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James GOUNDRY 1798 – 1885 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 18 MAY 1798

Birth Location: West Auckland, Co. Durham

Death Date: 4 MAR 1885

Death Location: English River, Chateauguay, Quebec, Canada

Father: John GOUNDRY

Mother: Mary CASTLE

Spouse(s): Isabella VASEY, Elizabeth (COWAN)

Children(s): Jane GOUNDRY, Arthur GOUNDREY, Mary GOUNDREY, Isabella GOUNDREY, Margaret GOUNDREY, Ann GOUNDREY, James GOUNDREY, Elizabeth GOUNDREY, John GOUNDREY, William GOUNDREY, Sarah GOUNDREY, Esther Goundrey, Thomas GOUNDREY, Phoebe GOUNDREY, George GOUNDREY, Phoebe GOUNDREY

James GOUNDRY was born in West Auckland, Co. Durham in 1798, to John GOUNDRY and Mary CASTLE. Later in life, James GOUNDRY married Isabella VASEY and Elizabeth FROST (COWAN); among their children were Jane GOUNDRY, Arthur Sanderson GOUNDREY, Mary GOUNDREY, Isabella GOUNDREY, Margaret GOUNDREY, Ann GOUNDREY, James GOUNDREY, Elizabeth GOUNDREY, John GOUNDREY, William James GOUNDREY, Sarah (Sarithe) GOUNDREY, Esther Knox Goundrey, Thomas GOUNDREY, Phoebe GOUNDREY, George GOUNDREY and Phoebe GOUNDREY. James GOUNDRY died in English River, Chateauguay, Quebec, Canada, 1885.

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Parents

John GOUNDRY
1745 – 1832
Birth Location: Smelt House, Howden-le-Wear, Co. Durham
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Mary CASTLE
1761 – 1824
Birth Location: Darlington, Co. Durham
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Spouses(s)

Isabella VASEY
1804 – 1829
Birth Location: –
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Elizabeth (COWAN)
1808 – 1873
Birth Location: Whitwell, Yorkshire (North Riding)
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Children(s)

Jane GOUNDRY
1824 – 1905
Birth Location: England
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Arthur GOUNDREY
1825 –
Birth Location: Canada
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Mary GOUNDREY
1828 – 1854
Birth Location: Longue Point, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Isabella GOUNDREY
1829 – 1829
Birth Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Margaret GOUNDREY
1832 – 1900
Birth Location: Ashland, Saunders Co., Nebraska, USA
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Ann GOUNDREY
1834 – 1895
Birth Location: Riverfield, English River, Quebec, Canada
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James GOUNDREY
1836 – 1916
Birth Location: Goundrey's Rapids, Riverfield, Quebec, Canada
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Elizabeth GOUNDREY
1838 – 1909
Birth Location: Seignery, Beauharnois, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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John GOUNDREY
1839 – 1906
Birth Location: Seignery, Beauharnois, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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William GOUNDREY
1841 – 1920
Birth Location: Seignery, Beauharnois, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Sarah GOUNDREY
1843 – 1907
Birth Location: Seignery, Beauharnois, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Esther Goundrey
1845 – 1918
Birth Location: Howick Village, Quebec, Canada
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Thomas GOUNDREY
1846 – 1927
Birth Location: Chateauguay, Quebec, Canada
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Phoebe GOUNDREY
1848 –
Birth Location: –
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George GOUNDREY
1849 – 1933
Birth Location: Beauharnois, Quebec, Canada
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Phoebe GOUNDREY
1851 – 1933
Birth Location: Seignery, Beauharnois, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 18 MAY 1798
    Event Place: West Auckland, Co. Durham

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Year: 9 SEP 1804
    Event Place: Auckland St. Helen, Co. Durham
    Record Source: described as the third son. He was baptised at the same time as his brother John

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 15 MAY 1817
    Record Source: he was a witness at the marriage of his brother William

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 28 DEC 1819
    Record Source: he was a witness at the marriage of his sister Mary

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Occupation
    Event Year: BET 14 AUG 1823 AND 1857

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 8 MAY 1829
    Record Source: his wife Isabella died.

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 4 FEB 1833
    Record Source: with two others he leased a Steam Mill from the Proprietors of the Montreal Water Works.

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 29 SEP 1845
    Record Source: he was living at English River when he won £1-0-0d. for the best two year old Mare Colt at the County of Beauharnois Agricultural Society Show.

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 1851
    Record Source: he contributed £0-5s-0d. to the Durham district of the Church Society of the Diocese of Montreal.

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 1857
    Record Source: due to political pressure the Seigniors had been made to offer their tenants the chance to purchase their holdings and James Sr. bought the Dewittville Grist and sawmills, which were operated by his sons James Jr. and William

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 6 MAY 1857
    Record Source: living at South Georgetown, Beauharnois, Montreal, he paid 1,677 pounds for a "small piece of land.... and secondly a strip of ground... of three quarters of an acre wide on the main road . . . .an acre wide along the river".

    Genealogy Event 12
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: OCT 1861
    Record Source: he was living at South Georgetown in the parish of St. Jean Chrystotome when he sold "the mill known as "the Dewittville Grist Mill" with all machinery etc" for $7,000.

    Genealogy Event 13
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 1871
    Record Source: he sold Dewittville, Hinchinbrooke, Gristmill and donated the sawmill to his son William

    Genealogy Event 14
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 5 OCT 1871
    Record Source: he was a Yeoman, living at St. Jean Chrystostome, in the District of Beauharnois when, jointly with his wife, he sold for $800 "a Saw mill and buildings on the Godmanchester side of the river" to their son William, of Godmanchester, County of Hunti

    Genealogy Event 15
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 14 JUN 1873
    Record Source: his wife Elizabeth died

    Genealogy Event 16
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 1876
    Record Source: on behalf of his father James Jr. signed the sale of a sawmill and shingle mill at Aubrey

    Genealogy Event 17
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 4 MAR 1885
    Event Place: English River, Chateauguay, Quebec, Canada

    Genealogy Event 18
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Year: 6 MAR 1885
    Event Place: Riverfield Presbyterian Church, Quebec, Canada
    Record Source: where there is a Monumental Inscription

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