George Parker Gould (1792 - 1874)

Born 7 May 1792 in Wiltshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth Amelia (Winstone) Gould — married 1 Aug 1811 in Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom

Descendants

Died 13 Apr 1874 at age 81 in Haldimand, Northumberland, Ontario, Canada

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Biography

George was born in 1792 to Nicholas Gould and Mary Stillman.

By 1832, George Gould was living in Drummond, Upper Canada (now Ontario), where he was involved in building a road [1]. In 1840, he sold straw and hay to the Upper Canada Provincial Penitentiary [2].

By 1871, George was widowed and living in Haldimand with widowed Margaret Vernon and the Halliday family. In 1874, he passed away in Haldimand. The death record posted on the Findagrave site [3] indicates he was a widowed, 84-year-old Yeoman born in England and that his physician was Dr. Halliday.

1871 Canada Census in Haldimand, Ontario:

• Margaret Vernon 48 widowed born England
• George Gould 82 widowed born England
• James Halliday 26 born Ontario
• Amelia Halliday 25 born England
• Margaret Halliday 2 born Ontario
• Vernon S Halliday 11/12 born Ontario
• Martha McGibbons 15 born Ontario

History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland, by Sir Bernard Burke, Vol. 1, London: Harrison, 1882, page 668

GOULD OF FRAMPTON.

• VI George, b. 7 May, 1792 d. s. p. [meaning died without issue]
• George was born about 1790. He passed away in 1874.

Sources

• 1871 Canada Census [4]
• Findagrave [5]
• History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland, by Sir Bernard Burke, Vol. 1, London: Harrison, 1882, page 668 [6]
• Ontario Deaths 1869-1938
• Wiltshire England Church of England BIrths and Baptisms 1813-1910
• Wiltshire England Marriages Church of England 1754-1916
• "England, Wiltshire, Church Records, 1518-1990", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:2:4BRR-9FF3 : 25 February 2022), Entry for George Gould, 1811.*"Canada, Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-68LS-1WY?cc=1307826&wc=3LVB-929%3A1584243504%2C1584257101%2C1584257102 : 27 April 2019), Deaths > 1874 > no 2137-7589 > image 272 of 844; citing Registrar General. Archives of Ontario, Toronto.