Nat Gould

Charles Henry Gould 1876-1925

Charles Henry Gould was born on 12 January 1876 in Belvidere, South Australia. He was the son of Charles Gould 1853-1889 and his wife née Grace Waters 1853-1889.

He was twice married. On 16 October 1911 he married Sarah Charlotte Pinnock in St. Matthew's Church, Kensington in South Australia. She was born on 13 March 1877 in Kensington, the daughter of James Pinnock and his wife née Christina Mitchell. She was known in the family as Nellie. Their children were:

Raymond Gilbert Barrett Gould. He was born in 1913 and died in 1990.

Ethel Christina Hope Gould. She was born in 1916 and died in 2003.

Their mother Sarah Charlotte Gould née Pinnock died in 1916 at Cottesloe, Perth in Western Australia (1). She was buried in Karrakatta Cemetery in Perth (2).

Charles & Sophie Gould

Charles Henry Gould married secondly Sophie May Marsland in 1918. She was born in 1889 at Glenorchy in Victoria, the daughter of Charles Alfred Marsland and and his wife Charlotte (Lottie) Cameron Winters (3).

They had the following children:

John Charles Gould. He was born in 1919 and died in 1970. He was known in the family as Jack.

Elfrida May Gould. She was born in 1922. She was known in the family as Freida.

Thelma Lily Gould. She was born in 1923 and died in 2003. She was known in newspaper reports as Jean.

Charles Henry Gould and his family lived in George Street, Cottesloe Beach in Western Australia, and later at Beverley (4) Minnivale during the First World War (5) and Koorda in 1925 (6) in that state.

He died on 29 March 1925 at Wyalkatchem in Western Australia, and was buried in the cemetery there (7).
His widow Sophie May Gould née Marsland died in 1966 in Perth, Western Australia.

(1) The Daily News (Perth, WA) Thursday 28 December 1916; The Advertiser 2 January 1917
(2) The Daily News 2 January 1917
(3) She was the sister of Jack Marsland, who was killed in action in France on 5 November 5 aged 26 years and 8 months. Their mother Charlotte Cameron Marsland née Winters died on 30 July 1929 at Wembley Park: The West Australian 30 July 1929.
(4) Western Australia Census (1901) Gould Charles Henry, Pig Station, Beverley, Farmer.
(5) The World War I Army papers record his address then as Minnivale in Western Australia.
(6) "In the matter of the Estate of Charles Henry Gould, late of Koorda, in the State of Western Australia, Farmer, deceased, intestate. NOTICE is hereby given that all creditors and other persons having claims or demands upon or against the estate of Charles Henry Gould, late of Koorda, in the State of Western Australia, farmer, deceased, are requested to send in particulars in writing of their claims and demands to The West Australian Trustee, Executor, and Agency Company, Limited, the administrator of the estate of the said deceased, at the offices of the said company, 13:5 Saint George's Terrace, Perth, on or be-fore the 28th day of September, 1925; and, further, that at the expiration of the last mentioned date, the administrator will proceed to distribute the assets of the said deceased among the persons entitled thereto, having regard only to the claims and demands of which it shall then have had notice. Dated this 24th day of August, 1925. PARKER & PARKER, 21 Howard Street, Perth, Solicitors for the said Administrator." Government Gazette Western Australia 28 August 1925. In the Supreme Court of Western Australia Probate Jurisdiction.
(7) The West Australian 4 and 28 April 1925.