Waterloo Region Generations
A record of the people of Waterloo Region, Ontario.

Sylvester Godbold

Male 1850 - Yes, date unknown


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  • Name Sylvester Godbold 
    Born 1850  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1861  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Free Church 
    Occupation 1871  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Agricultural Laborer 
    Residence 1871  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Anglican 
    Occupation 1872  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    school teacher 
    Occupation 1881  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Farmer 
    Residence 1881  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Presbyterian Canada 
    Occupation 1886  Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    grocer 
    Business 1887  Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    S. Godbold dealer in Groceries & Provisions 
    1887 Directory
    1887 Directory
    Name S. Godbold 
    Occupation soda water manufacturer 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-5912 
    Died Yes, date unknown 
    Buried Saint James Anglican Cemetery, Toronto, York Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I5912  Generations
    Last Modified 30 Sep 2024 

    Father Benjamin Godbold,   b. 6 Mar 1829, Blundeston With Flixton, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Jun 1901, , York Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years) 
    Mother Barbara Hewitt,   b. 1821, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Nov 1899, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
    Married 1850  [3
    Family ID F6150  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Sarah Jane Sinclair,   b. 1847, , Cumberland, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 May 1924, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years) 
    Married 19 Nov 1872  Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Children 
     1. Mary Helen Godbold,   b. 29 Apr 1874, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. James Godbold,   b. 1876, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 1 Oct 2024 
    Family ID F4081  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • S. Godbold, Family Grocer, Ainslie and Dickson Streets - New business enterprises show that a community is in a thriving condition, and that it is believed there is room for at least "one more" to engage in traffic. Of no place in Canada can this be better said than of Galt, where thrift, industry and prosperity are going hand in hand together. Last summer Mr. S. Godbold started in the grocery business at what is know as "Business Corner," corner of Dickson and Ainslie Streets. The premises occupied by him are 22x80 feet in dimensions, and are well stocked with a full and complete assortment of staple and fancy groceries, the choicest brands of teas from China and Japan, fragrant coffees from Rio, Java and South American points, pure spices, table delicacies, condiments, flour, hermetically sealed goods, and all other articles usually found in a first-class grocery store. Mr. Godbold was engaged as a soda water manufacturer for three years previous to entering upon the present business, and finds his prospects excellent and his trade steadily increasing. He gives employment to four assistants, and uses a team for the delivery of goods to customers in town and country. He is a native of Canada, and an active, energetic and enterprising business man, and has filled the office of School Trustee in this town for some years, and was for a number of years a teacher in the public schools of Waterloo.

      Industries of Canada, historical and commercial sketches, Hamilton and environs: its prominent places and people: representative merchants and manufacturers: its improvements, progress and enterprise (1886)

  • Sources 
    1. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 012784-73 Sylvester Godbold.
      Sylvester GODBOLD, 21, teacher, Waterloo Twp, Waterloo Twp, s/o Benjamin GODBOLD & Barbara HEWETT married Sarah Jane SINCLAIR, 24, Cumberland England, Waterloo Twp, d/o Thomas SINCLAIR & Mary SWORD, witn: Fernand GODBOLD of Waterloo Twp & Maggie LANDRATH of Blenheim, 19 November 1872 at Knox Church House in Ayr.

    2. [S178] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1881, Waterloo S. Twp. 1881 Div 3 Page 5.

    3. [S1887] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1861 (North Division), Div 3 Page 13.

    4. [S514] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1871, Sect. 1 Page 45.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 1850 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Free Church - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Agricultural Laborer - 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Anglican - 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - school teacher - 1872 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 19 Nov 1872 - AYR, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Farmer - 1881 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Presbyterian Canada - 1881 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - grocer - 1886 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBusiness - S. Godbold dealer in Groceries & Provisions - 1887 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Saint James Anglican Cemetery, Toronto, York Co., Ontario Link to Google Earth
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