Nat Gould

William Gould 1822-1859

The Dove valley between Crowdecote and Longnor

William Gould was born at Longnor in Staffordshire in 1827, the son of Richard Gould 1780-1843 and his wife Alice.

In 1841 he was working on the farm of George Bagshaw at Crowdecote in Hartington parish, and married his employer's daughter Rachel Bagshaw on 7 February 1844 at Hartington church. She was born at Higher Needham in Hartington parish in 1813, and died in 1885.

When the 1851 Census was taken William Gould was farming sixty acres in Hartington Middle Quarter parish, at Crowdecote.

They had the following children:

Ann Bagshaw Gould. She was born in 1845 at High Needham near Earl Sterndale in Derbyshire. On 7 February 1870 she was married by licence to Henry White at Earl Sterndale in Derbyshire. They lived at Brushfield near Taddington in Derbyshire, and had three children. She died in 1881.

Thomasin Gould. She was born in 1847 at Crowdecote and baptised at Earl Sterndale on 3 October 1847.

William Gould. He was born in July 1850. (In the 1851 Census Return his age was given as ten months, and the Census was taken on the night of 30 March 1851.) He was baptised at Earl Sterndale on 30 June 1850. He married his cousin Maria Bagshaw on 22 November 1875 by licence at Hartington church, and died in 1899.

Their father William Gould died on 12 August 1859 (1) aged only 38 years, and was buried on 17 August 1859 at Earl Sterndale where there is a gravestone inscribed to his memory.

His widow Rachel Gould died in 1885.

(1) His personal estate was under £200, administration of which was granted at Derby on 19 October 1859 to his widow Rachel Gould: England and Wales National Probate Calendar 1858-1966 (1859) page 269.