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.
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.
He died at his residence "Montpellier" in Hill street, North Adelaide. Two sons and three daughters survived him. They had another property, also called "Montpellier" in Parkside, South Australia.
