Hannah Goodwin

1842 - 1898


Hannah's signature at the time of her marriage in 1866 ⁽⁵⁾

Hannah was born in Monyash on 14th February 1842, the daughter of Isaac and Hannah ⁽¹⁾. She had three older brothers William aged about 11, Isaac about 3 and Reuben 1; and three older sisters Harriet about 13, Kezia about 8, and Charlotte about 6. Her only younger sibling, Ellen, was born about 3 years later ⁽²⁾. (was there a brother John Thomas born about 1849 too?)

Sometime before 1851, the family moved to Cressbrook ⁽³⁾ where, as Hannah grew up, she worked as a weaver ⁽⁴⁾.

She married Robert Bingham, a fellow weaver (who most likely worked at the same mill) from Litton, on 10th November 1866 in Tideswell church ⁽⁵⁾. They initially lived in Litton, where their only daughter, Mary Jane, was born in April 1868 ⁽⁶⁾.

Sometime prior to the 1871 census ⁽⁷⁾, they moved to Cressbrook, probably to be nearer to their place of work. Her father died the following February ⁽⁸⁾, and her mother in February 1881 ⁽⁹⁾. Sometime before the census of April 1881, Hannah and her family had moved to Ashton under Lyne, where they were living at 79 Princess Street, next door to Robert's brother William and his family. Her sister in law Alice (the wife of her brother William) was visiting them at the time. They were all still weaving for a living ⁽¹⁰⁾.

By 1891 they had moved back to Cressbrook again ⁽¹¹⁾. Their daughter Mary Jane left home to get married that summer ⁽¹²⁾, and her husband developed epilepsy, and died the following year ⁽¹³⁾, thus leaving Hannah all alone. She moved into Ravensdale, a row of cottages just outside Cressbrook (this photograph is copyright Peter Cox), where she spent her last few years, dying there on 20th November 1898 ⁽¹⁴⁾. She was buried in Tideswell 3 days later ⁽¹⁵⁾.

• Mary Jane has her own page

1. Birth Certificate from Registration District of Bakewell states:

   When and where born	Name	Sex	Name and surname of father	Name, surname and maiden surname of mother	Occupation of father	Signature, description and residence of informant	When registered
   Fourteenth of February 1842 at Monyash	Hannah	Girl	Isaac Goodwin	Hannah Goodwin formerly Harrison	Lead Miner	the mark of   X Hannah Goodwin Mother Monyash	Sixteenth of February 1842

2. See her father's page for details
3. Census of 30th March 1851 reads:
   Place: Cressbrook
   

   Isaac Goodwin	Head	Mar	4[.]	Ag Lab	Cheshire, Stockport
   Hannah Do	Wife	Mar	41	Housekeeper	Derbyshr, Sheldon
   William Do	Son	U	20	Power loom weaver (Cotton & wool)	Do, Monyash
   Kezia Do	Daur	U	17	Power loom winder (Cotton & wool)	Do, Do
   Charlotte Do	Daur	U	15	Power loom weaver (Cotton & wool)	Do, Do
   Isaac Do	Son	-	13	Do             Do	Do, Do
   Reuben Do	Son	-	11	Do             Do	Do, Do
   Hannah Do	Daur	-	9	Scholar	Do, Do
   Ellen Do	Daur	-	6	Scholar	Do, Do

4. Census (page 1, page 2) of 7th April 1861 reads:
   Place: Bottom Row, Cressbrook, Litton
   

   Isaac Goodwin	Head	Mar	56	General Labourer	Cheshire. Stockport
   Hannah do	Wife	Mar	54		Derby. Sheldon
   Reuben do	Son	Un	20	Cotton power loom weaver	do       Monyash
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   Hannah Goodwin	Daur	Un	18	Cotton power loom weaver	Derby. Monyash
   Ellen do	Daur	Un	16	do                     do	do       Monyash

5. Marriage Certificate from Registration District of Bakewell states:

   1866 Marriage solemnized at the Parish Church in the Parish of Tideswell in the County of Derby

   When married	Name and Surname	Age	Condition	Rank or Profession	Residence at the time of marriage	Father's name and Surname	Rank or Profession of father
   1866 June 10th	Robert Bingham	25	Bachelor	Weaver	Litton	Matthew Bingham	Frame Work Knitter
   	Hannah Goodwin	24	Spinster	Weaver	Cressbrook	Isaac Goodwin	Warehouse- man

   Married in the Parish Church according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the established church after banns

   in the presence of us Thomas Eyre, Ellen Dawson

   
   Parish Register of St John the Baptist's, Tideswell includes the corresponding entry:

   1866 Marriage solemnized at the Parish Church in the Parish of Tideswell in the County of Derby

   When married	Name and Surname	Age	Condition	Rank or Profession	Residence at the time of marriage	Father's name and Surname	Rank or Profession of father
   1866 November 10th	Robert Bingam	25	Bachelor	Weaver	Litton	Matthew Bingham	Framework Knitter
   	Hannah Goodwin	24	Spinster	Weaver	Cressbrook	Isaac Goodwin	Warehousman

