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Thomas William GOUNDRY 1822 – 1893 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: ABT 1822

Birth Location: Sherburn, Co. Durham

Death Date: MAR 1893

Death Location: Houghton Registration District, Co. Durham

Father: William GOUNDRY

Mother: Elizabeth DENT

Spouse(s): Dorothy Scorer

Children(s): Thomas GOUNDRY, Margaret GOUNDRY, John GOUNDRY, James GOUNDRY, Mary GOUNDRY, John GOUNDRY

1822 marked the beginning of Thomas William GOUNDRY's life in Sherburn, Co. Durham, to parents William GOUNDRY and Elizabeth (Betty) DENT. Eventually, Thomas William GOUNDRY married Dorothy Scorer, and they welcomed Thomas Scorer GOUNDRY, Margaret Dent GOUNDRY, John GOUNDRY, James GOUNDRY, Mary Ann GOUNDRY and John James GOUNDRY. Thomas William GOUNDRY passed in 1893 at Houghton Registration District, Co. Durham.

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Parents

William GOUNDRY
1785 – 1863
Birth Location: Biddick Stables, Washington, Co. Durham
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Elizabeth DENT
1785 – 1854
Birth Location: Gillhouse,Baldersdale, Yorkshire (North Riding)
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Spouses(s)

Dorothy Scorer
1821 – 1868
Birth Location: Philadelphia, Co. Durham
DS

Children(s)

Thomas GOUNDRY
1847 – 1856
Birth Location: Sherburn, Co. Durham
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Margaret GOUNDRY
1849 – 1919
Birth Location: Sherburn, Co. Durham
MG
John GOUNDRY
1851 – 1852
Birth Location: Sherburn, Co. Durham
JG
James GOUNDRY
1851 – 1852
Birth Location: Sherburn, Co. Durham
JG
Mary GOUNDRY
1852 – 1861
Birth Location: Sherburn, Co. Durham
MG
John GOUNDRY
1853 – 1901
Birth Location: Sherburn, Co. Durham
JG

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: ABT 1822
    Event Place: Sherburn, Co. Durham

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Year: 26 MAY 1822
    Record Source: as William, although in later life he was called Thomas William

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 1 MAR 1856
    Record Source: at Durham County Police Court "William GOUNDRY, of Sherburn, Farmer, was ordered to pay costs for driving his cart without reins at Sherburn on the 21st ult."

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 1857
    Record Source: named as William he was bequeathed £19-19s-0d. in the Will of his godfather George GOUNDRY

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 1863
    Record Source: referred to as William, he was bequeathed £5 in his father's will

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: NOV 1868
    Record Source: his partner Dorothy died

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 8 OCT 1884
    Record Source: at Houghton-le-Spring Police Court "a decent-looking man named William GOUNDRY was fined 20s. and costs for stealing a pair of boots from the shop door of Messrs TYLER Brothers".

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 31 DEC 1886
    Record Source: he was witness to a murder at Houghton-le-Spring. The victim's rooms were above those where GOUNDRY was lodging. The staircase from the upper rooms opened onto the front street, and a doorway from it which had been papered over opened onto GOUND

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 26 JAN 1887
    Record Source: at his trial at Durham Assizes it was said that McCANN was of "imperfect education". One of the witnesses called was Thomas William GOUNDRY, but Mr. GRANGER (for the prosecution) "intimated that the man was so drunk that it was doubtful whether h

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: MAR 1893
    Event Place: Houghton Registration District, Co. Durham
    Record Source: - his death was registered in the June 1893 quarter - as William

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Year: 2 APR 1893
    Event Place: Newbottle, Co. Durham

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