Unthank

[suttontrust]

In the 1817 directory of Hull I found two men with the surname "Unthank" - both master mariners.  A search of a surname frequency database told me there are only 333 Unthanks in Britain today.  There are none in the current Hull phone book.  Has anyone come across this name - was it local to the East Riding?

[trystan]

I have found just one UNTHANK in the Humberside area on the 2002,2003,2004 electoral rolls, (in Beverley).

[trystan]

2004 Electoral Roll finds 183 Unthanks in the UK
Also 14 Unthanks are directors of companies.
www.192.com

[Bee]

On the 1851 census for Sculcoates there is just one Unthank listed and he was born in Windsor/Berkshire.

[suttontrust]

Thanks for those - it must make it much easier to trace your ancestors when you have a name like that!

[Bee]

Just had a look in the York area (BT) phone book and there are 2 Unthanks listed, one actually in York and the other in a village just outside.

[trisht]

are you an Unthank? My gr grandfather came to America from Yorks, his name is Issac Unthank b 1862 Micklefield York. His father is Abraham Unthank born 1820 in Ferrybridge York.

[sugarcrafter1]

hi, i my mother was an unthank she had 6 living brothers they came from bolton on dearne /durham /york areas originaly now about 100  live in around colne /nelson/ burnley  in  lancashire .
                         sugarcrafter

[genjunction]

Just as an extra snippet regarding the UNTHANK surname.

There is a small collection of houses in Morayshire, Scotland called Unthank - my mother was born there.

Carol