Which John DUNSTAN? COMPLETED

[osprey]

Yup, so did I when I was making notes. Thought it should have been Rosetta, until I read his occupation.


 
 

[Bassworm]

Blimey, I didn't expect so many replies in such a short time. What a fantastic bunch you are.

I'm going away tomorrow for a week, so I'll look into all these leads when I get back. Many thanks for all that great info.

Mike.

[Bassworm]

Damn, you lot are good!

Ordered some certs just before I went on holiday;

John William Dunstan, b. 05 Aug 1863 in Rame, Wendron. Son of John Dunstan, Stonemason and Clarinda Dunstan, formerly Opie.

John Snr and Clarinda's marriage cert spells their name as Dunstone (John couldn't write anyway so he certainly wouldn't have noticed). Fathers listed as Roletta Dunstan (Deceased, occupation Miner) and James Opie (occupation stonemason).

My next task is to track down when and where John William Dunstan died. He married Eliza Moyle in 1885 and sometime after 1908 they moved to Deri in South Wales, where Eliza died in 1912. John is listed as deceased on my grandmothers marriage cert in 1930 but as yet I can't find his death, certainly not in Deri anyway.

[osprey]

how about this one?

John W Dunstan 49 dec qtr 1912 Bridgend vol 11a pg 891


there's a baptism for a Roletta Dunstan in Stithians, son of John & Elizabeth,  13/3/1807, IGI batch C053252. Possible marriage for the parents 23/4/1804 same parish, Elizabeth's surname being Oppy. But Dunstan is a pretty common name in the area so copy parish entries from the record office in Truro would look to be a good idea.

Also, there's an opc for Stithians
http://www.cornwall-opc.org/Par_new/q_s/stithians.php

[Bassworm]

Yep, I had found that death notice already, but hadn't investigated it yet as there's nothing in the family history that ties us to Bridgend. Time to order a death cert I think.

Thanks for the link to the Stithians OPC, that's a handy little resource I'd not come across before.

[Bassworm]

Well, the death cert proves he's the right John. Sadly it looks like he spent the last three years of his life in the County Asylum, Bridgend. His cause of death is listed as 'General paralysis of the insane'. Which I suppose means that Eliza had to cope with losing her husband to the asylum, and having three of her children die in the space of three years, before dying herself in 1912, several months before John died. Tragic stuff.

how about this one?

John W Dunstan 49 dec qtr 1912 Bridgend vol 11a pg 891