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Offline Bellou

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Gunn / Killick family in Brighton
« on: Wednesday 24 July 24 15:21 BST (UK) »
Martha Gunn {nee Killick) is the famous dipper from Brighton. She was born in 1726 and died in 1815. A great age at that time . 2026 is the 300 year anniversary of her birth . We have set up a group to celebrate Martha and her band of bathers . Anyone related to this family want to join in ? We know she has descendants ll over the world ! We are hoping to raise money for a memorial and a celebration!
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Re: Gunn / Killick family in Brighton
« Reply #1 on: Wednesday 24 July 24 16:12 BST (UK) »
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is the famous dipper

 ??? what does that mean
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Re: Gunn / Killick family in Brighton
« Reply #2 on: Wednesday 24 July 24 16:41 BST (UK) »
Transcriptions and NBI are merely finding aids.  They are NOT a substitute for original record entries.
Remember - "They'll be found when they want to be found" !!!
If you don't ask the question, you won't get an answer.
He/she who never made a mistake, never made anything.
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Re: Gunn / Killick family in Brighton
« Reply #3 on: Wednesday 24 July 24 23:11 BST (UK) »
Quote from: Bellou on Wednesday 24 July 24 15:21 BST (UK)
She was born in 1726

Is this her?
Baptism at St Nicholas Brighton, 19 September 1731
Martha daughter of Friend Killick & Anne
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Re: Gunn / Killick family in Brighton
« Reply #4 on: Thursday 25 July 24 11:00 BST (UK) »
If that is the correct Martha
Friend and Anne (Bridger) married in Brighton in 1716
Killick baptisms with father Friend following, including
John in August 1725
Robert in April 1727
Mary in June 1729 (Friend & Anne)

Which may throw further doubt on Martha being born in 1726

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Re: Gunn / Killick family in Brighton
« Reply #5 on: Sunday 14 September 25 11:03 BST (UK) »
We nowset up the Martha Gunn Trust and have a website www.themarthagunntrust.co.uk . Do check it out. We also have a facebook group Celebrate Martha Gunn . We are fundraising and organising events . Great to hear from anyone related to the Gunn family or any of the Brighton Bathers including Collins, Cobby, Wingham, Taylor , Howell .
Wingham - Brighton, Sussex ,London
Hedgecock - Sussex
Green - Kent , Sussex ,Gloucs
Wescombe - Kent , Sussex
Holloway - Oldbury, Worcs
Hixson - Oystermouth, Glamorgan
Marshall - Ashton Under Lyne,
Lee - Ashton Under Lyne
Kift - Glamorgan
Bushnell, - Oxfordshire
Munday - Hampshire , Oxfordshire
Naylor - Bakewell, Derbyshire
Bramwell - Bakewell, Derbyshire
Messenger - Oxfordshire
Allwright - Oxfordshire
Harvey - Bow and Poplar , East London .
Camebus - East London , Croydon

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Re: Gunn / Killick family in Brighton
« Reply #6 on: Sunday 14 September 25 11:22 BST (UK) »
Have you noted Jonwarrn's comments on Marthas baptism and therefore her probable year of birth.

ADDED.  I see that newspapers quote her as being in her 89th year or 90 years old but I doubt they had any proof of her real age.  It is common for ages given at death to be wrong as they are purely dependent on the knowledge of the informant
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Re: Gunn / Killick family in Brighton
« Reply #7 on: Sunday 14 September 25 11:42 BST (UK) »
She is a distant relative of my husband I have her baptism as 19 Sep 1731 so I doubt if the 1726 birthdate is correct.
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Re: Gunn / Killick family in Brighton
« Reply #8 on: Sunday 14 September 25 13:17 BST (UK) »
Agreed Rosie99 - ages, years of birth can be notoriously suspect. Spotted this in "The European Magazine, Obituaries, July 1813" 
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