Jacob GOUNDRY 1803 – 1869 – Genealogical Records

Sources

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

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

Genealogy Event 3
Event Type: Occupation
Event Date: 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 Date: 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 Date: 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 Date: 1839
Record Source: he was security for an Asylum inmate.

Genealogy Event 7
Event Type: Custom Event
Event Date: 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 Date: 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 Date: 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 Date: 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 Date: 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 Date: 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 attendees respectively - Jacob signed the record as its Steward

Genealogy Event 13
Event Type: Custom Event
Event Date: 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 Date: 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 Date: 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. GOUNDRY, of Old Shildon.

Genealogy Event 16
Event Type: Custom Event
Event Date: 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 Date: 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 Date: 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 Date: 1865
Record Source: he was a Trustee of Bishop Auckland Wesleyan Methodist Chapel.

Genealogy Event 20
Event Type: Custom Event
Event Date: 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 Date: 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, and Mr. GOUNDRY, Secretary - "the usual toasts were given in suitable addresses, and as suitably responded to"

Genealogy Event 22
Event Type: Custom Event
Event Date: 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 Date: 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 Date: 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 Date: 14 MAR 1869
Event Place: Old Shildon, Co. Durham
Record Source: after a lingering illness - he died intestate
Age:
65y

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