John William Gough (1834 - 1879)

Born 12 Jul 1834 in Liverpool, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom

Husband of Frances Ann (Parkins) Hawkins — married 18 Jan 1870 in Edge Hill, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom

Descendants

Died 23 May 1879 at age 44 in Durbungah, Muzaffarpur, Tirhoot, India

Biography

This profile is part of the Goff Name Study.

Christening

Baptism: 4 Aug 1834 St Peter, Liverpool, Lancashire, England

John William Goff - [Child] of Charles Henry Goff & Elizabeth

Abode: Oxford St. Vauxhall Road

Occupation: Bricklayer

Baptised by: O. Ormerod Curate^[1]

Emigration

Emigration:

Date: 16 AUG 1859

Place: New York arrival on the City of Baltimore; passport 2077 issued on the 6th August

Occupation

Occupation: Architect, quantity surveyor.

Occupation: Employ of John Killum, N.Y. Architectural draughtsman for the Metropolitan Fair

Date: 1864

Occupation: With Genl Quincy Adams Gillmore (chief engineer) in attack on Port Royal

Date: BET 1861 AND 1862

Occupation: Assistant architect and surveyor, Corporation of Liverpool.

Date: BET 1866 AND 1870

Occupation: Working for W. Williams, surveyor

Date: BET 1854 AND 1859

Place: contractor, Liverpool

Burial

Burial:

Place: Durbungah, Muzaffarpur, Tirhoot, India

Christening

Christening:

Date: 04 AUG 1834

Place: St. Peter, Liverpool, Lancs (IGI?)

Residence

Residence:

Date: BET 1859 AND 1864

Place: United States, Jardine & Gough, 1261 Broadway, N.Y.

Residence:

Date: 18 JAN 1870

Place: 17 Dodge Street

Residence:

Date: 1871

Place: 5, Ball St., Kensington

Residence:

Date: 1851

Place: With grandad Williams.

Residence:

Date: JAN 1876

Place: India

Residence:

Date: SEP 1870

Place: London, G.E.Street RA's practice

Residence:

Date: JUN 1872

Place: 5, York Terrace, Akroydon, Halifax

Event

Event:

Type: Membership

Date: 02 JUN 1864

Place: Elected master mason in the Corinthian lodge, New York

Event:

Type: Membership

Date: ABT 1873

Place: Founder and president of the West Riding Photographic Society

DCAUSE

DCAUSE Cholera

Sources

1. ↑ http://www.lan-opc.org.uk Register: Baptisms 1834, Page 197, Entry 1570; Source: LDS Film 2045907

• Source: S39 Author: Ancestry.com Title: England&Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;

Notes

Note N24"I am 38 years of age, of an energetic and sound constitution, have had 23 years of the most exceptional Architectural career, besides having travelled and sketched and measured the best examples of old work in Great Britain, France &c." 23rd April 1873-- application for a job with the "Chilian" Republic.

MUZAFFARPUR, a town and district of British India, in the Patna division of Bengal. The town is on the right bank of the Little Gandak river, and has a railway station. Pop. (1901), 45,617. The town is well laid out, and is an. important centre of trade, being on the direct route from Patna to Nepal. It is the headquarters of the Behar Light Horse volunteer corps and has a college established in 1899.

The DISTRICT OF MUZAFFARPIJR has ~n area of 3035 sq. m. It was formed in january 1875 out of the great district of Tirhoot, which up to that time was the largest and most populous district of Lower Bengal. The district is an alluvial plain between the Ganges and the Great Gandak, the Baghmat and Little Gandak being the principal rivers within it. South of the Little Gandak the land is somewhat elevated, with depressions containing lakes toward the south-east. North of the Baghmat the land is lower and marshy, but is traversed by elevated dry ridges. The tract between the twa’ rivers is lowest of all and liable to floods. Pop. (1901), 2,754,790, showing an increase of I~5 % in the’decade. Average density, 914 per sq. m., being exceeded in all India only by the neighbouring district of Saran. Indigo (superseded to some extent, owing to the fall in price, by sugar) and opium are largely grown. Rice is the chief grain crop, and cloth, carpets and pottery are manufactured. The district is traversed in several directions by the Tirhoot system of the Bengal and North-Western railway. It suffered from drought in 1873/1874, and again in 1897/1898.

See Muzaffarpur District Gazetteer (Calcutta, 1907).

The maharaja bahadur of Darbhanga, a Rajput, whose ancestor Mahesh Thakor received the Darbhanga raj (which includes large parts of the modern districts of Darbhanga, Muzaffarpur, Monghyr, Purnea and Bhagalpur) from the emperor Akbar early in the 16th century, is not only the premier territorial noble of Behar but one of the greatest noblemen of all India. Maharaja Lachhmeswar Singh Bahadur (INVITED JOHN AND FRANCES TO A RECEPTION), who succeeded to the raj in 1860 and died in 1898, was distinguished for his public services, and especially as one of the most munificent of living philanthropists. Under his supervision his raj came to be regarded as the model for good and benevolent management; he constructed hundreds of miles of roads planted with trees, bridged all the rivers, and constructed irrigation works on a great scale. His charities were without limit; thus he contributed £300,000 for the relief of the sufferers from the Bengal famine of 1873ߞ1874, and it is computed that during his possession of the raj he expended at least £2,000,000 011 charities, works of public utility, and charitable remissions of rent. For many years he served as a member of the legislative council of the viceroy with conspicuous ability and moderation of view. As representative of the landowners of Berar and Bengal he took an important part in the discussion on the Bengal Tenancy Bill. He was succeeded by his brother, Maharaja Rameshwar Singh Bahadur, who was born on the 16th of January 1860, and on attaining his majority in 1878 was appointed to the Indian Civil Service, serving as assistant magistrate successively at Darbhanga, Chhapra and Bhagalpur. In 1886 he was created a raja bahadur, exempted from attendance at the civil courts, and appointed a member of the legislative council of Bengal. He was created a maharaja bahadur on his succession to the raj in 1898. Like his brother, he was educated by an English tutor, and his administration carried on the enlightened traditions of his predecessor.

See Sir Roper Lethbridge, The Golden Book of india.