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Yorkshire (East Riding & York) Lookup Requests / Re: Dunn Family of Sculcoates , Yorkshire
« on: Tuesday 30 November 21 21:55 GMT (UK)  »
Hi!
Thanks for this! According to the Inverness Courier (22 Sep 1859), Robert was only visiting his son when he died in Hull. His usual address was in Stromness. Is there a cause of death given, please?
There was a biographical article about him in 'The Naturalist' (issue 137, 2012) by R. B. Williams, but it seems to confuse his family with another family of Dunns in Lincolnshire: a Joseph Dunn who d. in Stainton in 1812, who had at least 2 daughters living in Hull, but they don't seem to be related. I had wondered at first, but some of the births overlap with the ones of Robert's family in Liverpool.

Yes, sadly, killing the birds was how they got them for study then… One of his sons drowned in Norway.
best,
Marianne

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Yorkshire (East Riding & York) Lookup Requests / Re: Dunn Family of Sculcoates , Yorkshire
« on: Monday 29 November 21 20:30 GMT (UK)  »
Hi! No, am no relation, but interested because a) I'm interested in birds and wildlife, and b) it's an intriguing story related to the Castle Street cemetery site, which I'm doing some research about.
(One of my great-grandmothers was a bigamist, so that side of things doesn't surprise me!)

Mary was buried in Sculcoates 3 July 1837, presumably as result of giving birth to Charles Humphrey.
Robert and Ellen and children are in Shetland in 1851 Census.
Maria died on 25 April 1855, bur. 29 April 1855. In 1851 she seems to have been living with John, the eldest surviving son.

I wonder if Robert and Maria had simply split amicably, if she didn't want to be gadding off to Orkney and Shetland in pursuit of wildlife all the time?
He was visiting one of his sons (John?) when he died in Hull.

I'd be interested to know about his parents and grandparents – had come across suggestions that on the one hand he's from Liverpool, and also that there's a tie-in with some Lincolnshire Dunns. I'd be grateful for any help in disentangling this.
best,
Marianne

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Yorkshire (East Riding & York) Lookup Requests / Re: Dunn Family of Sculcoates, Yorkshire
« on: Monday 29 November 21 17:50 GMT (UK)  »
Hi!
From the material I've seen, Robert the naturalist seems to have been born in Liverpool. He married his first wife, Maria, in Lincolnshire.
His 2 later marriage were bigamous: his first wife Maria was still living when he married Mary in Stromness; she died in childbirth and is buried in Sculcoates Cemetery. He then appears with a third wife, an Irishwoman variously called Helen/Ellen or Eleanor, but so far I don't know her maiden name or whether he had gone through a marriage with her.
I'd be very interested in any other information on him and his family/families, please!
best,
Marianne

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Kent / Re: Matson and Lushington Family research
« on: Thursday 22 April 21 22:11 BST (UK)  »
This is rather lovely to see! At Hull Minster we have a Matson stray, a young lady called Mary who died in 1688, while living with or visiting her sister Margaret (b.1648), wife of James Houseman.
Her heraldic ledger is rather worn, but it has these arms set in a lozenge.
best wishes,
Marianne

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Worcestershire / Re: Worcestershire Huguenots - Kidderminster
« on: Sunday 04 August 13 10:42 BST (UK)  »
Hi!
I would be very interested in this, too. I have some Huguenots in Kidderminster (Flinn or variants), who were carpet weavers and dyers. I am trying to get a copy of the full will of David Flinn (d. 1810) to confirm whether Walter (born c 1800) is his son by his fourth marriage to Ann Dalkin.

best wishes,
Marianne

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