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Hi Newbe,

Thanks for asking but I have now discovered that the John Dunwoody the NZ Dunwoody/Dunwoodie's are descended from was not my great grandfather as I had been led to believe by my late father.
I am now working on my N. Ireland Dunwoody ancestors.

Regards
Barry

Hi all,
I had been patiently waiting for the 1901 census to go on line to find out if my great grandfather John Dunwoody was alive then and give me anything to identify him. He was still alive then and living at 18 Scott Street in Belfast but all it tells me is that he was 57, a porter and was born in Co. Down! His wife is listed as Eliza age 45 born Co. Armagh, all their children born in Co. Antrim.
His wife Anne Eliza (née Bird) is a widow in the 1911 and birth given as Belfast City!
I do have their marriage cert. - they were married in Lisburn on April 19th 1878 with fathers given as J. Dunwoody and W. Bird. The witnesses were George and Mary Dunwoody who I imagine were related to John but I haven't found a link.
Is there any way I can get back further? - ie  births for John and Eliza, parents names etc.
Many thanks in advance for any help you can give to break down this wall!
Regards
Barry Dunwoody

Thanks Ady, Neil and Leanne.
They are the Gibbins brothers all born in Radway. Philip b. 1896 on the left, John aka Jack b. 1890 in the middle and Maurice b. 1898 on the right. We think the photo was taken outside their house in Radway.
Leanne where do I find his record please? I have love tokens from Jack to my gran in about 1907 but she found someone else, so maybe he went off to Australia with a broken heart!
Barry

Hi Carol,
Yes he does and she looks very stern but then most of the women in theses old posed photos do, don't they?
I see you are in E. Yorks. - I've just discovered that the sister of Ann Taylor (who I thought was in the photo), Mary Ann Taylor born 1845 in Middleton Cheney, Northants married William Chafer b. 1836 in Scarborough in 1882 and then lived in 'Florida Cottage', Mereside, Hornsea. It's a bit of a mystery how she ended up there.
Barry

Jim,
Are you saying the second photo is later than 1912? The man is definitely my great grandfather John Brookes and as Ann (his second wife and my great grandmother) died in 1912, it could be his third wife Agatha Pruce. My grandmother didn't get on with her at all and left home as a result!
Barry