William Gough (1862 - 1955)

Born 15 Aug 1862 in Berrima, New South Wales, Australia

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth Jane (Prosser) Gough — married about 29 Oct 1886 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Descendants

Died 29 Jul 1955 at age 92 in Ashfield, New South Wales, Australia

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Biography

William was born in 1862. He was the son of Thomas Gough and [[Johnson-27679|Catherine Johnson].^[1]

• Scrutineer and Berrima District Press, Wednesday 27 November 1907, page 2

Serious Accident at Bowral.

On Saturday afternoon last a serious accident befel Mr. William Gough whilst driving a horse and cart along Centennial road, Bowral, and he now lies in the Bowral hospital in a precarious condition. Mr. Gough was in the employ of Mr. J. Cooper, who recently purchased 'Craigieburn,' Bowral, and was driving along Centennial road, when, it is thought, on nearing the bridge on the Bowral side of the park, the horse took fright at a passing train, and plunging, threw him out of the out on to the road. He was shortly afterwards found by Miss Wright lying in an unconscious condition near the bed of the creek, where he had presumably gone to bathe his head as he had a wet cloth wrapped around it. He was bleeding freely from the head and was in a state of collapse. Mr. C. McDonald next came on the scene, together with Mr. Piggot who had caught the horse some distance further on, and the injured man was removed to the hospital, where an examination proved that he had sustained a fracture of the base of the skull. His condition on Saturday night was very serious and grave fears were entertained of his recovery ; on Sunday, however, a slight improvement was noticeable and he returned to consciousness, yet, it is stated, it will be some days before it is known whether he will recover.

He passed away in 1955^[2]

• Grave Rookwood^[3]

William worked at Sutton Forest Meat Co.

RECOLLECTIONS

Jan Smytheman: I always thought he was wonderful. I remember the story of him carrying the mail when he was a boy, and his Mother cooking bread, scones and other things for him to carry for his meetings with Cpt. Thunderbolt and other bushrangers. Once, when going with Dad to see him (when he was 90), he was lying down on the back veranda in Ashfield, his grand daughter who he lived with said he was a bit tired as he had been down at the Bowling Club when a one ton delivery of soil arrived. He had shovelled it over a 6 ft fence and then because it had stones in it had shovelled it into a sieve so it could be used as topdressing on the green. A tuff and stubborn old boy.

Sources

1. ↑ NSW BIRTH INDEX 5229/1862 Gough William Thomas Catherine Berrima
2. ↑ NSW DEATH INDEX 16953/1955 Gough William Thomas William Catherine Ashfield
3. ↑ https://rookwoodcemetery.discovereverafter.com/search-results?search_first=William&search_last=Gough&cemetery=248&country=&county=&site=rookwoodcemetery&advanced-search=Search