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Title: Arthur BUNDY -drowned in Thames 1894
Post by: mstomasik on Friday 21 February 14 07:22 GMT (UK)
My 2nd great grandfather Arthur BUNDY  (b. Mar 1846, Downton, Wiltshire) drowned in the Thames.  His body was discovered at the Teddington Weir on Nov 5, 1894..a few day before the high waters of the big flood of that year.  He resided at 27 Florence Road (now York).  Would love to know more details from newspaper accounts, coroner's reports or the like..Michael
Title: Re: Arthur BUNDY -drowned in Thames 1894
Post by: dawnsh on Friday 21 February 14 20:09 GMT (UK)
Hi Michael

Welcome to Rootschat  ;D

Have you tried contacting Richmond Local Studies?

http://www.richmond.gov.uk/home/leisure_and_culture/local_history_and_heritage/local_studies_collection/about_local_studies.htm

They have newspapers on microfilm from 1854

Dawn
Title: Re: Arthur BUNDY -drowned in Thames 1894
Post by: mstomasik on Saturday 22 February 14 10:08 GMT (UK)
Thanks Dawn...I will follow up on that line,
Michael
Title: Re: Arthur BUNDY -drowned in Thames 1894
Post by: Trees on Sunday 23 February 14 12:36 GMT (UK)
Hi and welcome to Rootschat
I had a quick look for references in Newspapers on FindMyPast with out luck. Did your Bundy's also connect with   Reading there is an item in the Reading mercury about an Arthur Bundy in 1869 too late for the drowned chap but knowing your connection with the town i just wondered if it was remotely possible
Trees
Title: Re: Arthur BUNDY -drowned in Thames 1894
Post by: mstomasik on Thursday 27 February 14 10:20 GMT (UK)
No connection so far in Reading.  My Bundys seem to all have been from Wiltshire (Downton).  Arthur that drowned was born in Downton, married a Maria Smith in Surrey, then drowned in the Thames in 1894 leaving a pregnant wife and a fairly large family.  They lived on Florence Avenue, now called York, in Teddington.

Thanks for your try,

Michael