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My great grandfather is William Dunn and his daughter, Catherine Mary was my Mum's Mum.

Catherine married George Henry Hingley at St James Church, Birkenhead on the 25th November 1925.

They had 4 daughters of which one of them was my Mum.

The daughters were/are:

Muriel Helen
Catherine Elsie (affectionately known as Elsie)
Mary
Marguerita Phylis (Married name Rawling - my Mum)

I am very excited to see this post and to learn of my Mum's family.

I would like to thank everyone for replying and helping with my research. It is very much appreciated. I am actually doing this on behalf of a friend who is a direct ancestor of William Dunn and Bridget Gearen. Thank you once again.

George

Brother Thomas?

Name: Thomas Dunn
Age: 35
Estimated birth year: abt 1866
Relation to Head: Head
Gender: Male
Spouse: Annie Dunn
Birth Place: Stalybridge, Lancashire, England
Civil Parish: Dukinfield
Ecclesiastical parish: St Mark
Town: Dukinfield
County/Island: Lancashire
Country: England
Street address:
Occupation: Bricklayer's labourer
Registration district: Ashton under Lyne
Sub-registration district: Stalybridge
ED, institution, or vessel: 05
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 3793
Folio: 120
Page Number: 28
Household schedule number: 199
Household Members:
Name Age
Thomas Dunn 35
Annie Dunn 35 1866 Birth Place: Bolton, Lancashire
Mary Dunn 3
Dennis Dunn 4/12

I for one won't be offering any further assistance unless and until George acknowledges the help that has been given ... twice over!

Looks like brother Patrick just couldn't keep out of trouble (possible of course):-

Name: Patrick Dunn
Birth Year: abt 1875
Birth Place: Stalybridge
Age: 19
Event Date: 1 Oct 1894
Prison or Quarter Session: HMP Wakefield
Location: Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England
Sentence: Imprisonment or Servitude 14 days for stealing an iron pulley
Occupation:- Forgerman

Name: Patrick Dunn
Birth Year: abt 1874
Birth Place: Stalybridge
Age: 21
Event Date: 12 Aug 1895
Prison or Quarter Session: HMP Wakefield
Location: Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England
Sentence: Imprisonment or Servitude 6 ?
Offense:- Felonously wounding a constable
Occupation: Lab. in Forge

Name: Patrick Dunn
Birth Year: abt 1873
Birth Place: Stalybridge
Age: 24
Event Date: 17 Sep 1897
Prison or Quarter Session: HMP Wakefield
Location: Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England
Sentence: Imprisonment or Servitude 1 ? H L (hard labour)
Offense: Stealing a quantity of old iron
Occupation: Labourer

1901?
Name: Patrick Dunn
Age: 28
Estimated birth year: abt 1873
Relation to Head: Head
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Stalybridge
Civil Parish: Stalybridge
Ecclesiastical parish: Holy Trinity
Town: Stalybridge
County/Island: Lancashire
Country: England
Street address:
Occupation: Window Cleaner
Condition as to marriage:
Registration district: Ashton under Lyne
Sub-registration district: Stalybridge
ED, institution, or vessel: 24
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 3795
Folio: 176
Page Number: 25
Household schedule number: 179
Household Members:
Name Age
Patrick Dunn 28
Helen Ball 26

Just sent the military images from FMP on that other thread

Also on Military Chat

http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards/board/military_chat/thread/1349564

So William was a little older than he thought he was?

Births Sep 1871
Dunn William Ashton 8d 455

Births Dec 1873
DUNN Patrick Ashton 8d 502

Births Sep 1864
DUNN Thomas Ashton 8d 414

?


George posted and ran ...

oh phew, there I was still looking for him because when I crashed and restarted Firefox, it didn't load these new messages!

Now why the @#$% Ancestry would not find me those censuses ...


I'm guessing mother Mary was a Kennedy, from uncle Kennedy's name

There is a William Dunn + Mary Jane Kennedy marriage in Manchester 1864 (FreeBMD has her as 'Marylebone') ... but it probably wasn't an uncommon combination

possible death of father


Deaths Mar 1879 (>99%)

Dunn William 40 Ashton 8d 472

Well done Joonie. This is also for him. Address of 41 Caroline Street.


