Clewer P R Marriage Lookup Please COMPLETED

[avidt]

Hi

Couild SKS with access to the Clewer P r. do a lookup for the marriage of Richard Tunwell andSarah Dew on 30/9/1833.

I would like to know if there is any information on the original entry as to their status when they married, i e were they widowed, any father's names anf witness names.

Many Thanks

David

[jillruss]

Hi David,

I have the Berks FHS CD, and this is the full entry:

Sep 30 1833 Richard Tunwell, widower & Sarah Dew, spinster  both of this parish
Witnesses: Ann Davies, Thomas Davies

Jill

[avidt]

Hi Jill

Thanks for the info on the entry, I now have to try to find a baptism fo Sarah and a burial for Richard\s first wife to try to dinf out where he came from.

Thanks so much for your help

Kind Regards

David

[jillruss]

Hi again,

I can't see a baptism for Sarah Dew but she was a witness at this marriage:

Apr 16 1832 Thomas Davies, widower & Mary Norris, spinster  both of this parish
the other witness was Thomas Wheeler.

These must be the Thomas & Mary Davies who witnessed her own marriage the following year.

How sure are you that Tunwell is the correct surname? I've looked in the Clewer PRs and in the Berkshire Burial Index - no Tunwells. I tried Tingwell, Tunnel but no luck. have you come across other variations?

Jill

[avidt]

Hi Jill

No, historically the Tunwell's came from Norfolk and London, the bulk of them settled in Cambs in the 16thc.

I think this Richard may have been a stray from London, but the connection with the Davies family is interesting.

Apparently the 1841/1851 census throws up a Richard ^ Sarah Tunwell living in London, with Sarah having been born in London, this may well be this couple.

Thanks
Again

David

[Mort29]

on your other thread, in the 1851 census, Sarah was born in Reading, Berks.

and Richard was from Southwark.

[avidt]

Hi Mort

Thanks that was what I was alluding to in my previous reply and would explain why there no children

Thanks again

David

[Mort29]

with Sarah having been born in London

I was alluding to this earlier statement.