   Married in the Parish Church according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Church of England after Banns
   This Marriage was solemnized between us	Robert Bingham	in the Presence of us	Thomas Eyre
   	Hannah Goodwin		Ellen Dawson

6. Birth Certificate from Registration District of Bakewell states:

   When and where born	Name	Sex	Name and surname of father	Name, surname and maiden surname of mother	Occupation of father	Signature, description and residence of informant	When registered
   Tenth April 1868 Litton	Mary Jane	Girl	Robert Bingham	Hannah Bingham formerly Goodwin	Power loom cotton weaver	Hannah Bingham Mother Litton	Twentyfifth April 1868

7. Census of 2nd April 1871 reads:
   Place: Top Row, Cressbrook
   

   Robert Bingham	Head	Mar	30	Cotton Power Loom Weaver	[Derbyshire], Litton
   Hannah do	Wife	Mar	29	do	do, Monyash
   Mary Bingham	Daur		2		do, Litton

8. Death Certificate from Registration District of Bakewell states:

   When and where died	Name	Sex	Age	Occupation	Cause of death	Signature, description and residence of informant	When registered
   Thirteenth February 1872 Cressbrook Litton	Isaac Goodwin	Male	66 years	General Labourer	Natural Causes Certified	W Goodwin present at the Death Cressbrook Litton	Thirteenth February 1872

9. Death Certificate from Registration District of Bakewell states:

   When and where died	Name	Sex	Age	Occupation	Cause of death	Signature, description and residence of informant	When registered
   Ninth February 1881 Cressbrook Litton R.S.D.	Hannah Goodwin	Female	74 years	Widow of Isaac Goodwin a Labourer	Senile Decay Bronchitis Certified by T.H. Parke M.R.C.S.	Richard Hibbert Son in law present at the death Cressbrook Litton	Ninth February 1881

10. Census of 3rd April 1881 reads:
    Place: 79 Princess St, Ashton-under-Lyne
    

    Robert Bingham	Head	Mar	39	[Cotton Weaver]	Derbyshire, Litton
    Hannah - do -	Wife	Mar	39	- do -	- do - Monyash
    Mary Jane - do -	Daur		12	Scholar	- do - Litton
    Alice Goodwin	Visitor	Mar	49		- do - Tideswell
    Ann Heywood	Visitor	Unm	28	Cotton Weaver	- do - Little Longstone

11. Census of 5th April 1891 reads:
    Place: Middle Cottages, Cressbrook, Litton
    

    Robert Bingham	Head	M	49	Powerloom Calico Weaver	Employed	Derbyshire, Litton
    Hannah Do	Wife	M	49			Do, Monyash
    Mary Jane Do	Daur	S	22	Powerloom Calico Weaver	Employed	Do, Litton
    Herbert Bennett	Boarder	Widower	32	Power Loom Overlooker	Employed	Do, Tideswell

12. Marriage Certificate from Registration District of Bakewell states:

    1892 Marriage solemnized at the Parish Church in the Parish of Tideswell in the County of Derby

    When married	Name and Surname	Age	Condition	Rank or Profession	Residence at the time of marriage	Father's name and Surname	Rank or Profession of father
    1892 June 27th	William Sheldon	21	Bachelor	Labourer	Cressbrook	the late John Sheldon	Gamekeeper
    	Mary Jane Bingham	24	Spinster	-	Cressbrook	Robert Bingham	Weaver

    Married in the Parish Church according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Established Church after banns

    in the presence of Fred Dawson, Charlotte Jackson

13. Death Certificate from Registration District of Repton states:

    When and where died	Name	Sex	Age	Occupation	Cause of death	Signature, description and residence of informant	When registered
    Sixteenth December 1892 The County Asylum Mickleover R.S.D.	Robert Bingham	Male	51 years	Formerly a weaver at Cressbrook Bakewell	Exhaustion from Epilepsy Certified by J Murray Lindsay MD	J Murray Lindsay MD Superintendent County Asylum Mickleover	Twentieth December 1892

14. Death Certificate from Registration District of Bakewell states:

    When and where died	Name	Sex	Age	Occupation	Cause of death	Signature, description and residence of informant	When registered
    Twentieth November 1898 Ravensdale Litton RD	Hannah Bingham	Female	56 years	Widow of Robert Bingham a Powerloom Cotton Weaver	Influenzal Bronchitis Asthemia Certified by J S Parke MRCS	William Sheldon Son-in-law present at the death Ravensdale Litton	Twenty first November 1898

15. Parish Register of St John the Baptist's, Tideswell includes the entry:
    

    Name	Abode	When buried	Age
    Hannah Bingham	Ravensdale Cressbrook	November 23rd [1898]	56 6ears
    Died 20 Nov