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Offline Benody1921

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looking for Edwin Dunn
« on: Monday 17 August 15 19:36 BST (UK) »
I'm looking for more information on my 2nd great grandad. According to the 1881 England census he was born about 1850, Brierley Hill, Staffordshire, a bucket maker and lived with his wife Betsy and his mother-in-law, Elizabeth Brooks. He married Betsy Brooks in 1872. I can't find a definite birth record of him and I cannot find any death record at all. I'm assuming he died around 1892. On the 1901 and 1911 census, Betsy is listed as a widow and in the 1901 census lists 20 years of marriage. They had one son, George Harry Dunn, born around 1884. I've found quite a bit on Betsy but nothing on Edwin. In the 1891 census, Betsy is listed as married but living with with her mother as her home maker. I don't know where George went at this time but there is a George H Dunn living with another family. It could be him. If anyone can help me out, that would be great!
Stuart (India, Antrim, Armagh)
Whiting (Bedfordshire)
Dunn/Taylor (Worcestershire)
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Gough (Warwickshire)
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Re: looking for Edwin Dunn
« Reply #1 on: Monday 17 August 15 19:59 BST (UK) »
Hi,

I can only see one baptism for Edwin Dunn in Staffordshire on FreeReg http://www.freereg.org.uk/cgi/Search.pl

Baptised 24th June 1845
St Mary's Litchfield
Father: Thomas ( Occ. Innkeeper)
Mother: Maria
Abode: Bird Street Litchfield

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Re: looking for Edwin Dunn
« Reply #2 on: Monday 17 August 15 20:11 BST (UK) »
Hi,
There are 2 births registered as follows, one of which may be yours:-
1850 Stourbridge 18 489 Mar Qtr
1851 Stourbridge 18 533 Mar Qtr
Brierley Hill is close to Stourbridge.
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HARVEY, Guiting Power, Glos                     
PORTER, Gunmakers of Whitechapel
ALLEN - Blockley, BOWLES - Notgrove, BURROWS - Sevenhampton, COOK - Notgrove, DRINKWATER-LUNN - Aston Cross, FARDON - Temple Guiting, FAULKNER - Cheltenham, GADEN, GAYDEN, GAYDON, GRINHAM - Cheltenham, HART - Stow-on-the-Wold, LANE - Staverton, MOABY - Coln St Aldwyns, STAITE - Temple Guiting, TIMBRELL - Winchcombe, TYSOE - Warks & Glos, WHITFORD - Stanway, WINTLE - Forest of Dean, WYNNIATT - Stanway

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Re: looking for Edwin Dunn
« Reply #3 on: Monday 17 August 15 20:17 BST (UK) »
Hello,

Did they marry as Edwin Dunn and Betsy Brooks with those spellings? I can't see them  :-\

Also, the years of marriage - 20 yrs  - doesn't match with the year you have  ???

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Re: looking for Edwin Dunn
« Reply #4 on: Monday 17 August 15 20:31 BST (UK) »
On ancestry they are listed as Edwin Dunn and Betsy Brooks. They married in 1872. I'm thinking he died around 1892 since Betsy was listed as "married" in the 1891 census and then in 1901 listed as "widowed" and had been married for 20 years. He could have died anywhere between 1891 and 1901. I'm more baffled that I can't find anything listing his death.
Stuart (India, Antrim, Armagh)
Whiting (Bedfordshire)
Dunn/Taylor (Worcestershire)
Pearson (Worcestershire)
Hill/Rhodes (Worcestershire)
Gough (Warwickshire)
Perry (Devon, Worcestershire)
Maynard (Essex, Yorkshire)
Jennings (Devon)
Coldicott (Warwickshire, Gloucestershire)

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Re: looking for Edwin Dunn
« Reply #5 on: Monday 17 August 15 20:33 BST (UK) »
Thanks- got them now and understand the explanation.
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Re: looking for Edwin Dunn
« Reply #6 on: Monday 17 August 15 20:39 BST (UK) »
Do you have George Harry Dunn's birth certificate?
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Re: looking for Edwin Dunn
« Reply #7 on: Monday 17 August 15 20:54 BST (UK) »
Is George here in Wollescote?

RG12; Piece: 2304; Folio: 144; Page: 24

Joseph and family born in Lye

Joseph Hyrons    54
Cecilia Hyrons    48 
Elizabeth Hyrons    20
Mary A Hyrons    19
George Round    17 nephew born Brisley Hill
George H Dunn    7 visitor Worcester Staffordshire
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Ward, Newark (Nottingham), Leicester, Scarborough
Warren, Northampton, Leicester
Moore, Leicestershire
Hunt, Leicestershire
Kirkman, Leicestershire
Hurst, Leicester, Stowmarket
Kendrick, Leicestershire
Eld, Leicestershire
Essex Edey/Eady Elsden/Elsdon

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Re: looking for Edwin Dunn
« Reply #8 on: Monday 17 August 15 20:57 BST (UK) »
Just found the marriage, Cecilia O'Dowd 1865 Staffordshire
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Ward, Newark (Nottingham), Leicester, Scarborough
Warren, Northampton, Leicester
Moore, Leicestershire
Hunt, Leicestershire
Kirkman, Leicestershire
Hurst, Leicester, Stowmarket
Kendrick, Leicestershire
Eld, Leicestershire
Essex Edey/Eady Elsden/Elsdon

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