John Goodman (Velocette)
Johannes Gütgemann, also known as John Taylor and John Goodman, was the founder of the Velocette motorcycle company.
Gütgemann was born in Oberwinter, a town on the banks of the Rhine in Germany around 1857. His father was a successful merchant but died when Johannes was young, so when he was nineteen he moved to England to start a new life. He married Elizabeth Ore in 1884, settling near her home in Birmingham. They had five children together.
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