Joshua was born on September 28th, 1824. Joshua's father was John Goodfellow and his mother was Alice Davenport. He had three brothers and three sisters, named John, Jesse, Uriah, Lois, Alice and Martha. He was the second oldest of the seven children. He had three half-brothers named Simeon, Benjamin and Jacob. He died at the age of 30 in December 1854 in Hyde. He was buried on December 23rd, 1854 in Stalybridge.1
General Notes
In 1841, Joshua was 15, living with parents John (60, Joiner) and Mary at Audenshaw.
18 Feb 1844, Joshua married Betty Hall at Manchester Cathederal, but died at hyde in 1854. His children (Isaac, Iram and Emma) emigrated to the US.