Edward GOUNDRY 1841 – 1904 – Genealogical Records

Sources

Genealogy Event 1
Event Type: Birth
Event Date: 26 JUL 1841
Event Place: Barnard Castle, Co. Durham

Genealogy Event 2
Event Type: Baptism
Event Date: 10 SEP 1841
Event Place: Barnard Castle, Co. Durham
Record Source: his mother was described as a single woman - her husband John GOUNDRY had died three years earlier

Genealogy Event 3
Event Type: Occupation
Event Date: BET 1841 AND 1864

Genealogy Event 4
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 30 MAR 1851
Event Place: Silver Street Lane, Durham City
Record Source: living with his step-sister Mary GOUNDRY and step-sister Elizabeth BRANDFORD and husband William - Edward was a Draw-Boy
Age:
11y

Genealogy Event 5
Event Type: Custom Event
Event Date: 9 JUL 1859
Record Source: work commenced on the Belah Viaduct in Westmoreland - Edward was listed as working on it in the Fitting Dept. of its builders, GILKES, WILSON & Co. of Middlesbrough. The Viaduct was over 1000 feet in length and 200 feet high. Edward was then living at Barnard Castle.

Genealogy Event 6
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 7 APR 1861
Event Place: Bridge Street East, Middlesbrough
Record Source: as a lodger - Edward was an Engine Fitter
Age:
18y

Genealogy Event 7
Event Type: Custom Event
Event Date: 9 NOV 1885
Record Source: at Middlesbrough Borough Bench a young man was charged with "stealing two iron door porters, the property of Mr. John Pounder and Mr. Edward GOUNDRY, and also a woollen shirt, the property of Mr. W. DIXON . . . .police records showed that he had been three times convicted of theft, and once of burglary, and had been an inmate of a Reformatory for several years". He was sentenced to 2 months' imprisonment with hard labour.

Genealogy Event 8
Event Type: Residence
Event Date: 25 MAY 1889
Event Place: 35 Russell Street, Middlesbrough
Record Source: he was stated to be the next of kin of his son Edward when he joined the Army.

Genealogy Event 9
Event Type: Custom Event
Event Date: 15 JUL 1891
Record Source: at a meeting of Middlesbrough Trades Council he took part in a discussion about the School Board Election

Genealogy Event 10
Event Type: Custom Event
Event Date: 2 JUL 1892
Record Source: he seconded the nomination of Mr. W. S. ROBSON, Q.C. as a candidate for the borough election.

Genealogy Event 11
Event Type: Custom Event
Event Date: 14 OCT 1892
Record Source: living at Palmerston Terrace, he wrote a letter to The North Eastern Daily Gazette stating that they had published an item saying "he had been nominated by the Trades and Labour Council to be brought before the Lord Chancellor as a candidate for the position of justice of the peace" and that "I think it would have been better had I been consulted before my name was put forward in such a connection. I consider that, if it is desirable to have working men acting in the capacity of justices of the peace, the men selected should have ample time of their own at their disposal, and this I have not".

Genealogy Event 12
Event Type: Custom Event
Event Date: 9 NOV 1893
Record Source: he took over the Chair at a public meeting organised by the Middlesbrough Co-operative Society, during a lecture on "Buying and Selling", when the Chairman walked out, saying he would not listen to Socialists.

Genealogy Event 13
Event Type: Custom Event
Event Date: 16 JUN 1894
Record Source: he presided over a meeting of the Middlesbrough Co-operative Society at which "£5 was voted towards the Cinderella Club organised by the Independent Labour Party".

Genealogy Event 14
Event Type: Custom Event
Event Date: 30 JUN 1894
Record Source: at a Conference of the Executive Councils of eleven trades societies and six trades councils he seconded a motion regarding "the Moulders' dispute, which is at present crippling the engineering trade on the North-East coast" recommending "The Advisability of Holding a Joint Conference under a neutral chairman, with a view to discussing the means of amicable settlement".

Genealogy Event 15
Event Type: Custom Event
Event Date: 9 DEC 1896
Record Source: as Secretary of the local branch of the Amalgamated Society of Engineers he attended a concert at Middlesbrough Town Hall for the benefit of the widows and orphans.

Genealogy Event 16
Event Type: Custom Event
Event Date: 18 JUN 1898
Record Source: at the quarterly meeting of the Middlesbrough Co-operative Society he proposed a motion, which was carried, that £10 was granted to the Ropner Convalescent Home.

Genealogy Event 17
Event Type: Custom Event
Event Date: 28 JUN 1899
Record Source: about 300 employees of Middlesbrough Co-operative Society had an excursion by special train to Windermere. During dinner at Bowness toasts were made, including "Success to the Middlesbrough Co-operative Society," to which committee members, including Mr. GOUNDRY, replied.

Genealogy Event 18
Event Type: Custom Event
Event Date: 13 AUG 1900
Record Source: at Middlesbrough Police Court three men pleaded Not Guilty to stealing 200 feet of leather belting. "Edward GOUNDRY, foreman on prosecutors' wharf, said that a considerable portion of leather belting had been lost". Two of the accused were found Guilty and fined 21s each, or in default 21 days' imprisonment.

Genealogy Event 19
Event Type: Custom Event
Event Date: 12 OCT 1900
Record Source: at Middlesbrough Police Court, a youth pleaded Guilty to "stealing 6¼ cwt. of railway truck fittings, the property of the Tees Union Shipping Company - Edward GOUNDRY, Engineer, in the employ of the Company, identified a quantity of the property, and said the thefts had been going on for two months". The youth was fined 20s. or 21 days.

Genealogy Event 20
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 30 OCT 1904
Event Place: Middlesbrough Registration District, Yorkshire (North Riding)
Record Source: - he was an Engineer
Age:
62y

Genealogy Event 21
Event Type: Probate
Event Date: 1 FEB 1905
Event Place: York Hospital
Record Source: probate was granted to his wife Isabell, it was valued at £370 - his address was 34 Palmerston Terrace, Middlesbrough