Sarah Yerxa, daughter of John Yerxa and Catherine (Gerow) Yerxa, was born at the Mouth of Keswick, supposedly in 1795. She was known as Sally.
York General Sessions - Vol.1. l Jan. 1789 - June 1817. (A notation states that this index is to marriages previous to the year 1812.)
#232 Joseph Goff (Gough) - Sarah Yerxa. (Book in which this marriage and some others were recorded is missing.) Probably married about 1811.
Parish of Fredericton 1851 Census lists Sarah Goff (Gough) 56 years. Joseph is apparently dead. Martin Goff listed as 38 years was a Ferryman. This would make him born about 1813. His wife, Sarah Goff, 23 years, their child, James Goff, 2 years. Others in Sarah and Joseph's family are John Goff, 27; Wellington Goff, 23; William Goff, 21; Jane Goff, 18; Charles Goff, 14. (More research is needed) Sarah (Yerxa) Goff (Gough) died in the decade between 1851 and 1861.
Generation Seven Martin Gough (Goff) (Poulus 1, Johannes 2, Johannes 3, Abraham 4, Johannes (John Yerxa) 5, Sarah (Yerxa) Gough 6, Martin Gough 7)
Martin Gough was the son of Sarah (Yerxa) Gough and Joseph Gough. According to the 1851 Fredericton census, Martin was 38 years of age, so probably born in 1813 or 1814. He married Sarah (surname unknown). His occupation was ferryman and trucker (with horses).
The spelling of the name changed from “Goff” to “Gough” in the decade between 1851 and 1861.
He states English as racial origin and his religion as Church of England. They came from Normandy.
There is a great inconsistency between ages given from one census to another, which makes it very difficult to determine even approximate ages or dates.
Children of Martin and Sarah Gough were:
The family of Martin and Sarah Gough shared a house with John Gough in 1871.
Generation Seven John Gough (Poulus 1, Johannes 2, Johannes 3, Abraham 4, Johannes (John Yerxa) 5, Sarah (Yerxa) Gough 6, John Gough 7)
John Gough was the son of Sarah (Yerxa) Gough and Joseph Gough. He was born somewhere between the years 1824-25 and 1830. They lived in the Kings Ward section of Fredericton. His occupation was truckman and general labourer; English in racial origin and Church of England in religion. He married Jane (surname unknown). She was Irish in racial origin and born about 1839. Family of John and Jane Gough were:
Generation Seven Charles Gough (Poulus 1, Johannes 2, Johannes 3, Abraham 4, Johannes (John Yerxa) 5, Sarah (Yerxa) Gough 6, Charles Gough 7)
Charles Gough was the son of Sarah (Yerxa) Gough and Joseph Gough. He was born in 1842 and was living in Kings Ward, Fredericton Parish in 1851 census. His occupation is stated as millwright or millman; English for racial origin and Church of England in religion. He was living in the house of Mrs. Jane Whelphley, a widow, in 187l. Jane Whelphley was probably his sister and had three children: Osmond, Mabel, and Ida. She had been widowed sometime between 1861 and 1871.
Census of 1891 listed Charles Gough age 51 and married to Helana, aged 31. Children:
Generation Seven William Gough (Poulus 1, Johannes 2, Johannes 3, Abraham 4, Johannes (John Yerxa) 5, Sarah (Yerxa) Gough 6, William Gough 7)
William Gough was the son of Sarah (Yerxa) Gough and Joseph Gough. He was born in 1833 and died April 3, 1900, aged 67 years. He married Susan A. Olts (1832-1919). Their children were:
