The 1888 Crystal Palace recordings

The Descendants of François Fauvel GOURAUD

Second Generation

2. George Edward GOURAUD (François Fauvel ) was born - 30 Jun 1842 in New York, USA. He died on 17 Feb 1912 in Vevey, Switzerland .

Birth and death dates and place from The Times 20th February 1912

Gouraud was declared bankrupt in Sept 1909. He was described as being of Lausanne, Switzerland, late of the Marine Parade, Brighton, Sussex. He is listed as "gentleman".

1870, 30th June US Census:
SNOW, Frances M/52/F/Wh/Keeping house/$135,000 (real),$10,000 (personal)/New York
SNOW, Juliet S/34/F/Wh/$4,000 (personal)/New York
SNOW, Mary E/32/F/Wh/$4,000 (personal)/New York
SNOW, Willis J/19/M/Wh/Clerk in store/New York
GOURAUD, Florence/24/F/Wh/$4,000/New York
GOURAUD, George E/28/M/Wh/Asst US Appraiser/New York

1870, 29th Dec US Census:
74 Madison Avenue (between 27th and 28th Streets)
21st Dist, 21 Ward, New York, NY
SNOW F.M./53/F/Keeping home/New York
SNOW, Juliet/33/F/At home/New York
SNOW, Mary E./30/F/New/At home/New York
SNOW, W.J./19/M/Clerk in store/New York
GOURAUD, F.W./25/F/At home/New York
GOURAUD. G.E./28/M/Government Employ/New York

1881 UK Census:
George E. GOURAND M Male 38 United States Retired Officer American Army
Florence GOURAND M Female 34 United States
George GOURAND Male 8 United States
Jackson GOURAND Male 6 (F), France
Theodora GOURAND Female 3 (F), America
Bayard GOURAND Male 1 Upper Norwood, Surrey, England
Jane SPARSHOT U Female 25 South Mundham, Sussex, England Nurse Dom Ser
Eliza WEEKS U Female 34 Monrokehampton, Devon, England Cook Dom Ser
Eliza THOMPSON U Female 25 Lower Mitchum, Surrey, England Housemaid Dom Ser
Jane CAMERON U Female 22 Croydon, Surrey, England Parlourmaid Dom Ser
Arthur PALMER U Male 30 Orpington, Kent, England Groom Dom Ser

Dwelling "Woodlands", Beulah Hill
Census Place Croydon, Surrey, England
Public Records Office Reference RG11
Piece / Folio 0822 / 14
Page Number 22

"[Churchill] goes on to describe five such lectures in My Early Life, but letters published in the first companion volume of the official biography reveal a sixth that was memorable. Just half a year after he came to Harrow, Churchill heard a "very amusing" lecture by a Colonel Gouraud, whose sons were at the school; the week afterward he wrote both his mother and his father to tell them about it The Colonel, a "tall Yankee," had fought at Gettysburg. His lecture introduced the boys to the recent American invention of the phonograph, which he demonstrated by bringing one along and singing into it, to the astonishment of "all sober-minded People" in the room:

John Brown's Body lies - Mouldy in the grave And his soul goes marching on Glory, glory, Hallelujah...

...whereupon "the Phonograph spoke it back in a voice that was clearly audible in the Speech Room."

Churchill never forgot either John Brown's body or Gettysburg, both of which figure largely in his account of the Civil War in A History of the English-Speaking Peoples"

Gouraud's grandfather, George Edward Gouraud, received the Congressional Medal of Honor for heroism in the Civil War at the Battle of Honey Hill South Carolina.
Source: http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/jsgouraud.htm

George married Florence Willis SNOW daughter of George M SNOW and Frances M on 21 Apr 1870 in Church of the Holy Communion, New York, NY, USA. Florence was born in 1845/1846 in New York, USA.

They had the following children:

4 F i Clemence GOURAUD was born on 7 Mar 1871 in Manhattan, New York, New York, USA. She was buried on 8 May 1871 in Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, NY, USA.

Birth from IGI

5 M ii George Fauvel GOURAUD was born on 25 Jun 1872 in Manhattan, New York, New York, USA.

Birth from IGI

6 M iii Jackson GOURAUD was born in 1874/1875 in France.

Jackson married Amy Isabella CROCKER in 1901 in Croydon, Surrey, England. Amy was born in 1863 in Sacramento, California, USA. She died on 7 Feb 1941 in New York, NY, USA.

As the most flamboyant member of the Crocker family, Amy (later Aimée) enjoyed an exotic and indulgent lifestyle. Her audacious autobiography, entitled And I'd Do It Again, shocked readers everywhere when it was published in 1936. She married five times: R. Porter Ashe; Harry Gillig; Jackson Gouraud; Prince Miskinoff; and Prince Galitzine. She had one daughter, Gladys, by R. Porter Ashe, and later adopted Yvonne and Reginald while married to Jackson Gouraud. She died in New York on February 7, 1941.

Powers Gouraud was born in 1881. From October 7, 1901 to December 2, 1901, Powers was a featured player in a music theatrical production. It was called The New Yorkers and was performed at the Herald Square Theater on Broadway.
On February 12, 1922, Powers wrote an article for the Philadelphia Public Ledger. It was called "The Amazing Aimee Gouraud." Aimee was one of his relatives. http://broadcastpioneers.50g.com/powers.html

7 F iv Florence Theodora GOURAUD was born in 1877/1878 in USA. She died on 29 Mar 1943 in London, England.

Florence married Reginald Courtenay GAYER on 29 Jun 1899 in St Paul's, Knightsbridge, London.

8 M v Bayard L GOURAUD was born in 1879 in Norwood, Surrey. He died on 10 Feb 1912 in On his way back to England from Aden. The cause of death was Heart failure.

Name: GOURAUD, Male
Record Type: Births
Quarter: March
Year: 1879
District: Croydon
Volume: 2a Page: 240

Captain Bayard Gouraud, 17th Lancers

1891 Census:
Visitor at 35 Beulah Hill, home of Charles Belli, of the Bengal Civil service (ret)

Indian Army Quarterly List for 1 January 1912
Surname: Gouraud
Given Name: B.
FIRST COMM: 7 July 98
DATE RANK: 30 May 05
RANK: Captains
COMPANY: 17th. [Duke of Cambridge's Own ] Lancers

+ 9 M vi Powers St George GOURAUD was born in 1881. He died on 17 Sep 1954.

10 M vii Manfred GOURAUD was born on 1 Sep 1885. He died in Jan 1965 in CA, USA.

All info from U.S. Social Security Death Index
May be nothing to do with this family at all.

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