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Matthew Heslop Goundry 1893 – 1956 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 12 APR 1893

Birth Location: Brandon, Co. Durham

Death Date: ABT FEB 1956

Death Location: Harrogate, Yorkshire (North Riding)

Father: Henry Goundry

Mother: Annie Turner

Spouse(s): Margaret Shepherd, Maria Pringle, Freda Hall

Children(s): Mary Goundry, Irene Goundry, Doris Goundry, Muriel Goundry, Lawrence Goundry, Jean Goundry, None None, Daphne Goundry

Matthew Heslop Goundry was born in 1893 in Brandon, Co. Durham, the child of Henry Goundry and Annie Turner. Matthew Heslop Goundry later married Margaret (Maggie) Bell Shepherd, Maria (Marion) Pringle and Freda May Hall, and together they raised children including Mary Ethel Goundry, Irene Goundry, Doris Goundry, Muriel Goundry, Lawrence Goundry, Jean Goundry and Daphne May Goundry. In 1956, Matthew Heslop Goundry passed away in Harrogate, Yorkshire (North Riding).

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Parents

Henry Goundry
1857 – 1935
Birth Location: Heugh Hall, Coxhoe, Co. Durham
HG
Annie Turner
1858 – 1937
Birth Location: Framwellgate Moor, Co. Durham
AT

Spouses(s)

Margaret Shepherd
1894 – 1977
Birth Location: –
MS
Maria Pringle
1914 – 1997
Birth Location: –
MP
Freda Hall
1919 – 1997
Birth Location: Pickering, Yorkshire (North Riding)
FH

Children(s)

Mary Goundry
1913 – 1914
Birth Location: Tynemouth Registration District, Northumberland
MG
Irene Goundry
1915 – 1985
Birth Location: Tynemouth Registration District, Northumberland
IG
Doris Goundry
1919 – 1997
Birth Location: Tynemouth Registration District, Northumberland
DG
Muriel Goundry
1921 – 1997
Birth Location: Cowpen, Northumberland
MG
Lawrence Goundry
1923 – 1924
Birth Location: Westmoreland Avenue, Newbiggin, Northumberland
LG
Jean Goundry
1925 – 1999
Birth Location: Morpeth Registration District, Northumberland
JG
None None
1938 –
Birth Location: –
Daphne Goundry
1949 –
Birth Location: Harrogate, Yorkshire (North Riding)
DG

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 12 APR 1893
    Event Place: Brandon, 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: Custom Event
    Event Year: 8 MAR 1902
    Record Source: he and his sister Edith were listed as new members of Daddy's Club in the "Northern Weekly Gazette", their address was 24 Albert Street, Brandon Colliery

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Occupation
    Event Year: BET 1911 AND 1939

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 1930
    Record Source: he left his wife

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 17 MAR 1938
    Record Source: at Leeds Assizes he admitted a charge of bigamously marrying the previous year. He told the Judge "I have never been so happy". It was said that he had left his wife in 1930, and had had four children with her. He had courted his bigamous "wife"

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Occupation
    Event Year: 1939

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Occupation
    Event Year: BET 1943 AND 1946

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 30 OCT 1946
    Record Source: his "bigamous" wife re-married

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: ABT FEB 1956
    Event Place: Harrogate, Yorkshire (North Riding)
    Record Source: File: C:\Users\Michael\Documents\Family Historian Projects\H & H\H & H.fh_data\H & H.ged, Age:

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