Thomas William GOUNDRY 1822 – 1893 – Genealogical Records

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

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

Genealogy Event 3
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 6 JUN 1841
Record Source: living with his parents - no occupation was stated
Age:
> 20y

Genealogy Event 4
Event Type: Custom Event
Event Date: 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 5
Event Type: Custom Event
Event Date: 1857
Record Source: named as William he was bequeathed £19-19s-0d. in the Will of his godfather George GOUNDRY

Genealogy Event 6
Event Type: Custom Event
Event Date: 1863
Record Source: referred to as William, he was bequeathed £5 in his father's will

Genealogy Event 7
Event Type: Custom Event
Event Date: NOV 1868
Record Source: his partner Dorothy died

Genealogy Event 8
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 2 APR 1871
Event Place: Philadelphia Lane, Newbottle, Co. Durham
Record Source: - he was recorded as William, a widower and Agricultural Labourer, living with his daughter
Age:
48y

Genealogy Event 9
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 3 APR 1881
Event Place: Philadelphia Lane, Newbottle, Co. Durham
Record Source: where he was a boarder and recorded as William - he was a widower and an Agricultural Labourer
Age:
57y

Genealogy Event 10
Event Type: Custom Event
Event Date: 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 11
Event Type: Custom Event
Event Date: 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 GOUNDRY's kitchen, which opened onto the back street. Just before midnight he heard the sound of a blow, and a man ran through the papered-over door and out into the back street. The victim then followed, and died in the street, having been stabbed through the heart. The attacker was later identified as John McCANN, who admitted striking the victim when he had tried to take a knife from him while he was cutting some tobacco - the pair had spent the evening drinking.

Genealogy Event 12
Event Type: Custom Event
Event Date: 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 he could be put in the box. His Lordship said this was disgraceful. If the man came into the box in a drunken state, he would certainly send him to prison for contempt of court. The man was not asked to give evidence, and his expenses were disallowed". Later, "Mr. SKIDMORE intimated that he wished to cross-examine GOUNDRY for the defence, and his Lordship said he would take care that this drunken animal should be called during the day. After a short pause in the proceedings, William GOUNDRY, an elderly man, was called, and staggered into the witness-box. Asked by his Lordship what was the matter with him he made an unintelligible sound. His Lordship said he was quite satisfied now that the man was guilty of contempt of court and he would not let him be sworn". He was subsequently sent to prison for fourteen days, for contempt of court. After deliberating for only 20 minutes the jury found McCANN guilty of murder and he was sentenced to death, but later reprieved. A few months later McCANN died in Durham Gaol "from mania of a religious kind".

Genealogy Event 13
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 5 APR 1891
Event Place: Nicholson's Buildings, Boldon, Co. Durham
Record Source: where he was a boarder - he was a widower and an Agricultural Labourer

Genealogy Event 14
Event Type: Death
Event Date: MAR 1893
Event Place: Houghton Registration District, Co. Durham
Record Source: - his death was registered in the June 1893 quarter - as William
Age:
70y

Genealogy Event 15
Event Type: Burial
Event Date: 2 APR 1893
Event Place: Newbottle, Co. Durham