Ada Isabel Goundry 1899 – 1943 – Genealogical Records

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Genealogy Event 1
Event Type: Birth
Event Date: 16 OCT 1899
Event Place: Byers Green, Co. Durham

Genealogy Event 2
Event Type: Baptism
Event Date: 12 NOV 1899
Event Place: St. Peter's, Byers Green, Co. Durham

Genealogy Event 3
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 31 MAR 1901
Event Place: 13 Rosslyn Street, York, Yorkshire (North Riding)50
Record Source: living with her parents in a house of five or more rooms
Age:
1y

Genealogy Event 4
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 2 APR 1911
Event Place: High Street, Byers Green, Co. Durham50
Record Source: living with four siblings and their parents in a house of at least five rooms
Age:
11y

Genealogy Event 5
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 19 JUN 1921
Event Place: Byers Green, Co. Durham
Record Source: with her parents and five other people

Genealogy Event 6
Event Type: Custom Event
Event Date: 29 OCT 1925
Record Source: she was appointed as a Post Office Sorting Clerk and Telegraphist at Spennymoor Sorting Office.

Genealogy Event 7
Event Type: Custom Event
Event Date: 8 JAN 1926
Record Source: she was was appointed (without competition) as a Female Sorting Clerk and Telegraphist at Spennymoor.

Genealogy Event 8
Event Type: Custom Event
Event Date: 3 OCT 1928
Record Source: she was appointed as a Post Office Sorting Clerk and Telegraphist at Bishop Auckland.

Genealogy Event 9
Event Type: Residence
Event Date: BET 1929 AND 1931
Event Place: 85 High Street, Byers Green, Co. Durham
Record Source: living with her parents and listed on the Electoral Register

Genealogy Event 10
Event Type: Custom Event
Event Date: 10 JAN 1935
Record Source: living at the Post Office, Byers Green and employed as a Telegraphist and Sorting Clerk at Bishop Auckland Post Office, she was charged with two offences under the Stamp Duty Management Act, by affixing used 9d. stamps to postal packets at Bishop Auckland Post Office, to which she pleaded "Guilty". She was bound over for 12 months in the sum of £10 and ordered to pay £6-6s-0d. costs. It was alleged that on the first occasion it was discovered that a used stamp had been fixed to a parcel. An official from the postal headquarters in London then visited Bishop Auckland and made up a test packet, which was posted at the Post Office. GOUNDRY took the money but made no attempt to stamp the parcel. Later that day it was noticed that the stamp on the parcel was wet, and the stamp was marked showing that it had been used previously. The official questioned the defendant who replied that she knew the stamp had been used before. It was alleged that she had "affixed two used 9d. stamps to two postal packets . . . . she replied "I knew the stamp had been used before . . . . I was doing outward parcel sorting. I did not see a parcel without a stamp, it might have come off an inward parcel. I never keep a supply of used stamps". Her Solicitor said that her stamps balanced to within 8d. and that there was no suggestion of fraudulent conduct over a long period. She had had two or three shortages in her cash, and instead of telling her father, she had tried to make up the deficiencies herself. She had an excellent character and a good home, and had gained no personal direct benefit from her conduct. At the time her wage was £2-15s-0d. a week.

Genealogy Event 11
Event Type: Residence
Event Date: 1937
Event Place: 24 Priory Road, Hampstead, Camden, London
Record Source:
[1] File (merged): C:\Users\Michael\Documents\Family Historian Projects\H & H\H & H.fh_data\H & H.ged
[2] where she was qualified to be on the Electoral Register by residence and occupation - eight other people lived at the same address. She had probably moved to London because of the scandal her conviction would have caused at home

Genealogy Event 12
Event Type: Residence
Event Date: 1938
Event Place: 102 Belsize Road, London NW6
Record Source: - her telephone no. was Maida Vale 5515. The same year she also lived at 116 Abbey Avenue, Maida Vale, NW6 (tel.no. Maida Vale 5515) where she was qualified to vote - nine other people lived at the same address.

Genealogy Event 13
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 29 SEP 1939
Event Place: 49 Warwick Avenue, Maida Vale, Paddington North, Westminster
Record Source: living with three other people - she was a Hotel Telephonist. She was qualified to vote on account of her occupation and residence - six other people were also registered to vote at that address.
Age:
39y

Genealogy Event 14
Event Type: Residence
Event Date: BET 1940 AND 1943
Event Place: 124 Abbey Road, Maida Vale, London NW6
Record Source: and her tel. no. was Maida Vale 3232

Genealogy Event 15
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 1 APR 1943
Event Place: New End Hospital, Hampstead, London
Record Source:
[1] File (merged): C:\Users\Michael\Documents\Family Historian Projects\H & H\H & H.fh_data\H & H.ged
[2] - she was a spinster, and had been living at 124 Abbey Road, St. Johns Wood, London N.W.8
Age:
43y

Genealogy Event 16
Event Type: Burial
Event Date: 6 APR 1943
Event Place: St. Peter's, Byers Green, Co. Durham
Record Source: where there is a Monumental Inscription

Genealogy Event 17
Event Type: Probate
Event Date: 9 JUN 1943
Event Place: Durham City
Record Source: Administration (with Will) was granted to her mother - effects £161-6s-11d.