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NameGeorge Kent (later Gosling) 
[4, 1911 ref: RG14, Piece 10819, RG78PN584 RD213 SD1 ED21 SN357]
[4, 1911 ref: RG14, Piece 10819, RG78PN584 RD213 SD1 ED21 SN357]Birthca 1855, Holbrook, Suffolk
GeneralA gunner-smith in the army, then blacksmith then driller.
Spouses
Marriage3 Dec 1887, Campbellpore, India [179, Marriage on 3 Dec 1887 at]
ChildrenLeslie George (1888-1889)
Blanche Bessie (1889-1890)
Frederick Stock (1891-1964)
Olga May (1893-1962)
Leslie York (1894-ca1895)
Dorothy Amelia (1895-ca1895)
George Snowdon (1897-1917)
William Stanley (1898-ca1904)
Arthur Basil (1899-ca1977)
Eileen (ca1901-ca1910)
Madge (1903-ca1989)
Notes for George Kent (later Gosling)
It looks like he changed his name from Kent to Gosling, possibly around the time he left the army.
In fact he left the army in 1895 after a disastrous pair of deaths of their last two children. It might be that tragedy that caused him to leave the army and change his name.
The next child was born at the beginning of 1897 with the surname of Gosling, perhaps significant of the hope (Goslings being the young of Geese) in the new born?
In the army he was a gunner smith. Afterwards, from censuses and his children's births and baptisms, he was a blacksmith, then a driller in a foundry. This shows a continuity of skill and suggests that the change of name was real and that there was not a change of husband through the death of George Kent.
After leaving the army, judging by the birth locations of their children, he and his family moved to and then stayed in Suffolk where he said in the censuses ha had been born. Their children then migrated to or close to Ipswich, judging by the location of their Vital Events. So did he, and Susan, follow them to Ipswich in their old age and did they both die there?
If so these two death index entries are candidates for his death:
Last name First name(s) Year Of Birth Year Of Death Year Location
Gosling George 1856 1932 1932 Woodbridge, Suffolk
Gosling George 1854 1934 1934 Ipswich, Suffolk
But we cannot be sure which one might be him without getting a death certificate and even that might not be conclusive.
His gt-gt-granddaughter thinks it was in 1934.
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In fact he left the army in 1895 after a disastrous pair of deaths of their last two children. It might be that tragedy that caused him to leave the army and change his name.
The next child was born at the beginning of 1897 with the surname of Gosling, perhaps significant of the hope (Goslings being the young of Geese) in the new born?
In the army he was a gunner smith. Afterwards, from censuses and his children's births and baptisms, he was a blacksmith, then a driller in a foundry. This shows a continuity of skill and suggests that the change of name was real and that there was not a change of husband through the death of George Kent.
After leaving the army, judging by the birth locations of their children, he and his family moved to and then stayed in Suffolk where he said in the censuses ha had been born. Their children then migrated to or close to Ipswich, judging by the location of their Vital Events. So did he, and Susan, follow them to Ipswich in their old age and did they both die there?
If so these two death index entries are candidates for his death:
Last name First name(s) Year Of Birth Year Of Death Year Location
Gosling George 1856 1932 1932 Woodbridge, Suffolk
Gosling George 1854 1934 1934 Ipswich, Suffolk
But we cannot be sure which one might be him without getting a death certificate and even that might not be conclusive.
His gt-gt-granddaughter thinks it was in 1934.
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Notes for George & Susan Jane (Family)
Their marriage transcription, from the register image:
Date 3 Dec 1887
His name: George Kent
Her name: Susan Jane Troup
His Residence: Campbellpore
Her Residence: Campbellpore
His condition: Widower
Her Condition: Widow
His father: William Kent
Her father: Walter Hicks
Witnesses: William McDougal, Emma McDougal
Celebrant: Charles A Mason
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Date 3 Dec 1887
His name: George Kent
Her name: Susan Jane Troup
His Residence: Campbellpore
Her Residence: Campbellpore
His condition: Widower
Her Condition: Widow
His father: William Kent
Her father: Walter Hicks
Witnesses: William McDougal, Emma McDougal
Celebrant: Charles A Mason
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