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Offline Jenmar

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Re: Emigration of Gunstone
« Reply #9 on: Saturday 13 August 11 17:19 BST (UK) »
In one post, you asked for further information, last week I found a gravestone in Abbey Lane Cemetery, Sheffield for Harry hope Gunstone and his wife Lilly Ada.
She died in 1940 aged 74, and he died 5th June 1941 aged 80yrs.
We were fascinated because the gravestone was opposite where we had parked whilst attending the funeral of Anthony Flint GUNSTONE, son of Dick GUNSTONE, Dick was the grandson of William Gunstone who founded Gunstone's Provisions & Bakeries, Sheffield.
From reading the posts, I think it is a different line of Gunstones - but there are so few in this area, and wondered if there may be alink as to why William & his wife Maria came to Sheffield from London in the late 19th century.