Hi there
I am researching the Pinder family and have found that Elizabeth Lunn married John Pinder of Shelley Bank, Kirkburton on 26 Jun 1831 at All Hallows, Almondbury.
I have found a christening of an Elizabeth Lunn in the Wesleyan Methodist Chapel in Linthwaite, Almondbury on 8 May 1808. This gives her father as Benjamin Lunn and her mother as Hannah. Is it likely that this could be the same Elizabeth Lunn?
In the 1851 census, as Elizabeth Pinder, her birthplace is given as Golcar but in other censuses just listed as Yorkshire. I can't find any Elizabeth Lunn born in Golcar around 1808.
The only Benjamin Lunn I can find from this area married Hannah Hewitt, which looked promising, but their children don't seem to include an Elizabeth and they seem to be connected to St Peter's in Huddersfield, so I don't think this can be the correct Benjamin Lunn. In 1841 census there is a Benjamin Lann (Lunn) with wife Hannah living in Almondbury - I suspect this is that same Benjamin rather than the one I'm after, but I don't know.
I then found a Benjamin Lunn married to Hannah Gartside with a child called Lydia christened at Honley in 1816, but no sign of a child called Elizabeth.
There is a Benjamin Lunn baptised on 20 Apr 1784 in Almondbury, All Hallows, Yorkshire with Father called John Lunn, from Crosland. This looks hopeful as the children of John Pinder and Elizabeth Lunn are all born in South Crosland.
I'm a bit confused about all of this! I really want to find the Elizabeth Lunn who married John Pinder and be able to trace that line back. I don't know if Benjamin is her father's name or not, and that's part of the problem.
If anyone can help me to shed any light on this, I'd be most grateful!
Kind regards, Joy Smith
