Twelfth Generation (Continued)
Family of Anna Maria “Annie” SEYMOUR (593) & David George McGOUN
1019. William Seymour McGOUN (Anna Maria “Annie” SEYMOUR11, Childeroy WESTCOTT10, George James9, Martha (Patty) JENNINGS8, Mary COMPTON7, Ann6, John5, John4, Tristram3, John “the Elder”2, Edward1) . Born in 1881 in Shaftesbury, Dorset, England. William Seymour died in France on 1 Jul 1918; he was 37. Buried in 1918 in Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension, Warloy-Baillon, Departement de la Somme, Picardie, France.

- 1891 NOT living with parents
- 1891 England census, living in Shaftesbury St Peter, Shaftesbury RD, Dorset - Salisbury St “Knowle’s Arms”
Name Age
John Seymour 64 - head, M, M, 64, Inn Keeper & Cattle dealer, emplr, Dorset, Bagber
Childeroy Seymour 57 - wife, M, F, 57, -, Hants Ringwood
George W Seymour 30 - son, S, M, 30, cattle dealer OA, Wilts Denhend? St Mary
Robert Seymour 25 - son, S, m, 25, bricklayer empl’d, Dorset Shaftesbury
William J Seymour 19 - son, S, M, 19, cattle deatler empl’d, Dorset Shaftesbury
William M Goan [McGoun] 10 - grandson, M, 10, scholar, Dorset Shaftesbury
The National Archives of the UK (TNA); Kew, Surrey, England; Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891; Class: RG12; Piece: 1628; Folio: 32; Page: 14; GSU roll: 6096738

- 1901 England census, living in Leicester formerly Knighton, Leicester RD, Leicestershire - 98 Clarendon Park Road
Name Age [McGoun]
David G McGown 42 - head, M, M, 42, Drug Storeman, employer at home, Yorks Lipton
Mary McGown 21 - wife, M, F, 21 [sic], Derby’e Newhall
William McGown 21 - son, S, M, 21, drug sstoreman assistant worker, Dorset Stourminster
Kale [Kate] McGown 10 - daur, S, F, 10, Leics Leicester
Class: RG13; Piece: 3003; Folio: 34; Page: 9
[NOTE: Mary must be a young second wife, or was her age misrecorded?]

-1918 British Army WWI Medal Rolls Index Cards, 1914-1920
Name: Seymour McGoun
Regiment or Corps: Royal Engineers
Regimental Number: 220268
Original data: Army Medal Office. WWI Medal Index Cards. In the care of The Western Front Association website.
Image of Card: McGOUN, Seymour, Corps R E., Rank: Pnr., Rg No 220268
Victory Roll RE/101 B 217.53620. Ret’d (992KR1923) 8426/Adt. No correspondence.

UK, Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929
Name: Seymour McGoun
Gender: Male
Death Date: 1 Jul 1918
Death Place: France
Rank: Pioneer
Regimental Number: 220268 - see image record no. 731942

- 1918 UK, Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919 [no image]
Name: Seymour McGoun
Death Date: 1 Jul 1918
Death Place: France and Flanders
Enlistment Place: Grimsby, Lincs
Rank: Pioneer
Regiment: Royal Engineers
Regimental Number: 220268
Type of Casualty: Killed in action
Theatre of War: Western European Theatre
Comments: No. 1 Spec. Coy., R.E.
War Diaries (France, Belgium, Germany): Search for 'Royal Engineers' in the WWI War Diaries (France, Belgium, Germany) collection
War Diaries (Gallipoli): Search for 'Royal Engineers' in the WWI War Diaries (Gallipoli) collection
Military-Genealogy.com, comp. UK, Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008.
Original data: British and Irish Military Databases. The Naval and Military Press Ltd.

- 1919 England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995
Name: William Seymour McGoun
Death Date: 1 Jul 1918
Death Place: Lincolnshire, England
Probate Date: 15 Apr 1919
Registry: London, England
Probate summary: MCGOUN William Seymour of 7 Thomas street Great Grimsby Lincolnshire pioneer R.E. died 1 July 1918 in France. Probate London 15 Apr [1919] to Thomas Dixon Sneath chemist. Effects £939

- 1918 Find A Grave Memorial# 15991158 for Pioneer Williem Seymour McGoun
Birth: Mar. 18, 1881
Death: Jul. 1, 1918
His occupation was a chemist's assistant and a chemist would be a pharmacist today. He never married and his next of kin was his sister Kate.
Service No: 220268
Regiment/Service: Royal Engineers, No. 1 Special Coy.
Burial: Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension, Warloy-Baillon, Departement de la Somme, Picardie, France
Plot: IV. H. 11.
Maintained by: IWPP Custodial Account
Originally Created by: International Wargraves ...
Record added: Oct 03, 2006 [photo not downloaded]
1020. Emily M K “Kate” McGOUN (Anna Maria “Annie” SEYMOUR11, Childeroy WESTCOTT10, George James9, Martha (Patty) JENNINGS8, Mary COMPTON7, Ann6, John5, John4, Tristram3, John “the Elder”2, Edward1). Born in 1890 in Leicester, Leicestershire, England.

- 1891 England census, living in St Mary, Leicester Reg Dist, Leicestershire - 3 Hinckley Rd
Name Age [McGoun]
David G McGown 32 - head, M, M, 32, chemist assistant worker, Yorks: Sipton
Annie M McGown 28 - wife, M, F, 28, Wilts: Donhead
Emily M K McGown 8/12 - daur, F, 8mo, Leicester
The National Archives of the UK (TNA); Kew, Surrey, England; Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891; Class: RG12; Piece: 2539; Folio: 8; Page: 9; GSU roll: 6097649

- 1901 England census, living in Leicester formerly Knighton, Leicester RD, Leicestershire - 98 Clarendon Park Road
Name Age [McGoun]
David G McGown 42 - head, M, M, 42, Drug Storeman, employer at home, Yorks Lipton
Mary McGown 21 - wife, M, F, 21 [sic], Derby’e Newhall
William McGown 21 - son, S, M, 21, drug sstoreman assistant worker, Dorset Stourminster
Kale [Kate] McGown 10 - daur, S, F, 10, Leics Leicester
Class: RG13; Piece: 3003; Folio: 34; Page: 9
[NOTE: Mary must be a young second wife, or was her age misrecorded?]
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