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Henry Goundry 1862 – 1921 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: ABT FEB 1862

Birth Location: Newfield, Byers Green, Co. Durham

Death Date: 21 APR 1921

Death Location: Durham Registration District

Father: Henry GOUNDRY

Mother: Dorothy Curry

Spouse(s): Mary Lumsden

Children(s): Ann Goundry, Rhoda Goundry

Early life: Henry Goundry arrived in Newfield, Byers Green, Co. Durham in 1862, born to Henry Simpson GOUNDRY and Dorothy Ann (Dora) Curry. Over time, Henry Goundry formed a family with Mary Jane Lumsden, which included Ann Bertha Goundry and Rhoda Goundry. Henry Goundry concluded life in Durham Registration District in 1921.

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Parents

Henry GOUNDRY
1834 – 1892
Birth Location: Crowtrees, Woodhouses, Old Quarrington, Co. Durham
HG
Dorothy Curry
1840 – 1905
Birth Location: Stepney Bank, Ouseburn, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
DC

Spouses(s)

Mary Lumsden
1865 – 1933
Birth Location: Coundon or Spennymoor, Co. Durham
ML

Children(s)

Ann Goundry
1885 – 1954
Birth Location: Spennymoor/Byers Green, Co. Durham
AG
Rhoda Goundry
1891 – 1955
Birth Location: Byers Green, Co. Durham
RG

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: ABT FEB 1862
    Event Place: Newfield, Byers Green, Co. Durham
    Record Source: File: C:\Users\Michael\Documents\Family Historian Projects\H & H\H & H.fh_data\H & H.ged

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Year: 1862
    Event Place: Sherburn Hospital, Co. Durham
    Record Source: - the family lived at Sherburn House

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Education
    Event Year: APR 1874
    Record Source: to June 1874, when he left at the age of 12 - the reason being "Work".

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Education
    Event Year: BEF APR 1874

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 18 NOV 1882
    Record Source: Henry GOUNDRY, of Newfield, assisted at a concert of songs, readings and recitations etc. at Page Bank Colliery, given by the Good Templar* "Rose of Sunnybrow" Lodge gave a concert on Saturday eveing at Page Bank Colliery. "The proceeds were devot

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Occupation
    Event Year: BET 1891 AND 1896

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 15 JUN 1891
    Record Source: he advertised in a newspaper for a "Traveller Wanted for Country Trade; good connection; steady and respectable, with references. GOUNDRY, Draper, Byers Green"

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 21 JAN 1893
    Record Source: he was bequeathed £25 when his father's Will was probated

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Occupation
    Event Year: 1894
    Record Source: and was listed in a Trade Directory as being in business at High Street, Willington, Co. Durham.

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 30 OCT 1894
    Record Source: a newspaper advertised "House and Shop To Let; best stand in Willington; present occupier taking larger shop; rent £22 a year. GOUNDRY, Willington".

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Occupation
    Event Year: 1895
    Event Place: 253 Kirkstall Road, Leeds, Yorkshire (West Riding)

    Genealogy Event 12
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 4 FEB 1896
    Record Source: he advertised in a newspaper - "Draper's Shop and House (good) To Let; best stand in Willington. Apply GOUNDRY, Albion House, Willington."

    Genealogy Event 13
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 27 APR 1896
    Record Source: he again advertised his house and shop To be Let at Willington, describing it as "best stand in Willington; suit any trade; rent low"

    Genealogy Event 14
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 4 JUL 1896
    Record Source: he advertised in a newspaper for a Domestic Servant - "Leeds - General (good) Wanted; able to cook and wash; family 4; good home. State wage, GOUNDRY, Draper, 253, Kirkstall-road, Leeds"

    Genealogy Event 15
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 29 OCT 1896
    Record Source: the family were living at 253 Kirkstall Road, Leeds, above their Drapery Shop. Mrs. GOUNDRY and her two daughters were in the house when a fire broke out in the shop, but they were able to escape before the staircase was destroyed. The fire was q

    Genealogy Event 16
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 18 JUL 1899
    Record Source: he advertised in a newspaper for "Man (respectable) Wanted for the Travelling Drapery; must be steady and good reference; pony and trap kept; 25s. per week and commission to a good man. Apply GOUNDRY, Clothier and Draper, Albion House, Willington

    Genealogy Event 17
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 2 NOV 1899
    Record Source: he advertised that he wanted a Shop, or House and Shop, in Hope Street, Crook, for Clothing and Drapery

    Genealogy Event 18
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 5 APR 1900
    Record Source: in a newspaper he advertised for sale:- Pony (sound and good, 14 hands), Trap, and Plated Harness For Sale cheap, or exchange for neat 11 hands yoke. Apply GOUNDRY, Draper, Willington."

    Genealogy Event 19
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 31 MAY 1900
    Record Source: a newspaper advertised "To Let, the Old-established Drapers' Shop and House, known as Albion House, Willington; shop well fixtured and good house attached; a profitable business has been carried on for years; rent £30 - Apply GOUNDRY, Albion House

    Genealogy Event 20
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 22 SEP 1903
    Record Source: at the "Wear Valley Hotel", Bishop Auckland, several lots of household and shop properties were offered for sale by auction - six houses in Durham Street, Middlestone Moor, were bought for £300 by Mr. GOUNDRY, Draper, Spennymoor

    Genealogy Event 21
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 5 JUL 1906
    Record Source: at a meeting of Spennymoor Urban District Council a large number of plans for new buildings were submitted. It was decided that plan (633) of a saleroom in John Street for Mr. H. GOUNDRY be passed, although Councillor T. BLACK moved that it be rej

    Genealogy Event 22
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 7 AUG 1906
    Record Source: at Bishop Auckland County Court, Charles LINSLEY, an Oil Merchant of Spennymoor brought an action against Henry GOUNDRY, Draper, of High Street, Spennymoor to recover the sum of one shilling (equivalent to £5 in 2016). The allegation was that th

    Genealogy Event 23
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: MAR 1907
    Record Source: in the elections for Spennymoor Urban Council, H. GOUNDRY, Draper, was one of twelve candidates nominated for the nine seats for the Spennymoor Ward.

    Genealogy Event 24
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 2 APR 1907
    Record Source: at the annual meeting of the St. Paul's Parish, Spennymoor, H. GOUNDRY was appointed as one of the sidesmen.

    Genealogy Event 25
    Event Type: Will
    Event Year: 25 AUG 1910
    Event Place: Spennymoor, Co. Durham

    Genealogy Event 26
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 1914
    Record Source: he was one of nine Councillors who represented the Spennymoor Ward on Spennymoor Urban District Council, from which he was due to retire in April 1916

    Genealogy Event 27
    Event Type: Occupation
    Event Year: 1914
    Event Place: Beaumont Street, Spennymoor, Co. Durham

    Genealogy Event 28
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 21 APR 1921
    Event Place: Durham Registration District
    Record Source: File: C:\Users\Michael\Documents\Family Historian Projects\H & H\H & H.fh_data\H & H.ged, Age:

    Genealogy Event 29
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Year: APR 1921
    Event Place: Tudhoe Cemetery, Tudhoe, Co. Durham

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