ALBERT GEORGE GODSMARK Brisbane

• General Notes
  • 23.  ALICE WINIFRED4 KERTON (WILLIAM3, ROBERT2, JAMES1 KIRTON) was born 2 April 1874 in Baynton's Buildings, Bedminster, Somerset, and died 21 January 1963 in Crana Private Hospital, Herston, Australia.  She married ALBERT GEORGE GODSMARK 9 September 1891 in Brisbane.  He was born 19 November 1865 in Rawland's Castle, Hampshire, and died 12 March 1940.
    
    Notes for ALICE WINIFRED KERTON:
    Alice was the only child that remained with her father.  She was cared for by relatives and taken to the farms where her father was working.
    
    
    More About ALICE WINIFRED KERTON:
    Burial: 1963, Mount Gravatt Cemetery
    Occupation: Bef. 1891, Domestic Servant
    Residence: Bef. 1891, Torwood, Brisbane.
    
    Notes for ALBERT GEORGE GODSMARK:
    After Albert's retirement he couldn't get a pension because they owned too much land.
    Land which they were unable to sell.  To help with the family income Alice raised foster children.
    
    More About ALBERT GEORGE GODSMARK:
    Burial: 1940, Mount Gravatt Cemetery
    Occupation: Bef. 1891, Railway Porter
    Residence: Bef. 1891, Roma Street, Brisbane
    
    Marriage Notes for ALICE KERTON and ALBERT GODSMARK:
    After Alice's first three children died disillusionment set in and the couple planned to return to England.  Alice went first and stayed with Albert's mother who was running a laundry business.  Alice must have unknowingly been pregnant with her fourth child as their first surviving daughter was born in England.
    England was not as enchanting as Alice imagined, she didn't like the rain, so she returned to Brisbane and the couple went on to have six more children.
        
    Children of ALICE KERTON and ALBERT GODSMARK are:
        i.    ARTHUR5 GODSMARK, b. 12 September 1892, Brisbane; d. 15 September 1892, Brisbane.
    
    More About ARTHUR GODSMARK:
    Burial: September 1892, Toowong Cemetery, Brisbane
    
        ii.    TWIN GODSMARK, b. 12 May 1893, Brisbane; d. 12 May 1893, Brisbane.
        iii.    TWIN GODSMARK, b. 12 May 1893, Brisbane; d. 12 May 1893, Brisbane.
        iv.    ALICE FLORENCE GODSMARK, b. 10 September 1894; m. JOHN THOMPSON.
        v.    LILLIAN MAY GODSMARK, b. 19 June 1896; m. DAVID WALKER.
        vi.    ELEANOR EDITH GODSMARK, b. 3 April 1898; m. FRANCIS BRODIE.
        vii.    ETHEL CONSTANCE GODSMARK, b. 29 November 1901; m. JOSEPH WADLEY.
        viii.    PERCY HAROLD GODSMARK, b. 21 July 1905; d. 24 May 1978.
        ix.    JULIA GODSMARK, b. 15 July 1908.
        x.    DORIS IRENE GODSMARK, b. 8 August 1910.
        xi.    DULCIE ALMA GODSMARK, b. 18 March 1913; d. 12 September 1988.