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| Husband: | James Knight Goold (1822-1915) | |
| Wife: | Charlotte De Moll Berczy (1830-1909) | |
| Marriage | 18 Jun 1849 | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Name: | James Knight Goold | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Father: | Hugh Goold (1786-1866) | |
| Mother: | Harriett Knight (c. 1798-1875) | |
| Birth | 27 Apr 1822 | Portsea, Hampshire |
| Baptism | 4 Jul 1822 (age 0) | Saint Marys, Portsea, Hampshire |
| Occupation | 1849 (age 26-27) | -; Deputy Assistant Commissary General, Ontario, Canada |
| Census | 1901 (age 78-79) | Retired British Govt Civil Servant, Brantford Township, Ontario, Canada |
| Census | 1911 (age 88-89) | Retired colonel, Brantford, Ontario (widower) |
| Death | 9 Dec 1915 (age 93) | Mount Pleasant, Brant County, Ontario, Canada |
| Name: | Charlotte De Moll Berczy | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Father: | Charles Albert Berczy (1794-1858) | |
| Mother: | Ann Eliza Finch ( - ) | |
| Birth | 8 Mar 1830 | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Death | 6 Apr 1909 (age 79) | Mount Pleasant, Brant County, Ontario, Canada |
After the death of its builder, Richard Tennant in 1878, his widow Caroline sold the house "Grey Gables" to Lt. Col. James Knight Goold. Goold, an officer in the British army, noticed the octagonal home when visiting his family in nearby Brantford, Ontario. He became so attached to the quaint house and the surrounding scenic view that he bought it from Caroline, treasuring it through its "lovely maturity." Goold would have been a familiar figure to passers-by with his long white beard and a blanket over his knees as he sat outside on the piazza on warm days. His dignified presence and loving attention to his special adopted home contributed to the air of graciousness in Mount Pleasant that had begun decades before. Col. Goold's son Albert carried on the Goold family name in the village and the family enterprises including shipping grain and operating a feed and coal supply store.
Lt. Col. James Knight Goold was Senior Paymaster of the British Army. Goold is said to have been a guest at the house when in Mount Pleasant on military duties and declared he wanted to live there, which he did in 1882. His wife was Charlotte de Moll Berczy, daughter of the first postmaster at York (Toronto). Goold was "a splendid type of the old school, courtly in his bearing, affable and generous." He died at age 93, and is buried in All Saints Cemetery.
Extracts from "The Work of Our Hands - Mount Pleasant, Ontario 1799-1899, A history for Heritage Mount Pleasant" by Sharon Jaeger, pp.208-209
Source: http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=ricrhode&id=I0124