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- Charles was born on Monday February 19 1917
Charles Goodmurphy joined the Canadian Army in 1940 (after his father Joel died) then he went overseas in July 1940, he came back in April 1941 to Kingston Military Hospital.
He was in the hospital for a few days for a checkover then released.
He stayed on in Kingston at the Fort Frontenac barracks. Everette Goodmurphy, his older brother, was working as a cook at Fort Frontenac, and at that time was seeing Mary McVicker from Deseronto.
Everette and Charles went to Deseronto in April 1941 and Charles met Catherine (Betty) McVicker. They dated for three months or so, then they were married on August 6, 1941.
Charles and Betty stayed in Deseronto for awhile, then they lived in Kingston for awhile. They went back to Deseronto, and were living there when their first child, Teresa, was born on Septmeber 5, 1942.
In late 1942 they moved to Bloomfield, then in 1943 they moved to Wellington.
At that time, Richard & Anastacia McVicker and Dennis Callaghan (Anastacia's father) moved to Wellington also.
In 1944, Charles and Betty lived at Charlie Greer's tenant house on Consecon Street (west side, just before the Cemetery, across from Cecil Fritz).
In 1945 they moved out to the Swamp College Road to live with Ralph Goodmurphy (Charles's younger brother) to help work the Goodmurphy farm owned by Jennie Goodmurphy Parker (Gilbert's daughter).
In 1946 they moved to the Lakeshore, west of Wellington, to a house owned by Lewis Wight.
In 1948 they moved to a house near the site of the Canadian Cannery # 45 - behind the present-day site of the Legion Manor. The Cannery was torn down many many years ago. They had moved to this site after Elizabeth was born in May 1948.
In 1949 they moved to the corner of the Town Line Road & the Gore Road, the current site of Barry McFaul's house (on the NE corner).
In the fall of 1949 they moved to Platt's (east end of Wellington) near what used to be Ogilvy's Milk Plant during the 1950's.
In 1950, Charles was admitted to Hotel Dieu Hospital in Kingston with stomach ulcer troubles and underwent stomach surgery.
Later in 1950, Charles & Betty and their first four children, moved to Niles Corners to a little red brick insul house on the corner, next to Bill & Gerty Dainard.
In 1952, Charles was admitted to Hotel Dieu Hospital with a ruptured appendix.
In August 1952, Charles began employment at Mountain View Airport as a Commissionaire.
In the spring of 1961 the family moved to the junction of the Danforth Road and Swamp College Road. The immediate neighbours were Norman & Ethel Allison, to the west, and Jim & Margaret Denard, to the east. Just past the Denard's on the south side of the road, were Allan & Barbara Pettingill.
In 1985, Charles & Betty sold this house and moved into the newly constructed Legion Manor, situated behind the Wellington Arena.
In 1989, Charles and Betty moved from the Legion Manor to 183 Niles Street (just east of the Arena, which is also on Niles Street).
In late 1996, Charles health worsened due to the progression of Parkinson's Disease. Charles was placed into the Picton Manor in January 1997.
In January 1998 his health rapidly declined, and he passed away on January 20, 1998.
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1917 - 1998 (80 years)
