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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => London & Middlesex Lookup Requests => London and Middlesex => England => London & Middlesex Completed Lookup Requests => Topic started by: bjo on Friday 23 December 05 17:35 GMT (UK)
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I'm trying to find my Sunshine family.
It appears that the known family originated in London in either Whitechapel / Mile End area or around Spitalfields.
I am getting the feeling that either there were two main Sunshine families in London or two branches of the same family.
A lot of the Christian names are repeated across the two families.
With such an uncommon name so far I have determined most of the family in 1851.
Any information on this name from 1841 would be appreciated.
Thank you
Brenda
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Had a search through the London transcripts & found the following:
HO107/0672/6/~F26 21 Upper King Street, Holborn
name/age/occ/whether born in county
Thomas Sunshine/ 25/ Fishmonger/ No
Mary Ann Sunshine/ 20// No
Infant Sunshine /3we// No
HO107/0694/4/~F25 Selby Street East, Bethnal Green
name/age/occ/whether born in county
Charles Sunshine/ 34 /Warehouseman/ Yes
Amelia Sunshine/ 30// Yes
HO107/0692/10/~F28 Norfolk Street, Bethnal Green
name/age/occ/whether born in county
Charles Sunshine/ 50 /Warehouseman/ Yes
Sarah Sunshine/ 50 // Yes
Sarah Sunshine/ 23/ Brush drawer /Yes
Anna Sunshine/ 20 /Brush drawer /Yes
Eliza Sunshine/ 18/ Brush drawer / Yes
Charlotte Sunshine/ 16/ Brush drawer/ Yes
James Sunshine/ 9mo /Yes
HO107/0693/5/~F15 Gibraltar Walk, Bethnal Green
name/age/occ/whether born in county
William Sunshine /20 /French polisher /Yes
HO107/1086/9/~F32 29 Tower Street Court, London Road
name/age/occ/whether born in county
Elizabeth Sunshine/ 25// No
J Hallet Sunshine/ 4 //Yes
HO107/0723/10/~F44 25 Finsbury Circus, City Of London
name/age/occ/whether born in county
Sophia Sunshine/ 30/ F S/ No
HO107/0323/13/~F11 Mundy Court High Street, West Ham
name/age/occ/whether born in county
Mary Sunshine / 40 / F S /No
HO107/0691/6/~F18 New York Street, Bethnal Green
name/age/occ/whether born in county
Henry Sunshine/ 50 /Labourer/ Yes
Elizabeth Sunshine/ 50 //Yes
HO107/1086/5/~F33 45 London Street, London Road
name/age/occ/whether born in county
Mary Sunshine/ 50/ F S / No
HO107/0697/6/~F63 1 Catherine Street, St George East
name/age/occ/whether born in county
Mary Sunshine/ 70 /Independent /No
Note 1) all the folio numbers are approximate - this is an artefact of the cataloguing system on the website I use
2) I don't know what F S means as an occupation, do you?
hope this helps
Rosemary ;D
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Hi Rosemary,
FS=female servant.
Cissellby.
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Thanks again Rosemary,
I have now been able to identify more of the names that you gave me from the 1841 with members of my Sunshine's.
I still think that they are all related somehow.
Will continue hunting.
Thank you again
Brenda
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Hi, I think your Sunshines might be related to my Wests! On the 1851 census, William Sunshine and his wife Charlotte were listed as having George West and his wife Mary living with them in Great Pearl Street. He's listed as father in law.
George was the father of Mary Ann West who married James Watson in Stepney in 1844 and he's my 4x great grandfather.
If you've come across anything in your research that might be useful, it would be much appreciated and happy to share anything we have if it helps you.
All the best
Karin
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Hi Karin,
Yes the Sunshines are related to George West.
I can send you my notes on that line of the Sunshines and Charlotte West if you are interested.
Kind regards
Brenda
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Were these Sunshine family originally German Jews Sonnenschein and named changed to Sunschine to Anglophile their name?
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Good morning .
the Name Sunshine .
The earliest records I have is 1545 Salzburg Austria. we were Ashkenazic Jews we spoke Yiddish. Please read some of your history. we travelled Northern Europe to Austria from Rome. I will now take our family history up on our arrival at Whitby 1706 . the family travelled to London . If you are in our family then we were fishmongers. Hope this helps in your quest
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I am sorry but forgot important info our Austrian name was Sonnenschein they was two meaning to the name Sunshine and it also represent hope and optimisim. the final meaning a dweller near sunny places . P.J.S
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Hi my great great grandparents were William and Charlotte sunshine. They had my great grandmother Hetty (Harriet) Charlotte sunshine. She had 3 sisters which all died young, x2 9f them under 5 and one called Florence Susan sunshine died lived in a workhouse and died of TB. There was a brother called George and I've no idea what happened to him!
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Hi and Welcome to RootsChat :D :D
Your William and (Ann) Charlotte are a different couple to the ones mentioned previously on this thread. Their couple was William SUNSHINE and Charlotte WEST who were married in 1844 in Hackney. Your couple were married in 1869 in Bethnal Green, William Robert SUNSHINE and Ann Charlotte JAMES.
Their children:
SUNSHINE, WILLIAM JAMES
Mother's maiden surname: JAMES
GRO Reference: 1870 M Quarter in KENSINGTON Volume 01A Page 12
(died 1870)
SUNSHINE, ERNEST JAMES
Mother's maiden surname: JAMES
GRO Reference: 1871 J Quarter in HACKNEY Volume 01B Page 470
SUNSHINE, FLORENCE SUSAN
Mother's maiden surname: JAMES
GRO Reference: 1874 M Quarter in SHOREDITCH Volume 01C Page 140
SUNSHINE, CHARLOTTE HARRIET
Mother's maiden surname: JAMES
GRO Reference: 1876 D Quarter in SHOREDITCH Volume 01C Page 137
SUNSHINE, ANNIE BEATRICE
Mother's maiden surname: JAMES
GRO Reference: 1880 J Quarter in SHOREDITCH Volume 01C Page 123
(died 1881)
SUNSHINE, EMILY BEATRICE
Mother's maiden surname: JAMES
GRO Reference: 1881 D Quarter in SHOREDITCH Volume 01C Page 163
(died 1881)
https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/indexes_search.asp
I can't see a brother George, did you mean Ernest? I can't see him anywhere either.
This is the family in 1881
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q27S-CJHC
1871 with Ann Charlotte's family
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRNR-XJT
Debra :D