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I believe Victor passed away around c2000-2006. I haven't got a date of birth for him but think he was in his 80s when he passed and lived in Kings Road. I'd like to know if he had any siblings and details of them if possible. He was married at some point, not sure if he had children from that marriage. I'm currently making enquiries regarding where he is laid to rest. Doreima.

Have you looked on the gro for his death


You may have to get the death cert to see who the informant was

Plus it will show his birthdate so you can work backwards

Or if you know his parents names then find them and work forwards

Took a look and this is the only one that comes up so later than you thought

GOODING, VICTOR WILLIAM E 1922
GRO Reference: DOR Q4/2011 in READING (320-1C) Entry Number 505665539

From FMP

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First name(s) Victor William Edward
Postcode area RG
Last name Gooding
Postcode district RG45
Sex Male
Postcode sector RG45 7
Age 89
County Berkshire
Birth year 1922
Country England
Birth date 1922
Record set England & Wales Deaths 2007-2020
Death year 2011
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Death date 15 Oct 2011
Subcategory Civil Deaths & Burials
Residence Crowthorne
Collections from England, Great Britain, Wales
Area Reading

So c89 years old

Married in 1952

Victor W E
County Berkshire
Last name Gooding
Country England
Marriage quarter 4
Volume 6A
Marriage year 1952
Volume as transcribed 6A
Registration month -
Page number 393
MarriageFinder™ Victor W E Gooding married one of these people
Winifred H Rance
Record set England & Wales Marriages 1837-2005
Spouse's last name Rance
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
District Windsor
Subcategory Civil Marriage & Divorce
District number -
Collections from Great Britain,

So look on freebmd for any children using the surname combinations

4 "gibletts Folly" Little Sandhurst, Sandhurst, Easthampstead R.D., Berkshire, England
1939 register badge
Household members (9 people)
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First name(s) Last name(s) Birth date Sex Occupation Marital status Schedule Schedule sub number
William Rance 14 Sep 1905 Male General Labourer Married 366 1
Bessie V Rance 25 Jan 1908 Female Laundry Maid Married 366 2
Betty E Forster (Rance) 16 Feb 1929 Female At School Single 366 3
The record for this person is officially closed.
Winifred H Gooding (Rance) 25 Jul 1932 Female At School Single 366 5
The record for this person is officially closed.
The record for this person is officially closed.


Her death
Winifred Hilda
Gooding
Register number 690
Gender Female
County Berkshire
Birth day 25
Volume 19
Birth month 7
Page 296
Birth year 1932
Country England
Age -
Record set England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007
Death quarter 2
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Registration Month 6
Subcategory Civil Deaths & Burials
Death year 1990
Collections from Great Britain, England
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Other records featuring that name
(1 record)

There's only one Gooding/Rance birth showing on FreeBMD - easily found, as the surname combination is, luckily, relatively unusual.

As the family appear to have remained in Berkshire, there's a likely marriage of that child in 1973. (See FreeBMD)

The spouse has an unusual name, so the couple are easily found on the Electoral Rolls (under "search" at top right of this page.).
Still living in Berkshire in 2020.
They may still be at the 2020 address, and just have opted out of the public ER.

A son was also listed with them in 2002.

Doreen

Use the following FREE sites to do some research yourself. As these are your relations, you’re more likely to know if what is found is relevant

https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/Login.asp

https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl

Victor William E Gooding 19, is mentioned in a newspaper report in 1939 and he was of King’s Road, Crowthorne so looks like that is the correct person.

Reading Mercury 02 September 1939

Looks like he put a couple of years on to his age for some reason.

Births Sep 1922 (>99%)
Gooding Victor W E Searl Easthampstead 2c 762

Glad to see you found that report Doreen. So this is his parents' marriage.

First name(s) William E
County Berkshire
Last name Gooding
Marriage quarter 4
Volume 2C
Marriage year 1917
Volume as transcribed 2C
Page number 1058
MarriageFinder™ William E Gooding married one of these people
Elizabeth Searl
District Wokingham


His father's burial

First name(s) William Edward
Church St John the Baptist
Last name Gooding
Place Crowthorne
Age 55
County Berkshire
Birth year 1870
Residence Crowthorne, Kings Rd
Record set Berkshire Burial Index
Death year 1925
Burial year 1925
Subcategory Parish Burials
Burial date 25 Nov 1925

The 1921 has William, Elizabeth, Elena and 3 others living in Easthampstead. Phyllis is one of the 3.

These are the Goodings showing in Crowthorne in 1921. Of course the other 2 people in the household may not be Goodings.


William
Gooding
1871
Berkshire, England
Crowthorne
Easthampstead
Berkshire

Elena
Gooding
1914
Berkshire, England
Crowthorne
Easthampstead
Berkshire

Elizabeth
Gooding
1890
Berkshire, England
Crowthorne
Easthampstead
Berkshire

Phyllis
Gooding
1915
Berkshire, England
Crowthorne
Easthampstead
Berkshire






There are no other Gooding/Searl births so looks like he had no siblings.

Could some of these births be Elizabeth's children before her marriage?

Births Mar 1914 (>99%)
SEARL Eileene M Searl Wokingham 2c 701
SEARL Reginald V Searl Wokingham 2c 706 (NO, child of Daisy Searl)
Births Sep 1915 (>99%)
Searl Phyllis D Searl Wokingham 2c 683
Births Dec 1915 (>99%)
SEARL George A SEARL Wokingham 2c 637 (NO son of Daisy)


EDIT So Eileene (Elena?) and Phyllis D possibly?

This is the 1939 with Elizabeth Gooding. The daughter, Phyllis is now married as is Ellena.

1939 Register
3 Red Cottages Kings Road, Crowthorne, Easthampstead R.D., Berkshire, England

Household members (7 people)
First name(s) Last name(s) Birth date Sex Occupation Marital status Schedule Schedule sub number
Elizabeth Goodwing 11 Apr 1888 Female Unpaid Domestic Duties Widowed 148 1

The record for this person is officially closed.
Ellena M Clark,Austin 02 Jan 1914 Female Unpaid Domestic Duties Married 148 3
Phyllis D Lewis 24 Jun 1915 Female Unpaid Domestic Duties Married 148 4

The record for this person is officially closed.
David J Lewis 22 Apr 1937 Male Under School Age Single 148 6
George P Elmer 27 Apr 1937 Male Builder's Joiner Single 148 7

A tree on ancestry has Phyllis Doris Searl(e) marrying William J E Lewis in 1936.

and Elena

Marriages Dec 1937 (>99%)
Austin Bertie Searle Windsor 2c 1318
Searle Ellena M Austin Windsor 2c 1318

and a second marriage

Marriages Mar 1958 (>99%)
AUSTIN Ellena M CLACK Wokingham 6a 627
CLACK Leonard N AUSTIN Wokingham 6a 627


England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007

First name(s) Ellena May
District Surrey Mid Eastern
Last name Clack
County Surrey
Gender Female
Volume 17
Birth day 1
Page 0077
Birth month 1
Birth year 1914
Death quarter 3
Death year 1983


England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007

First name(s) Phyllis Doris
District Bracknell
Last name Lewis
Register number 1187
Gender Female
County Berkshire
Birth day 24
Volume 19
Birth month 6
Page 84
Birth year 1915
Death quarter 4
Registration Month 11
Death year 1987