Waterloo Region Generations
A record of the people of Waterloo Region, Ontario.

Robert Alexander Goudy

Male 1892 - 1918  (26 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Robert Alexander Goudy was born 27 Aug 1892, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was christened 13 Aug 1897, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of Alexander Goudy and Christina T. Minto); died 27 Sep 1918, , France; was buried , Moeuvres Communal Cemetery, Cambrai, France.

    Other Events:

    • Misfortune: killed in WW1
    • Residence: Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-437494
    • Occupation: 1911, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Apprentice, Pattern Shop
    • Residence: 1911, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
    • Military: 1914, WW1; WW1, Private, 71st Battalion / 44th Battalion
    • Military: 1914, WW1; WW1, Service #126730


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Alexander Goudy was born 4 Jan 1862, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada (son of Robert Goudy and Mary McKenzie); died 3 Dec 1929, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Birth: Beverly Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada
    • Elected Office: Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; alderman
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-437492
    • Occupation: 1891, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Freight Clerk
    • Residence: 1891, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
    • Occupation: 1895, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; railwayman
    • Occupation: 1901, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer in Foundry
    • Occupation: 1911, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Machinist, Machine Shop
    • Residence: 1911, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

    Notes:

    GOUDY, ALEXANDER

    Native of Puslinch Passes Away at Galt

    Ex- Alderman Alex. Goudy Succumbs Following Operation

    Word has been received here (Guelph) of the death on Tuesday, December 3, 1929, of ex-Alderman Alex. Goudy of Galt, following an operation for an internal injury received while moving a casting at his work at Cowan and Co. Foundry last Friday. When he and another employee were prying a 500 lb. casting off a planer upon a truck, a stake he was using flew back and hit him in the stomach. Doctors found that peritonitis and bronchial pneumonia had developed. He was 68 years of age and while born in Puslinch, had spent practically all his life in Galt, serving as alderman for eight years. Besides his widow, two daughters, Mary and Florence, survive. Also surviving are five brothers and a sister, John of Detroit; Robert of Belleville; Henry of Toronto; Peter and Edward of Galt; and Mrs. William Mullin of Galt. The funeral took place Thursday.

    -Information from the death certificate: Born in Puslinch on January 4, 1862, son of Robert Goudy and Mary McKenzie. Death due to a ruptured bowel. Informant - his brother, Peter Goudy of 23 Hopeton St. in Galt.

    -Husband of Christina Tenant Minto, daughter of Robert and Mary Minto of Ayr. A son, Robert was killed in action at Cambria during World War I.

    A Celebration of Lives Obituaries of Puslinch Township, Wellington Co., Ontario Vol 1, Anna Jackson & Marjorie Clark
    Used with kind permission of Marjorie Clark

    Alexander married Christina T. Minto 26 Nov 1890, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Christina (daughter of Robert Minto and Mary Smith) was born 6 Feb 1864, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 29 Aug 1940; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Christina T. Minto was born 6 Feb 1864, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of Robert Minto and Mary Smith); died 29 Aug 1940; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Christina T. Goudy
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-437493
    • Residence: 1871, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Church of Scotland
    • Occupation: 1881, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Seamstress
    • Residence: 1891, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
    • Residence: 1911, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

    Children:
    1. 1. Robert Alexander Goudy was born 27 Aug 1892, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was christened 13 Aug 1897, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 27 Sep 1918, , France; was buried , Moeuvres Communal Cemetery, Cambrai, France.
    2. Mary Christine Goudy was born 9 Oct 1895, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was christened 13 Jul 1897, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 6 Sep 1975; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Florence H. Gaudy was born 3 Mar 1901, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Robert Goudy was born 1838, Beverly Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada; died 29 Aug 1877, Badenoch, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-60537

    Notes:

    GOUDY, ROBERT

    At Badenoch in East Puslinch, on the 29th August 1877, aged 38 years.

