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Hi,

Thanks I already have William Dunn of Cascob Quarter Sessions information which although has had some jumping to conclusions, it in no way indicates him as father to Edward, if anything his father is most likely called Thomas.  We have had several searches done at Radnorshire, Herefordshire and Shropshire Archives and I have the Parish Records, but still nothing definate!

I suspect his birth / christening record may be lost as there are pages missing from the Parish Records for the possible years of his birth but still trying to break down that brick wall!!

A lot of the families with surname Dunn residing in Radnorshire, Presteigne, Herefordshire, Staffordshire & Shropshire have been mistranscribed at the online major sites - I found mine in various census returns residing at the same location named as Dam, Dun, Dum, Don and Din in places called Pressign, Rads with Lingen listed as being in all of the counties/areas on different census returns

I have the names Edward and Emma in my tree but latter born 1840 in Lingen, Herefordshire. Various family members moved between census returns, some to Staffordshire so worth looking in surrounding counties as this may be the case with your ancestors.
 
We 'may' have a distant connection although I have checked my tree and am unable to find one to my Edwards or Emma's, however, the names appear to be common in our branch and there are several  siblings and aunts/uncles that I have not researched who may belong to you!

My branch of the Dunn family has several William's in the line, and your William may well be one of them. They were fond of keeping the names in the family so practically every family in each generation had at least one William, an Edward, an Edwin, a Charles etc., and even more if each child had children which gets quite confusing!!

The surname spelling differs in the documentation for the same people (Dun, Dunn and Dunne) and although many Dunn's are located in the Clayhanger area, there were also Dunn's in Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Wales and Devon.

I'm currently tracing the Edward Dunn's, the eldest of whom is possibly your William's brother or father. Haven't filled in all the gaps yet, but will be happy to post info when I do.   

I think my gr gr grandmother Ann Bathurst b1845 Clun 18 * married 1870 to Edward Dunn of Lingen, Herefordshire may be related to Bathus Bathurst. 

I have some information which am still sorting which links the Bathurst's and Dunn's in Clunbury (Clunberry) to those living in Clungunford, Walsall Foreign and other parts of Shropshire plus Herefordshire and Staffordshire.

The info will be posted to my site once it's completed ;-)