I have had one ancestor (g-gx4) bugging me and that is William Lunn (?-?), he married a Mary Bishill, Oct 2 1821 in Edenham, Lincolnshire, England. I have Mary's parents as Richard and Mary (nee ?) I have no idea of their birthdate, location etc. William, himself, is a brick wall I have struggled to climb. I have 2 children down for him: William (1827-1904) and John (?-?) -- William Jr. being my ancestor (g-gx3). One interesting note is that both William Jr. and John married women with the name Dixon (who were sisters)
You're welcome There are 2 possible marriages of a Richard Bishill to a Mary near the marriage location of Mary Bishill Richard Bishill married Mary Empson 23 Feb 1808, Morton Near Bourne, Lincoln Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M03032-3 , GS Film number: 1450470 IT 2 Edenham to Morton 3 miles and Richard Bishell married Mary Wyles 22 Nov 1797, Rippingale, Lincolnshire Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M03114-3 GS Film number: 1450471 IT 2 Rippingale to Edenham 6 miles But how you decide which one it could possibly be I don't know.
I'm wondering whether or not those Richards are the same and he remarried. I had a struggle with one ancestor because when he remarried he married a woman by the same name (funnily enough they were 'Mary' too)
A few children were christened with parents William and Mary Lunn between 1822 - 1838. Edenham - Thomas 28 July 1822; George 13 February 1825 [died 9 January 1826] Bourne - Mary Ann 23 October 1825; William 20 July 1828; Emma 29 November 1829; Emma 10 December 1831 [maybe the first Emma died]; Maria 14 December 1834; Robert 28 May 1838. I haven't found a John.
Now if all the above are 'your' 3xggrandfather's siblings this census return looks like them. Bourne, HO107 Piece: 2095 Folio: 486 Page: 38 William Lunn 53, Ag. Lab, Cawthorpe Lincolnshire Mary Lunn 49, Sth Witham Maria Lunn 16, dau, Bourne Robert Lunn 12, son, Bourne Charles Lunn 8, son, Bourne Joseph Lunn 3, son, Bourne Emma Lunn 5 Mo, g.dau
Charles Lunn, 1 May 1842 Bourne, son of William and Mary Joseph Lunn, 2 May 1847, Bourne, son of William and Mary
William (1827-1904) married a Mary in 1848, so would have left the household by then, John married in 1846 so too would have left.
1861, Bourne, RG 9 Piece: 2318 Folio: 10 Page: 13 May Lunn 62, widow, charwoman, Sth Witham Maria Lunn 26, dau, dressmaker, Bourne Jane Lyon Lunn 6, g. dau, Bourne William T Lunn 2, g. son, Bourne
Trying to get a handle on it, Is this William in 1861? Bourne, RG 9 Piece: 2318 Folio: 60 Page: 6 William Lunn 34, Ag. Lab, Cawthorpe Mary Lunn 35, London Thorpe Lincs Mary Ann Lunn 11, Bourne Jane Lunn 8, Bourne Thomas Lunn 5, Bourne
Maybe William and John were working away from home in 1841. Flaxwell, Digby, Lincs. HO107 Piece: 617 Book: 8 Folio 5, Page 5. John Mills 75, farmer George Mills 25 John Lunn 15 William Lunn 14 John Spray 13
Are either of these useful contenders for your 4th Gt G'Fther William Lunn? England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 William Lunn christened: 5 July 1799 Bourne, Lincoln, England residence: Bourne, Lincoln, England father: John Lunn ...............or William Lunn christened: 16 February 1799 Netherseal, Leicester, England residence: Seal, Leicester, England Pts:William Lunn + Sarah
Is this John? 1861 John Lunn 28 b.Cawthorpe 1833 Ann Lunn 30 John T Lunn 4 Emma A Lunn 2 : RG 9; Piece: 2318; Folio: 6; Page: 6 1871 b.Cawthorpe c 1831 with wife Ann, children & Mother-i-Law Susan Pulling. RG10; Piece: 3315; Folio: 55; Page: 20; ...................... 1851 John with brother Thomas Lunn 23 & his wife Elizabeth of Merton. (evidently nee Pulling as is John's wife Ann.) HO107; Piece: 2095; Folio: 439; Page: 36;