    -Information from the death certificate: Born in Beverly Township. Death due to congestion of the liver and jaundice over 8 weeks.
    A Celebration of Lives Obituaries of Puslinch Township, Wellington Co., Ontario Vol 1, Anna Jackson & Marjorie Clark
    Used with kind permission of Marjorie Clark

    Robert — Mary McKenzie. Mary was born 29 Oct 1837, , Ireland; died 2 Jun 1902, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Mary McKenzie was born 29 Oct 1837, , Ireland; died 2 Jun 1902, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Mary Goudy
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-60526
    • Immigration: 1839
    • Residence: 1891, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Bible Christian

    Notes:

    GOUDY, MARY (McKenzie)

    On Tuesday, June 4, 1902, in her 63rd year. Relict of Robert Goudy. She had not, for eighteen years, enjoyed good health and for the past five months, was in a precarious condition. Mrs. Goudy was born in Scotland and when a little girl, came with her father, the late Alexander McKenzie, to Lucknow. When about 20, she married Robert Goudy and they lived for a time in Beverly and afterwards in Puslinch. Twenty-five years ago, Mr. Goudy died and she, with her family, moved to Galt, where she has lived ever since. One daughter and seven sons are now left: Mrs. William Mullen, Alexander, Peter and Edward of Galt; John of London; Robert of Belleville; Donald of Dunkirk, NY; and Henry of Hamilton. She also leaves one brother and three sisters: Mrs. William Gilbert of Beverly; Mrs. Duncan Stewart of Munising, Ml; Mrs. Donald McDonald of Clinton; and Alex McKenzie of Rochester, NY. She was a woman of a kind heart and as a mother, her children will always remember her with warm affection. The funeral took place on Thursday at 2 from her residence on Hopeton St. to MountView Cemetery.

    -Information from the death certificate: Of Hopeton St. in Galt.


    A Celebration of Lives Obituaries of Puslinch Township, Wellington Co., Ontario Vol 1, Anna Jackson & Marjorie Clark
    Used with kind permission of Marjorie Clark

    Children:
    1. John Goudy was born 31 Mar 1860, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada; died 21 Feb 1930, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. 2. Alexander Goudy was born 4 Jan 1862, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada; died 3 Dec 1929, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Henry G. Goudy was born 1868, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada; died 20 Mar 1945, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada.
    4. Peter L. Goudy was born 9 Jul 1870, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada; died 15 May 1953, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Mary Goudy was born 1874, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    6. Edward Orton Goudy was born 17 Dec 1877, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada; died 10 Jun 1966, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 13 Jun 1966, Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

  3. 6.  Robert Minto was born 3 Nov 1832, , Scotland; died 21 Nov 1904, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-67618
    • Residence: 1859, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Occupation: 1871, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Shoemaker
    • Residence: 1871, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Church of Scotland
    • Occupation: 1881, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Shoemaker
    • Occupation: 1891, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Shoemaker
    • Residence: 1891, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
    • Occupation: 1901, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Shoe Maker

    Notes:

    Robert was possibly born in Hobkirk Roxburgh Scotland. In 1851 he might have been a shoemaker apprentice living in Hawick with James and Margaret Turnbull

    Robert married Mary Smith 11 Nov 1859, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Mary (daughter of John Smith and Janet Tennant) was born 1832, , Scotland; died 19 Jan 1895, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Mary Smith was born 1832, , Scotland (daughter of John Smith and Janet Tennant); died 19 Jan 1895, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Mary Minto
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-103201
    • Residence: 1859, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1871, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Church of Scotland

    Children:
    1. Mary Minto was born 1855, , Scotland; died Yes, date unknown.
    2. William Minto was born 1860, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 22 Feb 1900, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. 3. Christina T. Minto was born 6 Feb 1864, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 29 Aug 1940; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Jessie Minto was born 1868, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 23 May 1891, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. John Smith Minto was born 14 Feb 1872, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 7 Nov 1932, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 9 Nov 1932, Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.


Generation: 4

  1. 14.  John Smith was born Abt 1807, of, Scotland; died Yes, date unknown.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-130652

    John — Janet Tennant. Janet was born Abt 1807, of, Scotland; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]


  2. 15.  Janet Tennant was born Abt 1807, of, Scotland; died Yes, date unknown.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Janet Smith
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-130653

    Children:
    1. 7. Mary Smith was born 1832, , Scotland; died 19 Jan 1895, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Isabella Smith was born 1837, , Scotland; died 15 Jun 1883, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.