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Laura 'Ella' (Culp) Goulding |
Laura "Ella" (Culp) Goulding was born on Christmas Eve 1864 in Tarlton, Pickaway County, OH, the daughter of Charles W. and Matilda (Miner) Culp.
On Jan. 14, 1889, when she was 25, Ella married 36-year-old John "Jay" Goulding (1852-1926), a native of Perry County, OH whose parents were from the District of Columbia.
The Gouldings together bore two daughters -- Leafy "Rose" Goulding and Laura C. Tobin.
They resided in Lancaster, Fairfield County, OH, where John was a "machine hand" producing "farm implements."
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Bird's eye view of Lancaster, OH |
Tragically, after just four years of married life, Ella died on Nov. 1, 1892, at the age of 28. Her passing came just six short days after giving birth to their daughter Laura. Ella's tired remains were laid to rest in the family plot at Forest Rose Cemetery in Lancaster, OH.
The widowed John and the girls moved in with Ella's parents. Several years after Ella's death, the Lancaster Daily Eagle observed that she had "left two sweet little girls [who are] now forming a part of the grandparents' household."
John and the daughters remained in the Culp home for a number of years, and were enumerated there when the federal censuses were taken in 1900 and 1910. By 1920, after his father in law had died, John headed a household on Arnold Avenue that included daughter Laura, mother in law Matilda (Miner) Culp and unmarried sister in law Jennie Victoria Culp. As of 1920, John was a laborer in a glass factory, and Laura, age 27, was employed in a "tin store."
John's home in 1921, at the marriage of his daughter Laura, was on Arnold Avenue. By 1926 he moved into the residence of his daughter Laura at 330½ South Broad Street, Lancaster.
Sadly, for the last few years of his life, John was stricken with chronic kidney disease. He died at the age of 74 on July 8, 1926,
at St. Anthony's Hospital in Columbus, Franklin County, OH. His remains were
returned to Lancaster. The Lancaster Gazette-Eagle said that the "last sad services were held today over the remains of John Goulding, Father Beery conducting a requiem high mass at St. Mary's church this morning. Mr. Clem Miller beautifully rendered 'Thy Will Be Done'. Interment was made at St. Mary's Cemetery." Ella's relatives Cephas Nelson Culp and Paul Culp traveled to attend the services.
~ Daughter Leafy "Rose" Goulding ~
Daughter Leafy "Rose" Goulding (1890-1910) was born on July 15, 1890 in Lancaster.
She was employed in young womanhood as a clerk in Lancaster. She did not marry.
At the age of 19, in November 1909, Rose came down with an incurable case of tuberculosis and kidney failure.
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suffering for nearly four months, she gave up the fight, and passed away on March 8, 1910 in Lancaster. She is buried at St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery.
~ Daughter Laura (Goulding) Tobin ~
Daughter Laura Goulding (1892-1943) was born on Oct. 26, 1892 in Lancaster, OH. Some thought her maiden name was "Golden."
Laura was employed as a sales lady in the Gardner & Hughes Store in Lancaster in 1917-1921. In January 1917, she hosted a meeting of the W.W. Club at her residence on Lake Street. Her 81-year-old grandmother Matilda (Miner) Culp greeted guests as they arrived, and Laura's aunt Jennie Culp also attended. Reported the Lancaster Eagle-Gazette, "The evening was pleasantly spent in crocheting fancy needlework and social converse."
Laura is known to have maintained a friendship with her cousin Ethel Worley of Springfield, OH and to have entertained Ethel at her new home on Arnold Avenue in November 1919.
On Sept. 12, 1921, knowing she was expecting a baby, she joined in marital union with World War I veteran George J. Tobin (Jan. 21, 1889-1946), also of Lancaster and the son of James Tobin. The wedding was "pretty though quiet," said the Eagle-Gazette,and took place at St. Mary's Church, officiated by Rev. Fr. J.B. Mattingly. "The bride was attractive in a stylish suit of brown with a becoming hat to match... She is well known among a wide circle of friends, as is her husband." At the time of marriage, George was employed by Gedman Shoe Company.
The newlyweds' first address was 115 Arnold Avenue, Lancaster.
The Tobins' joy turned to heartache when the baby boy was stillborn in City Hospital less than two months later, on Dec. 3, 1921. Burial of the tender remains was in St. Mary's Cemetery. Laura and George otherwise did not reproduce.
George continued his trade of shoemaking during his lifetime. He belonged to the local post of the American Legion and the Holy Name Society of St. Mary's Catholic Church.
In later years, Laura is said to have had such a bad case of arthritis in her hands that she could not hold a spoon or a fork.
The Tobins resided in Lancaster, with a final address together of 114 East Chestnut.
Suffering from rheumatoid arthritis and anemia, as well as hardening of the arteries, she developed congestive heart failure and was bedfast for nine weeks. She was admitted to Mount Carmel Hospital in Columbus. Sadly, just nine days after her 51st birthday, she died on Nov. 5, 1943. Her mass of Christian burial was held in St. Mary's, and interment was in the church cemetery. Her obituary in the Lancaster Eagle-Gazette said she was survived by her aunts Jennie Culp and Mrs. Isaac Bowers of Lancaster and her uncle Lewis Culp of Roseville.
George remained in their East Chestnut Street home but only outlived his bride by three years. He suffered from an advanced case of pulmonary tuberculosis. Just two weeks shy of his 57th birthday, he surrendered to the angel of death on Jan. 8, 1946 as a patient in the Veterans Administration Hospital in Dayton. The Eagle-Gazette ran his obituary.
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