend looking at.

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Information Required: Areley Court

Asaph Simmonds worked as a Domestic Coachman at Areley Court, Areley Kings, Stourport around 1905. He was in the employ of Edward A. Broome a worsted manufacturer for the carpet industry. Unfortunately Areley Court no longer exists as it was demolished following storm damage, but the gate house still remains as a private residence on the main road. We would welcome information about this house or its owners, please use the Contact Form.

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Information Required: Richard Robert Wilkins & Gerorge Morgan Gosling

We know that Richard Robert Wilkins & George Morgan Gosling traded as 'Wilkins & Gosling' in the building industry in the Bristol area but we have been unable to find any information regarding the business. If anyone has any information it would be much appreciated. Please use the Contact Form.

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Website Feedback

If you experience any problems on this website, have any comments or suggestions then please let me know using the Contact Form.

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Website last updated on the 25th January 2009