Blunt family - 1841 - 1851 census Please

[ILEXSALOPIA]

I think that Robert Blunt was probably buried in Swan Hill chapel graveyard. He was a deacon there.
 Robert was a "dissenter" so he wouldn't have wanted to be buried in St Chad's as he would have to have had a Church of England vicar taking the funeral service. I'm not sure where the records for Swan Hill burials are. The original chapel was demolished and a new church built in 1862. Interestingly his grandson Thomas Porter Blunt was selling an "iron church" that can hold 400 people in 1877 (which may have been where the Swan Hill congregation met between the demolition of the old chapel and the building of the new church). At the time the general cemetery in Longden road, Shrewsbury (where his son, grandson, etc are buried) wasn't built (it opened in 1856 and was open to dissenters and church of england).

Robert's home was "Tower Place" in 1841. He lived there until his death and it then passed down to his descendants. Thomas Blunt would have grown up there, then moved out when he married, then moved back in after his father's death. If you type in "tower place" into the British Newspaper Archive (which gives 3 free views per email address) the Blunt's come up in many articles.

[J.J.]

Thanks once again for all your input ILEXSALOPIA. Please note that this thread was started almost 20 yrs ago!
  No more religious discussion, please! I am from small-town mid-Canada. Many different religions in town but all got along. I have to admit that I wasn't aware of the term dissenters, or the offshoot religions it created until I started looking further into the past. People angry at each other due to a difference of so-called "faith"? UGH!

[J.J.]

 Hello again ILEXSALOPIA. Here I really must apologise to you for not properly acknowledging your interest in the Blunts. I just saw the extensive work yourecently added to the find-a-grave site, and it honours him, and his work, beautifully.  Cannot thank you enough for all that time & effort!

 Sadly my old website, many years in the making as a gift to my Mum, who was always disappointed at the lack of recognition for his efforts...was removed by the host. My replacement one never really picked up steam. Your information, having been added to a popular website will make sure there is something to find!

  (❤️ Thank you, Thankyou, Thankyou! ❤️ In Perpetuum Gratiam ❤️ To all who've helped me!)


Adding: Link to the old website, although many urls no longer work
For family looking in - Adding: Link to the old website, although many urls no longer work -
  Main Index Page http://www.rootschat.com/links/01t0d/
  Photo Page http://www.rootschat.com/links/01t0c/
Thomas Tidwell's article on Downes & Blunt - Sunlight & Free Radicals
 - available for download here: (not sure if printed copies remain available)
   http://www.rootschat.com/links/01tiu/ 
With gratitude to the brilliant & kind Professor Thomas Tidwell, for all his research!