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Robert William Goundry 1844 – 1908 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: ABT MAY 1844

Birth Location: Heugh Hall, Quarrington, Co. Durham

Death Date: 29 MAY 1908

Death Location: Merrington Lane, Spennymoor, Co. Durham

Father: Henry GOUNDRY

Mother: Hannah Simpson

Spouse(s): Margaret Wood

Children(s): John Goundry, Alexander Goundry, Georgina Goundry, Emily Goundry, John Goundry, Ralph Goundry, Ralph Goundry, Robert Goundry, Florence Goundry, Florence Goundry, May Goundry, Mary Goundry, Ada Goundry

Born in 1844 in Heugh Hall, Quarrington, Co. Durham, Robert William Goundry was the child of Henry GOUNDRY and Hannah Simpson. In time, Robert William Goundry married Margaret Wood, and they raised a family that included John Robert Goundry, Alexander (Alec) Goundry, Georgina Goundry, Emily Ann Goundry, John Henry Goundry, Ralph Goundry, Ralph Walter Goundry, Robert William Goundry, Florence Beatrice Goundry, Florence Beatrice Goundry, May Goundry, Mary Goundry and Ada Goundry. Robert William Goundry died in Merrington Lane, Spennymoor, Co. Durham in 1908.

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Parents

Henry GOUNDRY
1806 – 1877
Birth Location: Coundon, Co. Durham
HG
Hannah Simpson
1808 – 1881
Birth Location: Etherley or Toft Hill, Co. Durham
HS

Spouses(s)

Margaret Wood
1848 – 1904
Birth Location: Newbottle, Co. Durham
MW

Children(s)

John Goundry
1867 – 1867
Birth Location: Auckland Registration District, Co. Durham
JG
Alexander Goundry
1870 – 1932
Birth Location: Mount Pleasant, Tudhoe, Co. Durham
AG
Georgina Goundry
1872 – 1964
Birth Location: Thinford Lane, Low Spennymoor, Co. Durham
GG
Emily Goundry
1874 – 1948
Birth Location: Mount Pleasant, Tudhoe, Co. Durham
EG
John Goundry
1876 – 1966
Birth Location: Mount Pleasant, Tudhoe/Church Street, Spennymoor, Co. Durham
JG
Ralph Goundry
1878 – 1880
Birth Location: Mount Pleasant, Tudhoe, Co. Durham
RG
Ralph Goundry
1880 – 1908
Birth Location: Spennymoor, Co. Durham
RG
Robert Goundry
1883 – 1885
Birth Location: Auckland Registration District, Co. Durham
RG
Florence Goundry
1885 – 1886
Birth Location: Auckland Registration District, Co. Durham
FG
Florence Goundry
1887 – 1887
Birth Location: Auckland Registration District, Co. Durham
FG
May Goundry
1888 – 1890
Birth Location: Auckland Registration District, Co. Durham
MG
Mary Goundry
1890 – 1890
Birth Location: Durham Registration District
MG
Ada Goundry
1890 – 1890
Birth Location: Auckland Registration District, Co. Durham
AG

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: ABT MAY 1844
    Event Place: Heugh Hall, Quarrington, Co. Durham
    Record Source: File: C:\Users\Mike\Documents\HENRY and HANNAH.ged

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Year: 30 JUN 1844
    Event Place: St. Helen's, Kelloe, Co. Durham
    Record Source: File: C:\Users\Mike\Documents\HENRY and HANNAH.ged, described as the fourth son - the family lived at Heugh Hall, Quarrington.

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Occupation
    Event Year: BET 1861 AND 1901

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Occupation
    Event Year: ABT 1868
    Event Place: Tudhoe, Co. Durham
    Record Source: - he had started working there that year

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 29 MAY 1875
    Record Source: at the ordinary monthly meeting of the Durham Rural Sanitary Board plans of buildings sent in to the Surveyor by Robert GOUNDRY, for two houses and a shop at Tudhoe Colliery were rejected.

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Occupation
    Event Year: ABT 1880

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 31 MAY 1881
    Record Source: he received £100 when his mother's Will was probated

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 17 APR 1882
    Event Place: Tudhoe Colliery, Co. Durham
    Record Source: Robert was involved in a disaster at Tudhoe Colliery, which claimed the lives of 37 men and boys. At an inquest held on 22-24 May it was stated that, as Night Shift Deputy, he had carried out an inspection prior to the accident and found no trac

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: BET MAY 1890 AND JUN 1890
    Record Source: two of his daughters died in the space of five weeks.

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 29 MAY 1908
    Event Place: Merrington Lane, Spennymoor, Co. Durham
    Record Source: File: C:\Users\Michael\Documents\Family Historian Projects\H & H\H & H.fh_data\H & H.ged, Age:

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Year: 1 JUN 1908
    Event Place: Tudhoe Cemetery, Tudhoe, Co. Durham

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