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Jacob GOUNDRY 1803 – 1869 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 5 JUL 1803

Birth Location: Eldon, Co. Durham

Death Date: 14 MAR 1869

Death Location: Old Shildon, Co. Durham

Father: Jacob GOUNDRY

Mother: Grace PARKIN

Spouse(s): Ann HANN

Children(s): Mary GOUNDRY, Jane GOUNDRY, John GOUNDRY, Christopher GOUNDRY, (male) GOUNDRY, Margaret GOUNDRY, Jacob GOUNDRY, Jacob GOUNDRY, Mary GOUNDRY

Jacob GOUNDRY was born in Eldon, Co. Durham in 1803, to Jacob GOUNDRY and Grace PARKIN. Later in life, Jacob GOUNDRY married Ann HANN; among their children were Mary Ann GOUNDRY, Jane GOUNDRY, John Wesley GOUNDRY, Christopher GOUNDRY, (male) GOUNDRY, Margaret GOUNDRY, Jacob GOUNDRY, Jacob Thomas GOUNDRY and Mary Jane Ann GOUNDRY. Jacob GOUNDRY died in Old Shildon, Co. Durham, 1869.

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Parents

Jacob GOUNDRY
1754 – 1802
Birth Location: Smelt House, Howden-le-Wear, Co. Durham
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Grace PARKIN
– 1839
Birth Location: –
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Spouses(s)

Ann HANN
1811 – 1870
Birth Location: Carrville, Northumberland
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Children(s)

Mary GOUNDRY
1834 – 1849
Birth Location: –
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Jane GOUNDRY
1836 – 1850
Birth Location: –
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John GOUNDRY
1838 – 1905
Birth Location: Shildon, Co. Durham
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Christopher GOUNDRY
1841 – 1848
Birth Location: –
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(male) GOUNDRY
1841 –
Birth Location: Auckland Registration District, Co. Durham
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Margaret GOUNDRY
1844 – 1844
Birth Location: –
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Jacob GOUNDRY
1844 – 1844
Birth Location: –
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Jacob GOUNDRY
1846 – 1849
Birth Location: Old Shildon, Co. Durham
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Mary GOUNDRY
1850 –
Birth Location: Old Shildon, Co. Durham
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Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 5 JUL 1803
    Event Place: Eldon, Co. Durham

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Year: 12 JUL 1807
    Event Place: Auckland St. Andrew, Co. Durham

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Occupation
    Event Year: BET 1834 AND 1869
    Record Source: (a Colliery Viewer or Agent managed one or more collieries on behalf of the owners)

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 6 APR 1834
    Record Source: their daughter was baptised at Barnard Castle Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Co. Durham, by then the family must have been Methodists

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 1 MAY 1834
    Record Source: he bought 10 Queen Street, Old Shildon, a messuage, dwelling-house and outbuildings on a plot 17 feet 6 inches wide and 55 feet 7 inches deep.

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 1839
    Record Source: he was security for an Asylum inmate.

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: BET 24 FEB 1839 AND 18 MAY 1850
    Record Source: their children were baptised at Bishop Auckland Wesleyan Methodist Chapel

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 15 JUN 1839
    Record Source: he was a witness to the Will of Thomas DAVISON, a Pitman, of Shildon

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: JUL 1841
    Record Source: as he occupied a Freehold House at Chapel Row he was qualified to vote in an Election for two MP's to represent the Southern Division of Co. Durham - he voted for John BOWES, Esq. and James FARRER, Esq., who stood against Lord Harry VANE

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: DEC 1847
    Record Source: as Treasurer of Old Shildon Mechanics' Institute he received donations towards it, including £5 from the Bishop of Durham, £1 from Sir W. EDEN, Bart., and other local dignitaries.

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: BET 1848 AND 12 APR 1850
    Record Source: he was Colliery Agent at South Durham Colliery, Bishop Auckland, for J. SMITHSON & H. PEASE

    Genealogy Event 12
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 31 MAR 1851
    Record Source: a Religious Census of Northumberland and Co. Durham stated that the Wesleyan Methodist Chapel at Shildon had been built in 1830 at a cost of £341, and the average attendance was 120 in both the morning and evening, plus 40 and 45 Sunday School atte

    Genealogy Event 13
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 5 APR 1858
    Record Source: a public tea meeting held in the Wesleyan Chapel, New Shildon was attended by a very large company - at a public meeting after the tea he was one of several gentlemen who "delivered interesting addresses, which were well received".

    Genealogy Event 14
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 29 JUN 1858
    Record Source: at the Laying of the Foundation Stone of new Wesleyan Methodist Day Schools at Bishop Auckland, the names of the Trustees included Mr. GOUNDRY and one of the Circuit Stewards was J. GOUNDRY.

    Genealogy Event 15
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 12 MAR 1859
    Record Source: a newspaper reported that the "Island Queen", recently lost in the Red Sea, was built in the Wear in 1857, registered 297 tons, classed nine years, and was the property of Messrs. Wm. HANN, E. MILLS and George COCKBURN, of Hetton-le-Hole, and J. GO

    Genealogy Event 16
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 1860
    Record Source: living at Shildon, jointly with two others he sold a messuage and closes, containing 20a. 2r. 28p., called William Field, in St. Andrew Auckland for £1,300.

    Genealogy Event 17
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: FEB 1861
    Record Source: he was trustee of a Will, his address was given as Chapel Row, Shildon.

    Genealogy Event 18
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 1863
    Record Source: with two others he held a mortgage for £600 on freehold premises in Northgate, Darlington, belonging to Robert LITTLEFAIR

    Genealogy Event 19
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 1865
    Record Source: he was a Trustee of Bishop Auckland Wesleyan Methodist Chapel.

    Genealogy Event 20
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 5 JUN 1865
    Record Source: the foundation stone of a new Wesleyan Chapel was laid in Bondgate, Bishop Auckland - Jacob was named as one of 20 Trustees

    Genealogy Event 21
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 25 NOV 1867
    Record Source: at the 36th Annual Meeting of the Shildon Society for the Prosecution of Felons, Mr. Jacob GOUNDRY, Secretary, read the report, which showed the Society to be in a flourishing condition. Mr. Edward FORSTER was re-elected president and treasurer, a

    Genealogy Event 22
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 23 NOV 1868
    Record Source: he voted in an Election for the Southern Division of Co. Durham for Charles Freville SURTEES, Esq., and The Honourable Gustavus Russell HAMILTON-RUSSELL who stood against Joseph Whitwell PEASE, Esq., and Frederick Edward Blackett BEAUMONT, Esq.

    Genealogy Event 23
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 15 JAN 1869
    Record Source: he was one of about 700 people who attended a "grand banquet" at Darlington in honour of the Conservative candidates for South Durham at the late general election.

    Genealogy Event 24
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 3 APR 1881
    Record Source: the Census for Shildon included a street called GOUNDRY's or JACOB'S Row

    Genealogy Event 25
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 14 MAR 1869
    Event Place: Old Shildon, Co. Durham
    Record Source: after a lingering illness - he died intestate

    Genealogy Event 26
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Year: 18 MAR 1869
    Event Place: Shildon, Co. Durham

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