Samuel Goode (mayor)
Samuel Goode was a mayor of Adelaide, South Australia.
History
He arrived in South Australia on 24 September 1850 on the Princess Helena with his parents Samuel and Mrs. Goode, brothers Matthew and Charles Henry, and sister Mrs Marshall. Another brother, Ernest Russell Goode was born at Ivingtonbury and emigrated to South Australia.In England he had worked on his father's farm, but for much of his first seven years in South Australia he worked as a draper with brothers Matthew and Charles as Goode Brothers. In 1857 he returned to England to marry a Miss Russell of Kingsland near Leominster and returned to Adelaide, rejoining his brothers' firm. He returned to Leominster around 1860, where at Ivingtonbury he profitably bred Hereford cattle and served on the Leominster town council. In 1889 he again returned to Adelaide and ran farms near Islington railway station and at north Norwood. He was elected to the Adelaide City Council and served as mayor from 1863 to 1864. To him fell the honour of laying the foundation stone for the new Town Hall's Albert Tower.
In 1865, he travelled with his wife and children to London on the clipper ship City of Adelaide.
He served as Chief Magistrate for a year. and was a member of the Royal Agricultural and Horticultural Society and its president from 1900 to 1901.
He was a member of the Agriculture Bureau and closely followed the improvements in yield that accompanied scientific use of artificial fertilizers.
Family
Samuel Goode married Miss Russell, a daughter of E. Russell of Kingsland, Herefordshire, in 1857. Their children included:- Their eldest son Charles Henry Goode jun. married Jessie Gertrude Chaplin on 7 July 1903. Charles, who was named for his uncle Sir Charles, was severely incapacitated by a childhood accident, and noted for his good humour and strength of character. He worked as an insurance agent and was closely associated with the North Adelaide and Unley Baptist Churches.
- Second daughter Helena Russell Goode married architect Charles Thomas Good on 26 March 1890. Their home was "Radmarley", 92 Cross Road, Myrtle Bank.
- Edith Russell Goode married Rev. Albert Sidney Devenish on 21 April 1903.
- Kate Russell "Katie" Goode married Frank William Varley on 19 December 1896. They had a home at 555 Burke Road, Camberwell, Victoria.
- Helena "Nellie" Russell Goode married cousin Charles Thomas Good on 26 March 1890
- Their youngest daughter, Fannie Russell Goode, married cousin Dr. Joseph Ernest Good on 10 October 1894 She died around five months later. He married again, to Agnes Minnie Williams, Dr. Good was a descendant of Surgeon Major Good, medical attendant to the Duke of Wellington.
- Ernest Russell Goode married Annie Edith Stacy in 1897, lived at Clark Street, Wayville; she later lived at 56 Tusmore avenue, Tusmore. They had a son, Keith, and daughters Muriel and Gwen.