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James Gould 1822-1903

James Gould
Born: 1822 Heathcote, Derbyshire
Died: 1903 Heathcote, Derbyshire
Father
Michael Gould 1792-1847
Mother
Mary Sutton 1800-1878
Siblings
Spouses
Ann Webster 1822-1867
Jane Buxton 1850-1929
Children
By Ann Webster:
Mary Ann Gould 1846-
Sarah Gould 1848-
Michael Gould 1851-1926
Elizabeth Gould 1852-1859
Ann Gould 1855-
James Gould 1857-1859
By Jane Buxton:
Peter Gould 1881-1931
Benjamin Gould 1882-
Mary Jane Gould 1884-
Elizabeth Gould 1888-1890

James Gould was born in 1822 at Heathcote near Hartington in Derbyshire, the son of Michael Gould 1792-1847 and his wife nee Mary Sutton 1800-1878 (1).

James Gould was employed as a railway workman (2).

In 1845 he married Ann Webster 1822-1867 at Buxton in Derbyshire. They had the following children, all born at Heathcote:

Mary Ann Gould. She was born in 1846.

Sarah Gould. She was born in 1848. She was married to William Warrington 1848-1917.

Michael Gould. He was born in 1851. On 8 July 1877 he married Helen Dawson at Biggin church. He died in 1926.

Elizabeth Gould. She was born in 1852. She died aged only eight years in 1859 and was buried at Biggin on 30 January 1859.

Ann Gould. She was born in 1855.

James Gould. He was born in 1857. He died aged only two years in 1859, and was buried at Biggin on 30 January 1859, the same day as his sister Elizabeth Gould was buried.

Their mother Ann Gould nee Webster died in 1867 aged only 45 years, and was buried at Biggin near Hartington on 11 February 1867.

On 15 May 1880 James Gould married Jane Buxton 1850-1929 at Biggin church. She was born in Bakewell, Derbyshire. They had the following children, all born at Heathcote:

Peter Gould 1881-1931. He was born in 1881, and baptised at Biggin on 13 February 1881. He was probably the Peter Gould who in 1913 married Sarah Hannah Austin 1885-1950. She was born in 1885 at Milldale in Alstonefield parish in Staffordshire, the daughter of James Austin.

Benjamin Gould. He was born in 1882, and baptised at Biggin on 14 May 1882. He was married by 1911 by the time he was working as a cowman aged 28 at Royston Grange Farm near Parwich in Derbyshire.

Mary Jane Gould. She was born in 1884, and baptised at Biggin on 16 March 1884.

Elizabeth Gould. She was born in 1888, and baptised at Biggin on 12 February 1888. She died aged only two years in 1890.

Their father James Gould died in 1903. His widow died on 1 March 1929 at Heathcote.

Notes

(1) There is a monumental inscription to Michael Gould and his wife in Hartington churchyard. Michael Gould may have been the son of Peter Featherstone 1746-1881 of Heathcote and Mary Gould ?1770-1861, to whom there is also a monumental inscription in Hartington churchyard.
Although living in the same ecclesiastical parish of Hartington, it is unknown whether Mary Gould and her descendants were connected with the Gould family of Pilsbury Grange.
(2) He was described as being a railway labourer in 1880 (when he married Jane Buxton), and as platelayer in 1888 (when his daughter Elizabeth Gould was baptised). Presumably the railway was the Cromford & High Peak Railway in the Friden area, as the Buxton to Ashbourne railway had not then been built from Parsley Hay to Ashbourne.