My 3x great grandfather was a Harrison Bunning from Marham, Norfolk. He married twice, first to Ann Wakefield LeFever and secondly to Jane Dack (my 3x great grandmother).
There are three children from his first marriage that seem to just disappear.
The first is his oldest son, John William Bunning.
What I know about John;
Birth registered in 1862 in the registration district of Wisbech. Censuses claim his place of birth was "St John" which I assume is Terrington St John. Need to order the certificate to be sure.
He appears living with his mother and father in the 1871 and 1881 censuses. In 1871 they are living in Wisbech, in 1881 they are living in Stamford Baron St Martin.
In 1881 he is 18 years old and working as a coach painter.
He disappears after that. I can't find a marriage record or a death record.
The other missing child is Alice Mary Bunning.
She was born in Walsoken on February 6, 1867, but wasn't baptised until January 15, 1871 in Wisbech St Peter.
Like her brother John, she is living with her parents in the 1871 and 1881 censuses, working as a domestic servant in 1881. No trace of her after, can't find a marriage or death record.
The third and final missing child is Martha Ann Bunning.
She was born on February 25, 1869 and baptised on November 30, 1870.
There is no trace of her after that.
I assume she died young, before 1878, as Harrison and his wife Ann have another child named Martha born in that year.
These are long standing mysteries as I have inherited a lot of research in this line, and although I have gone over and verified each person I still haven't been able to find out what happened to these three.
Although I have posted this in Norfolk, you can see that the family also lived in Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire.
It would be good to get some fresh eyes to look over this in order to solve the mystery.
