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Frederick Gmelin                                 1837-1910
Frederick was born about 1837, in Baden, Germany. He became a Christian missionary in India. He married Sarah Godson.

Sarah Godson                                       1831-1907
Sarah was born on 31 January 1831, the daughter of Edward Godson and Sarah Pratt, at Shipston on Stour, Worcestershire.
I have identified the following children.
Frederick Edwin Born 25 Dec 1866   Bengal, India Married Kathleen Trevenen Roe
Katherine Helen Born abt 1870   Chipping Camden, Glos.  
Charles Henry Stuart Born 28 May 1872   Krishnagar, Bengal, India Married Hester Mary Alington Royds
Birth of Parents
Frederick Gmelin b: abt 1837         Baden, Germany
 

Sarah Godson b: 31 Jan 1831         Shipston on Stour, Worcestershire
daughter of Edward Godson and Sarah Pratt

Marriage
1864
Frederick Gmelin
Sarah Godson 		Bengal, India             N1-107-84

Children
Frederick Edwin Gmelin b: 25 Dec 1866               Krishnagar, Bengal India
son of Frederick Gmelin and Sarah Godson
Katherine Helen Gmelin b: abt 1870         Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire   1870 2Q Shipston on Stour 6d 578
daughter of Frederick Gmelin and Sarah Godson

1871 Census RG10-3060 3 April 1871 Weston Subedge, Gloucestershire
Village
Frederic Gmelin (M)
Frederic E. 		Age 33
Age 4 		Missionary Society Grand Duchy Germany
East Indies		 abt 1837
25 Dec 1866

Charles Henry Stuart Gmelin b: 28 May 1872               Krishnagar, Bengal India
son of Frederick Gmelin and Sarah Godson

1881 Census RG11-1613 4 April 1881 Pertenhall, Bedfordshire
Bells Lane
Frederick Gmelin
Sarah (Wife) 		Age 43
Age 50 		Curate Baden
Shipston		 Germany
Worcestershire 		abt 1837
abt 1831

1881 Census RG11-250 4 April 1881 Islington East, London, County Durham
Children's Home of Church Missionary Society, Highbury Grove
Frederick E. Gmelin
Katherine Gmelin
Charles H. Stuart Gmelin
 Age 14
Age 9
Age 6 		Pupil
Pupil
Pupil
Chipping Campden 		East Indies
Gloucestershire
East Indies 		25 Dec 1866
abt 1870
28 May 1872

Frederick, Charles, and Katherine Gmelin
Frederick, Charles, and Katherine Gmelin

1891 Census RG12-1164 6 April 1891 Cowley, Oxfordshire
55 James Street
Frederick Gmelin
Sarah (Wife)
Frederick E.
Katherine E.
Charles H. S.
Plus 1 Servant 		Age 53
Age 60
Age 24
Age 20
Age 18 		Curate of St. Clement's, Oxford

Student of Theology
Scholar
Shipston on Stour
Bengal
Chipping Campden
Bengal 		Germany
Worcestershire
India
Gloucestershire
India 		abt 1837
abt 1831
25 Dec 1866
abt 1870
28 May 1872

1901 Census RG13-915 1 April 1901 Southover, Sussex
54 High Street
Sarah Gmelin (M)
Plus 1 Servant 		Age 70   Shipston Worcestershire abt 1831

Death
Sarah (Godson) Gmelin Died 19 Oct 1907, Age 76       Oxfordshire       1907 4Q Headington 3a 523

The Times, Friday, Oct 25, 1907                     DEATHS
  GMELIN, - on the 19th Oct., at 29, Polstead-road, Oxford, Sarah, the beloved wife of Frederick Gmelin, aged 76.
OXFORD   16 Nov 1917                         Probate
GMELIN, Sarah, of 29 Polstead-road, Oxford (wife of the reverend Frederick Gmelin) died 19 October 1907, probate Oxford, 16 November, to the said reverend Frederick Gmelin, clerk   Effects £569 4s. 6d.

Death
Frederick Gmelin Died 29 Dec 1910, Age 73,       Oxfordshire       1910 4Q Headington 3a 536

The Times, Wednesday, Jan 4, 1911                     DEATHS
  GMELIN - , on the 29th Dec., 1910, at 29, Polstead-road, Oxford, the Revd. Frederick Gmelin, formerly C.M.S. Missionary in Bengal, aged 73.
OXFORD   28 Jan 1911                     Probate
GMELIN, the reverend Frederick, of 29 Polstead-road, Oxford, clerk, died 29 December 1910, Probate Oxford, 28 January, to the reverend Frederick Edwin Gmelin, and the reverend Charles Henry Stuart Gmelin, clerks.   Effects £3,636 11s. 9d.   Resworn £2,280 18s. 5d.

SPECIAL THANKS  to Jennifer Baker, of Ross on Wye, Herefordshire, a great granddaughter of Rev. F. E. Gmelin (1866-), for many of the details and photo provided above.