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     Addis Edward Archer lived at Penair, Cornwall, England.¹

     Lt.-Col. Richard Shearman Godley was born on 24 September 1876.¹ He was the son of Lt.-Col. William Alexander Godley and Laura Bird.² He married, firstly, Dorothea Matterson, daughter of Lt.-Col. unknown Matterson, on 26 April 1906.¹ He and Dorothea Matterson were divorced in 1937 at South Africa.¹ He married, secondly, Constance Marion Archer, daughter of Addis Edward Archer, on 27 October 1937.¹ He died on 3 December 1950 at age 74.¹
     Lt.-Col. Richard Shearman Godley fought in the Matabeleland and Mashonaland Rebellions between 1896 and 1897.¹ He fought in the Boer War between 1899 and 1901, where he was wounded.¹ He was decorated with the award of King's Police Medal (K.P.M.).¹ He fought in the First World War.¹ He was invested as a Officer, Order of the British Empire (O.B.E.) in 1919.¹ He gained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel and Deputy Commissioner of South African Police.¹ He wrote the book Khaki and Blue, published 1935.¹

     
     Lt.-Col. unknown Matterson lived at Natal, South Africa.¹

     Dorothea Matterson was the daughter of Lt.-Col. unknown Matterson.² She married Lt.-Col. Richard Shearman Godley, son of Lt.-Col. William Alexander Godley and Laura Bird, on 26 April 1906.¹ She and Lt.-Col. Richard Shearman Godley were divorced in 1937 at South Africa.¹ She died on 10 January 1944.¹
     From 26 April 1906, her married name became Godley.

     Anna Margaret Bird Godley was the daughter of Lt.-Col. Richard Shearman Godley and Dorothea Matterson.² She died in October 1996.¹

     Mabel Alexandra Dorothea Godley is the daughter of Lt.-Col. Richard Shearman Godley and Dorothea Matterson.² She married Major James Adam Sholto Forman, son of Reverend Adam Forman, on 22 May 1945.¹
     From 22 May 1945, her married name became Forman. She lived in 2003 at Glebe House, Goodleigh, Devon, England.¹

     
     Reverend Adam Forman lived at Dumcrieff, Moffat, Dumfries-shire, Scotland.¹ He was invested as a Commander, Order of the British Empire (C.B.E.).¹

     Major James Adam Sholto Forman is the son of Reverend Adam Forman.² He married Mabel Alexandra Dorothea Godley, daughter of Lt.-Col. Richard Shearman Godley and Dorothea Matterson, on 22 May 1945.¹
     Major James Adam Sholto Forman gained the rank of Major in the service of the Royal Army Medical Corps.¹ He was invested as a Commander, Order of the British Empire (C.B.E.).¹ Major James Adam Sholto Forman usually went by his middle name of Sholto.¹

     Sylvia Mary Peace Godley was the daughter of Lt.-Col. Richard Shearman Godley and Dorothea Matterson.² She died on 29 May 1926.¹

     Mabel Charlotte Sarah Godley is the daughter of Lt.-Col. William Alexander Godley and Laura Bird.² She married Reverend Arthur Hawtrey Watson on 26 April 1917.¹
     From 26 April 1917, her married name became Watson.