Gadsby/Lunn in Lincolnshire

[hermitpez]

Hi, I am new to researching my family history and have had a lot of help from my cousin who has researched my fathers paternal side to the 1700s (Irish) and his maternal side to the 1200s (English).

I decided to look into my mothers paternal and maternal histories and keep drawing blanks and/or hitting dead ends (excuse the pun).

I was wondering if anyone has any information regarding the Gadsby/Lunn family. Specifically William Lunn (born 1827) who married Mary Dixon (born 1826), their daughter Mary Ann married a George Gadsby who seems to have given different information for each census. Common in Lincolnshire?

[lizdb]

Hi and welcome to Rootschat!

Usually it is best to start with the most recent definite piece of info, and work back.

Have you got George and Mary Ann Gadsby, ideally witth the child who is your direct ancestor, for definite on any census?  When/where did George and Mary Ann marry?

[hermitpez]

Hi Lizbd, thanks for the rapid response!

George (b. 1850) married Mary Ann Lunn (1848-1931) and they had six children: Maria, Sarah, William, Eliza, Maria (2nd one, I think one died young), and Elsie.

George was the son of Samuel and Maria (Burnett).

I don't know where George and Mary Ann married unfortunately at the moment

[KGarrad]

I was wondering if anyone has any information regarding the Gadsby/Lunn family. Specifically William Lunn (born 1827) who married Mary Dixon (born 1826), their daughter Mary Ann married a George Gadsby who seems to have given different information for each census. Common in Lincolnshire?

Censuses from 1881 to 1991 show George born in Raucesby, and Mary Ann born in Bourne.
Their years of birth (which is calculated from their stated ages) differ by just 2 years.

Bearing in mind that:
1) Ages simply weren't important to most people, and
2) The census forms we see (apart from 1911) were written by an enumerator,
The information seems reasonable to me!

[hermitpez]

Just found this...


 
Husband:      George Gadsby
Birth/Chris:       ... 1850 at ...
Death/Burial:      ... 1911 at ...
 
Wife:      Mary Ann Lunn
Birth/Chris:       ... 1849 at ...
Death/Burial:       at ...
 
Married:      ... 1874 at ...
Children:
1. Gadsby, Mary Elizabeth - Birth/Chris: ... 1877 at ...
2. Gadsby, Sarah Ann - Birth/Chris: ... 1879 at ...
3. Gadsby, William - Birth/Chris: ... 1881 at ...
4. Gadsby, Eliza Selina - Birth/Chris: ... 1884 at ...
5. Gadsby, Elsie Rachel - Birth/Chris: ... 1887 at ...

Notes:

REFN 580463
Click the links above to search for the ancestors and family history for George Gadsby in United-Kingdom.

[KGarrad]

From FreeBMD:

June qtr 1874
Grantham district    vol 7a, page 939

Gadsby, George
Lunn, Mary Ann