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Wiltshire Lookup Requests / Re: Lookup request for BUNDY Wiltshire
« on: Thursday 17 September 09 20:02 BST (UK)  »
Sorry Paul as I am unable to help you in you pursuit of Thomas b 1848, although I am sure there will be a connection somewhere along the line as Wiltshire has for centuries been the recognised heartland of the Bundy's, and generations of Bundy families have worked and spent their lives in Downton, Alderbury  and surrounding area.
 Records I have sight of show, as far back as 1561 a son William was born to a William Bundy and Elinor at Amesbury.        Other notable recorded events are ---- A recorded Marriage between a Peter Bundi* and Joan Durnford on 15th October 1573 at Britford.
A Marriage is also recorded on 11th April 1586 between a Robert Bundye and Ellynor Kempe in Salisbury.
A Christening of a Thomas Bundie son of John Bundie on 21st January 1592 at Chirton.
Also in 1592 a son was born to a Thomas Bundy and wife Elinor at Amesbury.
On 20th November 1593 a Marriage between John Bundye and Mary Wyot in Salisbury. (*Spellings of the name are as recorded.)
My own ancestry I have traced back to Nicholas Bundy b1707 in Downton. He had a brother Thomas b1709 and a son named Thomas b1737 and that name along with George feature regularly through the generations, so my guess is your ancestry may come along from that line.
However good luck in your research.


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Wiltshire Lookup Requests / Re: Lookup request for BUNDY Wiltshire
« on: Saturday 29 August 09 18:51 BST (UK)  »
Being unable to say with any certainty why George should have retained the family name, We can only guess. My guess would be that, his parents perhaps didn't have betrothal as an initial concern at the time, and as such had no marital home to offer, resulting in mother and baby having to be  cared and provided for by Elizabeth's parents, and that George was kept on to be reared by his grandparents even though William and Elizabeth eventually got wed later in the year and would set up their own home.
Being prior to the introduction of census returns, we will never know.

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Wiltshire Lookup Requests / Re: Lookup request for BUNDY Wiltshire
« on: Tuesday 25 August 09 01:00 BST (UK)  »
Interesting. "Base born" now that's a term I hadn't come across before. Must watch for that one.

Elizabeth's parents Samuel and Elizabeth had 5 sons, Leonard b 1791, Henry b1796, Samuel b1800, George b1805 and Abraham b1809,and sister Anna b 1798. So the future Bundy name was well cared for.

I imagine George's conception was just one of these village "happenings" of the time.
I understand there were several branches of Bundy's and Snelgrove's in Downton, and, as was the case with other generations of families in the confines of village life there would  be frequent cases of inter marriages and the odd illegitimacy.
Infact the Bundys and Snelgroves were already connected through Elizabeth's grandaunt who was married to George Snelgrove in 1761.

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Wiltshire Lookup Requests / Re: Lookup request for BUNDY Wiltshire
« on: Saturday 22 August 09 00:36 BST (UK)  »
Re.George's mother.
Elizabeth  b.1794 daughter of Samuel Bundy and Elizabeth Newman gave birth to George on 1st April 1821.”  Her son was born illegitimate,  fathered by  William Snelgrove, “a Shoemaker” from Downton.  (Bastardy papers were issued against them at the time.) The child was named George Bundy. By being given Elizabeth’s family name George’s lineage retained the Bundy name, while resulting from her marriage later that same year 1821, to William Snelgrove, four more children were born, and they quite naturally bore the Snelgrove name.   They were Charles, b.1822.  Ruth, b.1824.  William, b.1826.  Hannah, b.1830.
An interesting thought is raised however, that, if had George been born within the marriage he/I and his descendents would likewise have carried the Snelgrove name. (Who’s lineage, with some interest, I am now prompted to research.)     
Elizabeth Bundy/Snelgrove, died in Downton in1863                                                                 
William Snelgrove, b.abt.1795  he died 1844 in Redlynch, Wiltshire.
 
I recently visited Downton and searched around the graveyards at St Laurence Church and also the nearby Baptist Church to see if I could locate any family graves, but my efforts were in vain as I found most of the gravestones unreadable due to erosion and overgrowth of lichen.
I did however feel good that I managed to walk around and see about the ancestral home. Look forward to going back sometime.
John


