Trivia

Father of Lillian Amy Goodwin; Charles Edward Goodwin; William Frederick Goodwin; Jessie Allis Goodwin; Harold Victor Goodwin and 1 other.

Frederick Goodwin was a 42-year-old electrical engineer living with his wife, Augusta, 43 and six children, Lillian, 16; Charles, 14; William, 11; Jessie, 10; Harold, 9; and baby Sidney, in a row house in Fulham, England.

Son of Charles Goodwin and Mary Ann Tyler.

Brother of Thomas C Goodwin; Florence E H Goodwin; Sidney T Goodwin; Lydia A Goodwin and Frank O Goodwin.

Like most large families travelling in third class, especially those with teenage boys, the entire family was lost in the sinking. Only the body of baby Sidney was recovered (remaining unidentified for many years).

Thomas Goodwin notified Fred of an opportunity for work at the big power station at Niagara and plans were made for Fred and his family to settle there also. Funds were borrowed from his sister Florence Rottger and her husband William, and his sister Lydia also sent monetary help.

The family had originally planned to cross on another steamer but the coal strike changed their plans and they were transferred to the Titanic. They boarded Titanic in Southampton on April 10th, 1912 as third class passengers (ticket number 2144 which cost £46, 18s).

He appears on the 1871 census living at Swan Street, St Mary's, Bermondsey but the family appears on the 1881 census living at 11 Rodney Street, Newington, Southwark and on the 1891 census at 3 Draco Street, Newington. By this time Fred was described, like his father, as a printer and compositor.

Fred was married on Christmas Day 1894 to Augusta Tyler (b. 1868), a Middlesex native and former domestic servant. Together they would have six children: Lillian Augusta (b. 1896), Charles Edward (b. 1897), William Frederick (b. 1898), Jessie Allis Mary (b. 1900), Harold Victor (b. 1901) and Sidney Leslie (b. 1910).