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Edward Whitfield GOUNDRY 1839 – 1909 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 9 DEC 1839

Birth Location: Lambeth, Surrey

Death Date: 19 JUN 1909

Death Location: 23 Marlborough Road, Roath, Cardiff

Father: George GOUNDRY

Mother: Betsey SADLER

Spouse(s): Jane ELLERINGTON

Children(s): Edward GOUNDRY, Myra GOUNDRY, Edith GOUNDRY, Percy GOUNDRY, Alice GOUNDRY, John GOUNDRY

Early life: Edward Whitfield GOUNDRY arrived in Lambeth, Surrey in 1839, born to George Alexander GOUNDRY and Betsey Firth SADLER. Over time, Edward Whitfield GOUNDRY formed a family with Jane ELLERINGTON, which included Edward Robert (Rob) GOUNDRY, Myra GOUNDRY, Edith Alice GOUNDRY, Percy Whitfield GOUNDRY, Alice Jane GOUNDRY and John Firth GOUNDRY. Edward Whitfield GOUNDRY concluded life in 23 Marlborough Road, Roath, Cardiff in 1909.

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Parents

George GOUNDRY
1803 – 1871
Birth Location: Lambeth, Surrey
GG
Betsey SADLER
1814 – 1887
Birth Location: America Place, St. Saviour's, Southwark, Surrey
BS

Spouses(s)

Jane ELLERINGTON
1858 – 1952
Birth Location: Beauport Red House/St. John Lee, Northumberland
JE

Children(s)

Edward GOUNDRY
1878 – 1953
Birth Location: Gosforth, Northumberland
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Myra GOUNDRY
1880 – 1908
Birth Location: 37 Hall Stile Bank, Hexham, Northumberland
MG
Edith GOUNDRY
1882 – 1888
Birth Location: Hexham Registration District, Northumberland
EG
Percy GOUNDRY
1883 – 1883
Birth Location: Hexham Registration District, Northumberland
PG
Alice GOUNDRY
1884 – 1888
Birth Location: Hexham Registration District, Northumberland
AG
John GOUNDRY
1893 – 1917
Birth Location: 90 Connaught Road, Roath, Cardiff
JG

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 9 DEC 1839
    Event Place: Lambeth, Surrey

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Year: 25 JAN 1855
    Event Place: St. Saviour, Southwark, Surrey
    Record Source: - the family was living at Cap Gris Nez, France

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: BET 24 JAN 1855 AND 12 MAY 1859
    Record Source: he served on the ship "Truro", registered at Sunderland.

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: BET 7 DEC 1859 AND 21 AUG 1861
    Record Source: he was 3rd Mate on the "Truro".

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: BET 21 AUG 1861 AND 25 FEB 1862
    Record Source: he was 1st Mate on the "Marian", registered at Shields.

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: BET 28 FEB 1862 AND 10 JUL 1862
    Record Source: he was an Able-Bodied Seaman on the "Albert Edward", registered at Liverpool.

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 24 SEP 1862
    Record Source: he was admitted to the Dreadnought Seamans' Hospital for treatment to a Periodontal Fistula (a dental abscess) - his record stated that he had been in the Merchant Navy for eight years, and his last position was as an Able Seaman on the "Albert Edw

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: BET 19 MAR 1863 AND 22 JUL 1864
    Record Source: he was 3rd Mate on the "Maritzburg" of London

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 20 SEP 1864
    Record Source: he was granted a Certificate of Competency as a Second Mate - his address was 25 Rue du Moulin a Vapeur / Nells? St. Sailors Home.

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 26 JUL 1867
    Record Source: he was granted a Certificate of Competency as a First Mate - his address was 25 Rue de Moulin a Vapeur, Boulogne / 3 Penson Place, West India Road.

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: BET 10 JAN 1868 AND 17 FEB 1869
    Record Source: he served as Mate on the "Golden Empire", registered at London.