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Wiltshire Lookup Requests / Re: Lookup request for BUNDY Wiltshire
« on: Friday 21 August 09 01:16 BST (UK)  »
Hi Rainbow
One of the satisfying and pleasing aspects of piecing together the geneologic jigsaw,is such as this being in contact with family connections who can add to or confirm ones own findings on an ancestor search,and now I have a clearer picture in mind where our respective family trees connect.
 I see now from your details it is Henry Eastman your line descends, brother of George's wife Ann. I already had a note of  William Eastman and Elizabeth Isaac,and that it was son Eneas who went to America with George's son John (my gr.grandfather)in 1855, and I realise now it was only Ann of the Eastman family that went to Canada, I had no knowledge of other family members.I did note though from Kelly's Commercial Directory,1855 Downton,that William and Henry Eastman are listed as Wood Turners. http://www.angelfire.com/ky3/caroln242/documents/kellysdir1855.html
 Also I have on my records that George and Ann were married on 25 April 1853, the fact that George's 1st wife Martha died in December 1852 would make this the more likely date. I also have Alfred Albert birth date as 21st July 1861.
 I was interested to see among the names of your ancestors the name Prince.  You did mentioned on the families leaving Downton  as result of hard times on the Parish. In "The Downton Story" which gives great detail on this early 1800s migrating to Canada to ease the burden of the agricultural depression and an opportunity to start a new life.The list of the earliest emigrants to the settlement includes many Prince's as well as Bundy's. Check it out on Google it or log on to 
www.geocities.com/Athens/Styx/2932/
Perhaps you are already aware of all this, if not I am sure you will find it most interesting.
 Regards
 John
     

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Wiltshire Lookup Requests / Re: Lookup request for BUNDY Wiltshire
« on: Tuesday 18 August 09 17:32 BST (UK)  »
Hello again Rainbowchaser'
 First may I say I'm sorry to learn of the loss of your mother, please accept my condolences at this time.

On our mutual ancestor George, I have little knowledge on his life or descendents after he and wife Ann emigrated to Canada. My line of descedency is from his son John who didn't go to Canada with George and stepmother Ann, but made his own way in life resulting in several descendant generations  now here in Scotland as well as Malta, and recently I made contact with a "cousin" in Australia. So the family certainly branched out since the early years in Wiltshire.
I am interested to know of the descendent line in Canada, if you let me know. I take it that you are of that branch of the family.
On Tom Palmer I know nothing , but I am sure he must be "of kin"as I do Know that the daughter of George and his first wife Martha Moody, Elizabeth Sarah, born1851 in Downton Wiltshire, did go to Canada and did marry an Ebenezer Palmer in1869in Michigan U.S.A. She died in 1941 in Michigan. I know nothing more on the others in the family. Perhaps by chance Tom might come across this post should he be interested in family history and get in contact.

        John

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Wiltshire Lookup Requests / Re: Lookup request for BUNDY Wiltshire
« on: Tuesday 04 August 09 23:45 BST (UK)  »
Hi Rainbowchaser,
I see your family interests include Eastman and Moody. Looks like we share a family connection here.
George Bundy and wife Ann Eastman are in my ancestral tree. George is my Gr x2 Grandfather, b Downton 1821. Married Martha Moody 1838 in Alderbury, Wiltshire. They had three children the eldest being my Gr. grandfather John.
Martha died in 1852, and in 1853 George married Ann Eastman. In 1857 they emigrated to Ontario in 1857. My records show them as having eight children, two were born in Downton and six born in Canada.
you may already be aware of these details, but I would happy to share any info with you.
   
 Wee Eeyin

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Wiltshire Lookup Requests / Re: Lookup request for BUNDY Wiltshire
« on: Monday 17 November 08 17:45 GMT (UK)  »
Can't determine exact periods of time as his career took him around quite a bit.
I know nothing of his earlier terms of service, but in later years he took on positions within the military prison service. In addition to the forementioned terms at Paola in Malta and Stirling in Scotland, I know he spent a period of time on staff in Barbados at the Glendairy Military prison at Bridgetown.

His family were born during times at these posts . My grand father who was the oldest of four sons, was known to tell tales of his early school years in Barbados. He and two of his brothers were born in Malta 1872,74,and 76 and the youngest son in Gibraltar1878. So it would appear that Malta was the home base after several spells elswhere.
I also know nothing of his wife other than she was Maltese

I am sure there must be a  register for B.D.M. at National Archives where information can be sourced. Any info in this respect would be appreciated.

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Wiltshire Lookup Requests / Re: Lookup request for BUNDY Wiltshire
« on: Monday 17 November 08 00:45 GMT (UK)  »
Hello again Kris
I downloaded the naval record, but unfortunatly it's not our John but a younger namesake. Could still be a relation though.
This John's naval service record is for a period from1895 to1919, when he joined the New Coastguard Service.

Details that I do have on Gr Grandfather John is that he was posted to Stirling in 1893. (He would be age 53 at that time ) to take the post as Governor of the military Prison there until his return to Malta in 1898. Prior to this he was Chief Warden of the Military Prison at Paolo in Malta.

Thanks again for your help
Eeyin

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