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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Cheshire => Topic started by: redkop on Monday 16 February 09 20:03 GMT (UK)
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Hi,
anyone researching Dunbavand from Runcorn ???
Red :)
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I live in Runcorn and my name is Christopher Dunbavand. as far as I know three generations have lived here But I will find out and reply here soon.
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Hello redcop,
I know of some Dunbavand people in Chester, though they are not connected to me. I think it is likely they are connected as it is such an unusual name.
Let me know if you want details. It may be better to provide these via PM as they are living people.
Jo
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Hi Red
What time frame are you looking at? One of the executors in my 5 x great grandfather's Will was a Daniel Dunbavand, a yeoman of Keckwick (which I think was in the Runcorn parish at that time). I think that Daniel might well have been a cousin of my ancestor, John Sumner (whose mother was a maria Dunbabin). I've seen the name written various ways including Dunbavand, Dunbavin, Dunbabin, Dunbobin.
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There's a Sarah Dunbavand nee Hampson buried Runcorn Town Cemetery 1918 aged78 Thomas her busband lost at sea Jan 16 1910. aged 70
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Hi folks,
thank you all for replying. Sorry I haven't been online for ages, but things happening at home.
Anyway, where was I....
I have Thomas Dunbavand, b c. 1844, not sure where. I don't know his wife's name, but they had a son, John Dunbavand b 1823, Runcorn.
John married an Eliza Bettley 1843, Runcorn, he was a 'waterman' and died in 1862, Runcorn. John and Eliza had a daughter, Sarah b 1843, Runcorn.
Sarah married Samuel Miller, 1863, Farnworth, Lancashire. Sarah and Samuel had 3 children that I know of. Elizabeth Ann b 1865, Runcorn. She married Solomon Mason, my Gt Gt Grandfather.
Herbert Thomas Henry b 1870, Runcorn.
John William b 1870, Runcorn.
I have quite a lot of information on the Mason side of my tree,but the Dunbavand side is a mystery. If any of you can help, I would be very grateful.
Thanks Red :)
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Percy Dunbavand is a very regular subscriber to the Ray Miller column in the Runcorn Weekly News...
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Hiya Red....have a look at this ...Percy Dunbavand wrote something about 6 generations of Dunbavand Watermaen in Runcorn...he wrote it in 1982 so it says...
http://www.runcornhistsoc.org.uk/
allan..(I`m having a look now....lol)
Right....it looks like he has written a book in 1982 about his 6 generations of Dunbavand as watermen
http://www.runcornhistsoc.org.uk/runcova.html
allan
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Percy Dunbavand is a very regular subscriber to the Ray Miller column in the Runcorn Weekly News...
good shout....google percy dunbavand ...loads of info /articles by him....allan
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Am I clever,or what... ;) 8)
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Brilliant!!
Thank you both ;D
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Delighted to be of assistance Redkop..
We lived in Frodsham till 2005 (April), regularly (both) bought and wrote to Ray Miller, a really delightful gentleman. A wealth of history and contacts..
Just ask, we Rooties will do our best to help :)
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I have just found this sight by accident and have seen the correspondence re DunBavand - I was born a DunBavand and my father came from Runcorn. My father was the youngest of twelve children whose parents were Thomas and Betsy (Lydiate). Percy is a cousin. There are DunBavand's all over the world - Holland,Germany, South Africa, Canada and Australia. We live in the South of England. There are cousins who live in London, Bristol, Hertfordshire, Hampshire that we keep in touch with as well as those in the north. Percy is the one who is the historian and has traced the family back a long way. He has a wealth of very interesting information.
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This may be of interest to anyone looking for Dunbavand in Runcorn, to avoid a possible search for a nonexistant ancestor.
While looking for the baptism of Alfred Timperley in 1850 in the All Saints (Runcorn) parish register I found the following entry,
Baptism, 22nd Sept 1850
Fist name, Alfred
Parents names, David and Sarah
Surname, Dunbavand
Residence, Runcorn
Father's occupation, Stonemason
Although it is possible that this is a genune Dunbavand, I believe it is actually the baptism of Alfred Timperley because all the details apart from the suname are correct for Alfred, and I have been unable to find any record of Alfred's baptism in any other parish register.
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I an with you on the baptism at All Saints being your Alfred.
I have been hunting down all references to Dunbabin/Dunbavin/Dunbavand/Donbavand (etc.) and have a dearth of Davids in my database. The earliest seems to be born at Frodsham in 1848.
Also, there is also no birth registration for an Alfred before 1854, so unless the family sailed in from abroad, had their child baptised and sailed out again before 1851, the baptism entry must be wrong. There are 3 versions of it on FindMyPast, including what looks like the original, with variations in handwriting from line to line, and all agree with the wording you have.
Maybe Rev. F. Walker wrote down the surname of Alfred's godfather by mistake?
Frances, daughter of Samuel and Eliza Dunbavand was baptised (as were at least 2 other children) the same day, so there may have been some confusion in the vestry!
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Andrew, thanks for your interest, and confirmation of my thoughts on this parish register entry.