British Army Service Records 1760-1915 Transcription
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First name(s) WILLIAM
Last name DUNN
Birth year 1874
Birth parish STALEYBRIDGE
Birth town STALEYBRIDGE
Birth county CHESHIRE
Birth country ENGLAND
Service number 3894
Rank -
Regiment South Lancashire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Volunteers) - 40th & 82nd Foot
Document Type Attestation
Attestation year 1893
Attestation Day 6
Attestation Month 6
Attestation age years 19
Attestation age months 11
Attestation Corps South Lancashire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Volunteers)
Attestation service number 3894
Discharge Corps South Lancashire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Volunteers)
Series WO96 militia service records 1806-1915
Box 684
Box Record Number 146
Record set British Army Service Records 1760-1915

Household Members:
Name Age
William Dunn 30 b.ca 1841, Ireland, Labourer
Mary Dunn 30 b.ca 1841, Ireland, Cotton Operative
Ann Dunn 9
Thomas Dunn 7
Mary Dunn 3

Address:- 8 Henry Street

????????????

Thomas in 1871

1871 Census

Name: Thomas Dunn
Age: 7
Estimated birth year: abt 1864
Relation: Son
Father's name: William Dunn
Mother's name: Mary Dunn
Gender: Male
Where born: Stalybridge
Civil Parish: Dukinfield
Ecclesiastical parish: St John
Town: Stalybridge
County/Island: Lancashire
Country: England
Registration district: Ashton Under Lyne
Sub-registration district: Dukinfield
ED, institution, or vessel: 21
Household schedule number: 190
Piece: 4084
Folio: 69
Page Number: 31

William Dunn 30
Mary Dunn 30
Ann Dunn 9
Thomas Dunn 7
Mary Dunn 3

1911


Name: William Dunn
Age in 1911: 37
Estimated birth year: abt 1874
Birth Place: Staley Bridge, Lancashire, England
County/Island: Military
Country: England
Military Unit: 1st South Lan Regt
Registration District Number: 641
ED, institution, or vessel: India
Piece: 34989

Bridget Gearen in the Ireland, Civil Registration Marriages Index, 1845-1958

Name: Bridget Gearen
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1901
Registration district: Jubbulpore, India
Page Number: 42
FHL Film Number: 101259
Records on Page:
Name
William Dunn
Bridget Gearen

...........................so possible that Bridget was Irish?

This looks like him :-D


1881 Census

Name: William Dunn
Age: 10
Estimated birth year: abt 1871
Relationship to Head: Brother
Gender: Male
Where born: Stalybridge, Lancashire, England
Civil Parish: Ashton Under Lyne
County/Island: Lancashire
Country: England
Street address: "Union Workhouse" Ashton Under Lyne

Occupation: Scholar
Registration district: Ashton Under Lyne
Sub registration district: Ashton Town
ED, institution, or vessel: Aston Under Lyne Union Workhouse

Piece: 4040
Folio: 130
Page Number: 9

>>>>Thomas Dunn 17
William Dunn 10
>>>>Patrick Dunn 7
Frank Downs 78
William Dooley 51
John Deghan 33
Hannah Day 56
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but danged if I can find a single one of those people in Staleybridge!

so far I have managed to figure out that it was in Ashton under Lyne registration district ...

http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/genuki/reg/districts/ashton%20under%20lyne.html

got the images at FMP

dicharged 24 July 1914, aged 41

reason: The termination of his second period of engagement
total period of service 21 years
military character: exemplary
signed at Warrington

originally attested in July 1893
occupation at the time wood turner
born Staleybridge, Lancashire

there is a notation on one page
Jubbulpore
13th February 1903

next of kin
brother Thomas Dunn (not sure what it says after)
brother Patrick Dunn in Staleybridge
uncle William Kennedy in Staleybridge

>> WIFE
Bridget Gearen spinster
married Bombay 23.5.01

children
William John 7.3.02 Jubbulpore
Catherine Mary 8.9.03 Jubbulpore
Elizabeth Ann 11.11.05 Jubbulpore


the record is quite extensive and it would be worth getting credits at FMP to view it

For what it's worth, I wonder if this is William Dunn?????


from ancestry .......


UK, Royal Marines Registers of Service Index, 1842-1925
(Index-only record)

Name: William Dunn
Birth Date: 11 May 1863
Enlistment Date: 11 Jul 1881
Division: Royal Marine Artillery
Register Number: 1476
URL:


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you have to go to

http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D7752091

and you can buy a copy from there



NO NO NO .................. see JoonieC's find below