Joshua Gooby

1876 - 1914  (38 years)

• Name	Joshua Gooby
  Born	24 May 1876	Queen's Cove, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland
  Gender	Male
  Died	29 Sep 1914	Quebec, Canada
  Buried	Brooklyn, New York
  Person ID	I32351	James and Mary Elizabeth (Jamieson) Frost
  Last Modified	21 Sep 2019

  
  

  Family	Minnie Blanche Benson,   b. 15 Oct 1888, Northern Bight, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland ,   d. 3 Jan 1930, Queen's Cove, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland  (Age 41 years)
  Married	25 Jan 1906	Northern Bight, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland
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  Children	1. William "Gordon" Gooby,   b. 22 Jan 1907, Queen's Cove, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland ,   d. 15 Feb 1917, Queen's Cove, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland  (Age 10 years)   2. Claris Maude Goobie,   b. 7 Sep 1908, Queen's Cove, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland ,   d. 27 Apr 2006, Clarenville, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada  (Age 97 years)   3. Florence "Pearl" Gooby,   b. 10 May 1910, Queen's Cove, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland ,   d. 21 Jun 1977, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada  (Age 67 years)   4. Allan George Goobie,   b. 20 Aug 1911, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America ,   d. 27 Nov 1960, Queen's Cove, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland  (Age 49 years)   5. Doris "Rita" Gooby,   b. 24 Jan 1914, Brooklyn, New York, USA ,   d. 29 Dec 2002, Rockville Centre, Nassau, New York, USA  (Age 88 years)
  Last Modified	21 Sep 2019
  Family ID	F1259	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  The Coroner's Inquest held at Quebec, Canada on the 30th day of September and the verdict of the jury establishes that the fact that Joshua Gooby died at the Jeffry Hale Hospital at Quebec from a fracture of the base of the skull after having been struck by automobile number 20486, Ontario, belonging to D.J. Gillies of Braeside, Ontario, Canada and that said D.J. Gillies did not use the necessary precaution with his automobile. Family was notificed at his wife's address by letter sent Sept 29; body shipped Sept 30 to Brooklyn, USA Wife's address 351 13th Street, Brooklyn, NY Evening Telegram, 2 October 1914 Nfldr. Killed in Quebec Editor Evening Telegram. Dear Sir. The sad intelligence has just reached us of the untimely death of one of Terra Nova's sons in the person of Mr. Joshua Gooby, at Quebec. About five and a half years ago Mr. Gooby left his home Queen's Cove, Random, Trinity Bay, for Brooklyn, New York, USA., where he has since been employed as a carpentered. At Quebec was a ship which a short while ago had been rammed by another ship, and was needing repairs, and the company of which Mr. Gooby was an employee, undertook to carry out the contract. Mr. Gooby being one of their leading carpenters, was consequently sent over. Though no details have reached us yet, it is thought that at the close of his day's work Mr. Gooby was returning from work in an automobile, when by some accident happening the machine he was unfortunately killed. The news of his death has come with sadness to all who knew him, as he was a man beloved and respected by all.