HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1977-06-30, Page 49:m Fisher Gooding
merchant
founided beforer
He became the set-
tt first general stereo'
and in the early years
magistrate. (In: •the
sex County history it is
ed that W.F. Gooding
mo
long newly 'elected
Votes meeting In
in 1839,) With; George
and Robert Shaw,
g formed the 'first
kb township,, cern-
which represented
•overnment before the
'pal councils were'i' set
ing erected 'the first
g here - his trading
'arehouse) on the flats.
one of the founders of
esbyterian-cause ,here,
e a large investor in
tial lots, and members
family were active •in
ity affairs for, a half -
y, The 150th an-
y of the town of
he was first citizen
him "unhortored and
(Han Encyclopedia
,s the career of
m Shade, founder of
first called Shade's'
who frequently lent
to Gooding on
real estate, but one
sin vain for W.F. or
IrGooding _......
jug came from
+ga, N,Y., and ,was a
subject, it is stated in
of the Canada;. Com -
In the Belding ,Atlas it
he brought three
Jasper, Edwin and
. About the same time
Ronald Good Lor
from Ayrshire, with
daughters: William
,g married ° Jane;
won Mary, and Edwin
e the husband of
Middlesex History it
ded that Jasper H.
gand .Mary Good were
by the Rev. Thomas
head, Methodist
pal minister, on
19, 1832, From the
'of death in later
it would appear that
,'1 was 36, Mary, Good
they married. '
W the• brides were in
it is related in the
sisters book, Days of °
°•da Company, "and
rims at different times
err way there along
in,a big canoe: Two
sons were afterward.
0 from the. same,
in The Settlement of
unty names. William
Lwin as the sons who
This occurred; "not
Ong after their,
ges;” and the
ty that there were
of these marriages
any attempt to
agenealogical table.
,arratives appear to
:with W.F. Gooding
tying son, but there
',.evidence of a largerThe Belding Atlas
rat Gooding "joined
r's, Jasper and
conducting the fiat.
store," Before forming any
suspicion of error here, one
must note the- words of the
late WI1lin;,.CnphPllr._.._.
"onetite `""ppstmaster, later
town clerk, in reminiscences
• given to the Goderich Star.
Mr. fCamphell .lived in
G`gderich from the age of two
until along in his 90s, and his -
statements on local history
may be accepted.as accurate.
"Mr. W.F. Gooding," he
told the newspaper, "lived
about where Mr. Bedford's
residence is now (1927) and
his brother, Jasper Gooding,
kept store, having con-
siderable dealings with the
Indians, as had all the stores
of the early days." For good
measure • in this matter of •
brothers, there is a deed
dated October 19, 1832,
wherein, for the, con-
sideration of five pounds, the
Ca=nada, Company: granted
Lot 23, on the south side of
West street, to William
Fisher Gooding and Jasper
Kemball Gooding, general
merchants."
Lot 23 is the second west of
Wellesley, but in the original
surve, by the Canada
Company it was numbered 4.
Gooding owned most of the
lots on what is now Cobourg
street,and some on
Lighthouse.
Finding 'Mention of a son of
W.F. Goodwin.. named Edwin
and also a brother Edwin
may seem confusing, but a
Lake Shore lot in Colborne,
sold, by the Baron van Tuyll to
Henry Horton in 1893 had
been„,qwped previously by
Edwin kuthven Gooding.
GOODING WIVES . .
Rev. William Proudfoot,
Presbyterian missionary,
provides the only mention of
the Gooding women,' and this
was six years after the
founding of the settlement.
He wrote in his diary: "Feb.
14, London; met at the Inn
Mr. Gooding, a storekeeper at
Goderich, together with . his
wife and his brother's wife.
They „gave me a warm
welcome to Goderich, and
every encouragement to hope
that a Presbyterian Church
may be formed there. Mr.
Gooding offered to take me to
Goderich in his sleigh on
Saturday. .March 3rd.
Sabbath, Mr. Reid
(hotelman) gave us th•e "use of
his large room to preach In. ,
.Dined with Mr. Gooding.
There were. present Mr.
Black (of Black's Point).
.also Mr. Reuben, Good.- ..
.Among the , signers of a
petition for a grant of land
was Reuben Good."
Despite this auspicious
beginning, no record of the
Gooding name is found in the
records of Knox Church.
Jasper Kemball Gooding
was sheriff of Huron District
in 1844-45, following Henry
Hyndman and before John
Macdonald. He died
December 29, 1869, ..and the
date ought to lead .to an in-
formative obituary; but it
doesn't, December is missing
from the Signal file, and no
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