LUNNON family

[tisha]

Hello to you all, I have 2 requests both  'Lunnon' my First a James Hugh Lunnon  known as 'sonny'B.croydon.surrey England 1910 emigrated to Australia 1930's living in part in Victoria, we know he passed in a motor cycle accident in late 1930's trying to find out if he married out there, this was reported  in a newspaper in Learmonth in Victoria.  2nd request a Charles or charlie lunnon emigrated to Australia not sure, but was living in the outback for some time, he went out in 1920's, he married 'someone' and twins were born to them do not know who she was, he was involved in a shooting in the outback(was said he was in police force) when rustlers attacked them  and it was written as an unsolved crime was also known as 'sonny', he came back to England in the middle 1960's but know one has hear anything of him since, can anyone help, I realise this is long shot.Sincerely Tisha

[tropicalj]

Hello  there and a big welcome to roots chat

here is the death

 LUNNON  Jas Hugh died aged 25 in 1936 at Learmonth Victoria
father and mother unknown reg no 15696

Jenn

[deeiluka]

There's no marriage listed for James Hugh LUNNON in Victoria, Tisha, and his death was registered in 1936. Age given as 25, parents unknown, at Learmouth.
Ref = 15696


Dee  

[tropicalj]

The following marriage may be the one you are after?

Charles Richard LUNNON married Alice Mary PHELAN in 1922 reg no 105550

you would have to obtain the marriage certificate to verify the parents

JEnn

[deeiluka]

Jenn and Tisha, there's the death of a Charles Richard aged 77 in Ballarat in 1974. Parents  = Charles LUNNON & Alice McELONE.
Ref = 12313

Perhaps Tisha can let us know if these are indeed the parents. 
If it is, then purchasing the image of the death certificate would reveal any names of offspsring. 

The image can be purchased and downloaded at
https://online.justice.vic.gov.au/bdm/home

https://online.justice.vic.gov.au/CA2574F700805DE7/HomePage?ReadForm&1=Home~&2=~&3=~

I see they have moved! 


Dee   

[tropicalj]

Yes Dee, good point we do need  the parents names,

I did note  a number of deaths in Victoria  to  this couple Charles and Alice McElone


Jenn

[judb]

There is a James Hugh LUNNON on the electoral roll in Victoia but not in Learmonth - Camperdown is about 120k distant.. (You can see them on Googlemap)

1930 James Hugh LUNNON, Derinallum, station hand (District Corangamite; subdistrict Camperdown)

1936 James Hugh LUNNON, Mawolok, Beaufort, station hand (District Corangamite; subdistrict Beaufort)

There are no others of same name listed with him.

There appear to be two Charles LUNNON entries on the electoral rolls, both in Victoria
Charles Richard LUNNON in Ballarat up to 1954 (extent of my access) and Charles William LUNNON in Gippsland - only till the 1930s.  Charles Richard in Ballarat is listed as butcher, and in 1924 is at the same address as a number of other LUNNONs so it looks somewhat unlikely that he would be an immgrant on his own.

There is an account of the death of James (called Jack in the paper) on the National Library's digitised newspapers, The Argus, 30 April 1936.

http://newspapers.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/home

Cheers, Judith

[alison2763]

Hi all and welcome to RC tisha.

There was an inquest into  James' death
LUNNON James H.  1936.  Reference: 780.  Cause of Death :  Motor Cycle Accident.  Date of Inquest : 18.6.1936

Regards
Alison

[sparrett]

At the Ballarat Cemetery there are interments for the two CHARLES LUNNON's

CHARLES RICHARD LUNNON d .1974 aged 77 Buthcher
with
ALICE MAY LUNNON d. 1971. aged 75. Wife

CHARLES LUNNON d. 1928 aged 78. Bacon Curer
with
 ALICE d. 1925 aged 53 Wife.
An infant, ARTHUR HENRY is also there.

So it would appear that there are 2 generations here and this can probably rule out the BALLARAT group.

Sue