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  • Lunn Family History and maybe Munro

    Just in the middle of tidying up my family tree using fathers name Lunn which was in the Stafford and Oldbury areas from around 1911 and in West Bromwich for the 19th century.

    Going much further back the Lunns were in the village of Birlingham in Worcestershire from around 1550.

    Of particular interest is descendants of Thomas Lunn who was born 1847/6, died 1905. Married Sarah Ann Turley in 1869

    Children

    Comfort 1872-1906
    Clara 1883-1976
    Arthur Born 1885
    Elizabeth 1871 married Donald Cameron Munro in 1899 and emigrated to USA or Canada 1905
    Amy 1876
    Harold 1896


    Would be very pleased to share knowledge
    Last edited by Darksecretz; 12-06-16, 08:08.

  • #2
    Hello,

    do you have any idea what happened to the other children Arthur, Amy and Harold? [as you don't add years of death for them] have you tracked Elizabeth?
    Julie
    They're coming to take me away haha hee hee..........

    .......I find dead people

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    • #3
      Thanks for coming back Julie.

      Elizabeth

      I found that she married Donald Monro and also on a passenger list for New York, I would love to know what became of them because their life in England was pretty grim

      Arthur

      He was my grandfather, I havent been able to find out much about him, not on the 1911 census and I cannot find a reliable death record

      Amy

      Cannot find a record of her marrying or death record, nor on the 1911 census. I suspect that she may have died before her time

      Harold

      Just yesterday I found that he died in 1979. I need to do some more searching in terms of other records. It was a shock to see on his birth certificate that his father signed his name with X.

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      • #4
        Amy Lunn 1901 census
        she is a servant - cook domestic with a family called Latham in West Bromwich

        there is a marriage in 1904 West Bromwich of
        Amy Lunn to either Thomas Richard Perks or Joseph Edward Aspley
        Last edited by Janet H.; 12-06-16, 14:38.

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        • #5
          Thats excellent Janet, thank you, I will add this to the tree.

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          • #6
            What was your grandmothers name please i.e. who did Arthur marry?
            Chrissie passed away in January 2020.

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            • #7
              I think that the last name was Hough, Chrissie and they married either 1910 or 1911

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              • #8
                Did you know that there was an Eliza, b.ca 1871?

                1881 Census

                Tom Lunn 34 Glass Maker
                Sarah Lunn 29
                Eliza Lunn 10
                Comfort Lunn 9
                Amy Lunn 5




                Was this Elizabeth ??????????? Sorry, I got confused when I saw the Eliza on the 1881 Census.
                Last edited by Sylvia C; 13-06-16, 04:18.
                My grandmother, on the beach, South Bay, Scarborough, undated photo (poss. 1929 or 1930)

                Researching Cadd, Schofield, Cottrell in Lancashire, Buckinghamshire; Taylor, Park in Westmorland; Hayhurst in Yorkshire, Westmorland, Lancashire; Hughes, Roberts in Wales.

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                • #9
                  Thanks Sylvia.

                  Yes I think Eliza and Elizabeth are the same person.

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by Janet H. View Post
                    Amy Lunn 1901 census
                    she is a servant - cook domestic with a family called Latham in West Bromwich

                    there is a marriage in 1904 West Bromwich of
                    Amy Lunn to either Thomas Richard Perks or Joseph Edward Aspley
                    Originally posted by Vacumatic View Post
                    Thats excellent Janet, thank you, I will add this to the tree.
                    to be 100% sure that you are tracking the 'right' family you will either need to get the marriage cert OR a copy of the parish record [if they married ina church that is]
                    many people have come unstuck cos they thought they had the right people only to find out they were following the wrong family [which a cert would have sorted out from the get go]


                    am about to do school run/s etc but I will have another look when I get back.
                    Julie
                    They're coming to take me away haha hee hee..........

                    .......I find dead people

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                    • #11
                      Thanks Julie

                      I was pleased with what has been uncovered so far, I expected to find sheep stealers, vagabonds and miscreants so almost any family would have been a success but I understand completely what you are saying.

                      Victorian research I found fairly easy due to census and marriage records in agreement and also a family that seemed to stay put in one house, older records were of a family that stayed in one village, in Worcestershire. One was a church warden and had his name inscribed on the church bell, still there today.

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                      • #12
                        hmm I can't see Elizabeth at all Vacumatic, I can see and Elizabeth Munro with husband Donald but she comes from Scotland :( will keep looking
                        Julie
                        They're coming to take me away haha hee hee..........

                        .......I find dead people

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                        • #13
                          right, I went back to square one. I am pretty certain now that Elizabeth married Frank Sheldon Field in 1897 W/Brom dist.

                          Marriage:
                          Name: Eliza Lunn
                          Registration Year: 1897
                          Registration Quarter: Jan-Feb-Mar
                          Registration district: West Bromwich
                          Inferred County: Staffordshire
                          Volume: 6b
                          Page: 1008

                          spouse Frank Sheldon Field.

                          she is on the 1901 cens with Frank and daughter Florence.

                          1901:http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin...&rhSource=7572
                          Source Citation
                          Class: RG13; Piece: 2720; Folio: 15; Page: 22

                          she emigrated in 1910 and for 1911 census she appears in Ontario, [Toronto west] with husband Frank daughter Florence, mother and brother, Sarah & Harold.

                          1911:http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin...&rhSource=7814
                          Source Citation
                          Year: 1911; Census Place: 97 - Ward 6, Toronto West, Ontario; Page: 14; Family No: 146

                          Ancestry have Sarah mistranscribed as Sarah BROWN but the image clearly states LUNN and she is a widow by this time too.