    Genealogy Event 12
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: BET 13 NOV 1869 AND 24 OCT 1870
    Record Source: he served as Mate on the "Tuskar" of Glasgow

    Genealogy Event 13
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 12 DEC 1870
    Record Source: he was granted a Certificate of Competency as a Master, his address was 12 Nixon Street, Sandyford Lane, Newcastle-on-Tyne

    Genealogy Event 14
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 21 DEC 1870
    Record Source: Edward Whitfield GOUNDRY was included in Lloyd's Captains' Register as a Captain to whom a Masters' certificate had been issued by the Registrar-General of Seamen, during the week ending 17th Dec. 1870, having taken the examination at South Shields

    Genealogy Event 15
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: NOV 1871
    Record Source: as Captain of the smack "Thos. Stratton" he was involved in the rescue of 24 men from the SS. "Emma Ash", of about 2,000 tons. The smack was lying-to off the Dogger Bank in a heavy gale when she came in view of two steamers, one towing the other

    Genealogy Event 16
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 1 OCT 1873
    Record Source: he was Captain of the steamer "Whittington", which was en-route from Amble to Ghent with a cargo of 382 tons of coal. At 6.30 pm. it grounded on the Middle Cross Sands, (off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, and consisting of sandbanks of continually chang

    Genealogy Event 17
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 21 NOV 1873
    Record Source: the Board of Trade Inquiry was opened into the sinking of the "Whittington" on Middle Rock Sand. Mr. HUMBLE, one of the owners of the vessel said that the Captain had been two years in their service and during that time there had never been any ac

    Genealogy Event 18
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 22 NOV 1873
    Record Source: the Court decided that they "are of opinion that it was a grave error in judgement on the part of the master in assuming that there had been any alteration in the deviation of his compasses since they were adjusted before the previous voyage, whic

    Genealogy Event 19
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 3 DEC 1873
    Record Source: he was granted a Certificate of Competency as an Only Mate - he was living at 12 Nixon Street, Sandyford, Newcastle

    Genealogy Event 20
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 30 JAN 1874
    Record Source: he was granted a Certificate of Competency as a First Mate - he was living at 12 Nixon Street

    Genealogy Event 21
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: BET JUN 1875 AND FEB 1876
    Record Source: he was Captain of the SS "Ovington".

    Genealogy Event 22
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 1876
    Record Source: he was Captain of the "Peter Graham" a 200 foot long iron single-screw schooner of 823 tons gross weight.

    Genealogy Event 23
    Event Type: Occupation
    Event Year: BET 1876 AND 1901

    Genealogy Event 24
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: JUL 1876
    Record Source: he was Captain of the SS "Allerwash", which sailed from Sunderland to Caen, France.

    Genealogy Event 25
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: BET MAY 1879 AND AUG 1879
    Record Source: he was Captain of the SS "Hesledon Hall".

    Genealogy Event 26
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: OCT 1879
    Record Source: he was Captain of the SS "Rosalind", and sailed from Cronstadt, Russia to Sharpness.

    Genealogy Event 27
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: BET SEP 1880 AND OCT 1881
    Record Source: he was Captain of the SS "Ashfield".

    Genealogy Event 28
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: OCT 1881
    Record Source: he was Captain of the SS "Maria".

    Genealogy Event 29
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: BET NOV 1881 AND APR 1882
    Record Source: he was Captain of the SS "Ashfield".

    Genealogy Event 30
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: MAY 1882
    Record Source: he was Captain of the SS "Bowesfield".

    Genealogy Event 31
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: BET JUL 1882 AND OCT 1882
    Record Source: he was Captain of the SS "Ashfield".

    Genealogy Event 32
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 28 OCT 1882
    Record Source: he was a witness in a case at Cardiff Police Court when a man was fined 20s. for illegally boarding the "Ashfield" when it was berthed at Roath Basin, Cardiff, while the Captain, Edwin W. GOUNDRY, was attending to the telegraph

    Genealogy Event 33
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: BET MAR 1883 AND DEC 1890
    Record Source: he was Captain of the SS. "Driffield".

    Genealogy Event 34
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 11 JAN 1887
    Record Source: he was Captain of the screw-steamer "Driffield" of Stockton. At 5.30 pm., 300 miles west of the Lizard he "sighted a brig showing distress signals. He bore down to her, and launched the lifeboat and pulled off to her, but was unable to get alongs

    Genealogy Event 35
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: BET APR 1891 AND JUL 1891
    Record Source: he was Captain of the SS "Bowesfield".

    Genealogy Event 36
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 26 JAN 1897
    Record Source: he proposed Mr. Jabez A. JONES (R) as a candidate in a forthcoming election in the Roath Ward.

    Genealogy Event 37
    Event Type: Will
    Event Year: 8 APR 1908
    Event Place: 23 Marlborough Road, Roath, Cardiff
    Record Source: described as a Retired Master Mariner

    Genealogy Event 38
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 19 JUN 1909
    Event Place: 23 Marlborough Road, Roath, Cardiff
    Record Source: Age:

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