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Matthew Goundry 1824 – 1900 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: ABT 1824

Birth Location: Tanfield, Co. Durham

Death Date: MAR 1900

Death Location: Chester-le-Street, Co. Durham

Father: William Goundry

Mother: Jane Hall

Spouse(s): Alice Wright, Mary Dodds, None None

Children(s): Thomas Goundry, William Goundry, William Goundry, Jane Goundry, Alice Goundry, Elizabeth Goundry, Elizabeth Goundry, Harriet Goundry, Dorothy Goundry, Michael Goundry

The story of Matthew Goundry began in 1824 in Tanfield, Co. Durham, with parents William Goundry and Jane Hall. As an adult, Matthew Goundry wed Alice Wright and Mary Dodds. Their household included Thomas Newrigg Goundry, William Joseph Goundry, William Goundry, Jane Ann Goundry, Alice Eleanor Goundry, Elizabeth Goundry, Elizabeth Goundry, Harriet Goundry, Dorothy Goundry and Michael Goundry. Matthew Goundry's life came to an end in 1900 in Chester-le-Street, Co. Durham.

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Parents

William Goundry
1803 – 1855
Birth Location: Hilton, Cockfield, Co. Durham
WG
Jane Hall
1801 – 1853
Birth Location: Newcastle-upon-Tyne
JH

Spouses(s)

Alice Wright
– 1848
Birth Location: –
AW
Mary Dodds
1824 – 1893
Birth Location: Willington / Wallsend, Northumberland
MD
None None
Birth Location: –

Children(s)

Thomas Goundry
1843 – 1851
Birth Location: –
TG
William Goundry
1849 – 1850
Birth Location: Chester-le-Street Registration District, Co. Durham
WG
William Goundry
1851 – 1922
Birth Location: Waldridge Fell, Co. Durham
WG
Jane Goundry
1853 –
Birth Location: Waldridge, Co. Durham
JG
Alice Goundry
1855 – 1903
Birth Location: Waldridge, Co. Durham
AG
Elizabeth Goundry
1857 – 1858
Birth Location: Waldridge, Co. Durham
EG
Elizabeth Goundry
1859 –
Birth Location: Waldridge Fell, Co. Durham
EG
Harriet Goundry
1862 – 1940
Birth Location: Waldridge, Co. Durham
HG
Dorothy Goundry
1865 – 1922
Birth Location: Waldridge Fell, Co. Durham
DG
Michael Goundry
1842 –
Birth Location: Castle Eden, Co. Durham
MG

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: ABT 1824
    Event Place: Tanfield, Co. Durham

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Year: 20 JUN 1824
    Event Place: Tanfield, Co. Durham

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: BEF 1848
    Record Source: his wife Alice died

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: DEC 1857
    Record Source: David WAGGOT of Chester-le-Street, issued a challenge in a newspaper that he would "give Matthew GOUNDRY of Waldridge fell two yards in 100, or three in 150, for £5 or £10 a side" in a running match.

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: AUG 1871
    Record Source: he was among the prizewinners at the Annual Gala day at Waldridge Colliery - he was 3rd in the pretty bouquets section, and won about half of the prizes for greenhouse plants, well selected collection of vegetables, and three parsnips.

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 6 SEP 1873
    Record Source: the 35th annual Waldridge Colliery Flower Show was held in a field between Waldridge and Chester Moor Collieries. In the Amateur Class M. GOUNDRY won 1st prizes for his Bouquet of Flowers, 2 Yellow Turnips and 6 Winter-sown Onions; 1st & 2nd p

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 11 JUN 1877
    Record Source: at Durham Borough Police Court, a young man named George SIMMONS was charged with stealing a lever watch, value £6-10s-0d., the property of Matthew GOUNDRY, a Miner of Waldridge Fell. The men had met at a public-house in Framwellgate and at closin

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 5 JUL 1877
    Record Source: at Durham Quarter Sessions George SIMMONDS (25), a Labourer, was found guilty of stealing a patent lever watch, the property of Matthew GOUNDRY, and was sentenced to six months' imprisonment.

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: SEP 1877
    Record Source: at the Waldridge and Chester Moor Flower Show "special prizes were carried off by M. GOUNDRY"

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 16 AUG 1882
    Record Source: at Chester-le-Street Petty Sessions, Matthew GOUNDRY was charged with unlawfully wounding his wife, Mary GOUNDRY. From the evidence of the woman, "who appeared in court in a very feeble condition, she had been most unmercifully kicked and beaten b

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: BET 1887 AND 1890
    Event Place: Front Street, Low Chare, Chester-Le-Street, Co. Durham

    Genealogy Event 12
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: MAR 1900
    Event Place: Chester-le-Street, Co. Durham
    Record Source: Age:

    Genealogy Event 13
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Year: 11 MAR 1900
    Event Place: St. Mary's & St. Cuthbert's, Chester-le-Street, Co. Durham

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