                          Name: Eliza Field
                          Gender: F
                          Marital Status: Married
                          Age: 40
                          Birth Date: Dec 1870
                          Birth Place: England
                          Relation to Head of House: Wife
                          Immigration Year: 1910
                          Race or Tribe: English
                          Province: Ontario
                          District: Toronto West
                          District Number: 128
                          Sub-district: 97 - Ward 6
                          Sub-District Number: 97
                          Place of Habitation: 10 Armstrong

                          Household Members:
                          Name/Age

                          Frank Sheldon Field 39
                          Eliza Field 40
                          Florence Gertrude Field 14
                          Sarah Brown 60
                          Harold Brown 16

                          will have a look to see if I can spot them in later ones..
                          Last edited by Darksecretz; 13-06-16, 12:09.
                          Julie
                          They're coming to take me away haha hee hee..........

                          .......I find dead people

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                          • #14
                            Passenger list for Eliza & Frank & daughter Florrie: destination Toronto, Ont, Canada.



                            Name: Eliza Field
                            Gender: Female
                            Age: 38
                            Birth Year: abt 1872
                            Date of Arrival: 27 May 1910
                            Vessel: Corsican
                            Port of Arrival: Quebec, Canada
                            Port of Departure: Liverpool, England

                            Franks intended occupation was Carpenter and it looks like his occupation in UK was an Agent, though it doesn't specify what kind of agent it was!
                            Julie
                            They're coming to take me away haha hee hee..........

                            .......I find dead people

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                            • #15
                              it looks like Eliza died in 1925.

                              Name: Eliza Field
                              Gender: Female
                              Age: 54
                              Birth Date: abt 1871
                              Birth Place: w Brunswick, England [it does state W. bromwich but the writing isn't very clear]
                              Death Date: 11 Aug 1925
                              Death Place: York, Ontario, Canada



                              she died of stomach cancer. I have saved the image if you would like it, then PM me with your email addy and I'll send it on.
                              Julie
                              They're coming to take me away haha hee hee..........

                              .......I find dead people

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                              • #16
                                Thats remarkable, thank you so much Julie.

                                It must have taken some courage for Sarah, my great grandmother, at this time a widow, to have left England with a young son for a life in Canada. On the embarkation list Harold Ernest Lunn has described himself as a farmworker, which wasnt the case, perhaps he thought it was more appealing to the Canadian authorities in starting a new life.

                                Harold and his mother returned to England at some point, Harold married a Mary Cliff and had two children in 1914 and 1922. Sarah died in 1917, in England.

                                Thank you again Julie, I have found this journey to be fascinating. My starting point was not even knowing the names of my grandparents, having an understanding as to how and why we are what we are.

                                I have just watched Nigel Havers on Who do you think you are, he also had a journey of discovery, father and grandfather were well to do but further generations less so, a humbling experience. One of the discoveries that rocked me was to find that Thomas Lunn who was born in 1847 and a direct ancestor, was unable to sign his own name and had an 8 year old son who was a labourer at the glassworks.
                                Last edited by Vacumatic; 13-06-16, 12:45.

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                                • #17
                                  Vacumatic, he might have been able to sign his name, I guess it just depends on how they were asked!.. some said sign your name whilst I imagine that some might have said 'make your mark'.. which he duly could have done!

                                  I have found Franks death too, seems he died in 1920 [not sure if you have an Ancestry sub but Florence registered her mothers death, so I am just about to have a look to see if she did the same for her father.

                                  edit to add: Sarah registered his death, and it died of Cancer of the Rectum, [Exhaustion]

                                  Franks parents were: William Field of West Brom and Eliza Mary Tonks also of West Brom. [as per death cert]

                                  death:
                                  Name: Frank Sheldon Field
                                  Gender: Male
                                  Age: 49
                                  Birth Date: abt 1871
                                  Birth Place: w Bronwich, England
                                  Death Date: 5 Nov 1920
                                  Death Place: York, Ontario, Canada

                                  Last edited by Darksecretz; 13-06-16, 13:10.
                                  Julie
                                  They're coming to take me away haha hee hee..........

                                  .......I find dead people

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                                  • #18
                                    Thanks for the clarification Julie. His occupation was shown as a glass gather, the person who puts the iron rod into the furnace for the molten glass, I can imagine more brawn than brains were the order of the day.

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                                    • #19
                                      seems florence married:

                                      Name: Florence Gertrude Field
                                      Age: 24
                                      Birth Year: abt 1898
                                      Birth Place: England
                                      Marriage Date: 11 Sep 1922
                                      Marriage Place: York, Ontario, Canada
                                      Father: Frank Sheldon Field
                                      Mother: Lunn Eliza
                                      Spouse: Charles Ward

                                      and a death:

                                      Name: Florence Gertrude Field
                                      Birth Date: 20 Oct 1897
                                      Birth Place: England
                                      Death Date: 10 Oct 1989
                                      Cemetery: Mount Pleasant Cemetery
                                      Burial or Cremation Place: Toronto, Toronto Municipality, Ontario, Canada
                                      Has Bio?: Y
                                      Spouse: Charles Ward

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                                      I see that the bio that they have has the mistranscription of LUNN on it as LESNN, [you can edit find a grave details and correct them should you wish to]
                                      Julie
                                      They're coming to take me away haha hee hee..........

                                      .......I find dead people

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                                      • #20
                                        Perfect Julie, thank you.

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