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Member Since: July 2003 Posts: 634 Send Message	Lynne	Report	25 Oct 2019 13:05
Member Since: July 2003 Posts: 634 Send Message	Can any one please do a 1911 lookup for a Dorothy Margaret gun. B 1904 in Newport Wales father John percy and mother Margaret many thanks
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 23,482 Send Message	MargaretM	Report	25 Oct 2019 13:43
	I have searched but can't find them in 1911. Is this the parents' marriage? Marriages Sep 1903 (>99%) Gunn John Percy Cardiff 11a 578 Thomas Margaret Cardiff 11a 578
	Researching: Great grandmother Dorothy Bean nee Abbott (1858-1908)
Member Since: December 2009 Posts: 13,418 Send Message	Maddie	Report	25 Oct 2019 14:00
	1911 27 Howard Gardens Cardiff, Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales Mary Thomas Head Widow Female 68 1843 Private Means Glamorgan Diras Edward Thomas Son Married Male 30 1881 Accountant Glamorgan Porth Mabel Thomas Wife Of Above Married Female 32 1879 - Glamorgan Cardiff Vivian Edward Thomas Son Of Above - Male 7 1904 - Monmouth Castleton Joyce Mabel Thomas Daughter Of Above - Female 5 1906 - Monmouth Castleton John Percy Gunn Visitor Married Male 30 1881 Iron Founder Glamorgan Cardiff Margaret Gunn Visitor Married Female 28 1883 - Glamorgan Porth Dorothy Margaret Gunn Daughter Of Above - Female 6 1905 - Monmouth Newport Nellie Bond Servant Single Female 22 1889 General Servant Domestic Somerset Bridgwater
Member Since: December 2009 Posts: 13,418 Send Message	Maddie	Report	25 Oct 2019 14:02
	in case u don't have it 1939 44 Rhyd-Y-Penau Road, Cardiff C.B., Glamorganshire, Wales John P Gunn 11 Jun 1880 Male Mechanical Railway & Electrical Traveller & Materials Inspector Married 56 1 Margaret Gunn 15 Oct 1882 Female Unpaid Domestic Duties Married 56 2 John Percy Last name Gunn Birth year - Event year 1903 Banns year 1903 Banns date 19 Jul 1903 Marriage year - Marriage place Roath, St Margaret Residence St John Canton Spouse's first name(s) Margaret Spouse's last name Thomas Spouse's birth year - Spouse's residence Saint Margarets Roath County Glamorganshire Country Wales Event Banns Page 2 John Percy Last name Gunn Birth year 1882 Birth date ? ? 1882 Birth parish Cardiff Birth county Glamorganshire Occupation Engineer Attestation year 1917 Attestation date 31 May 1917 Attestation age 35 Service number 102728 Marriage year 1903 Marriage date 13 Aug 1903 Spouse's first name(s) Margaret Child's first name(s) Dorothy Margaret Archive reference AIR 79/926 Next of kin first name(s) Margaret,Dorothy Margaret Next of kin last name Gunn Record set British Royal Air Force, Airmen's Service Records 1912-1939 JOHN PERCY Last name GUNN Birth year 1880 Birth quarter 3 Registration month - Mother's maiden name Fox District Cardiff County Glamor
Member Since: July 2003 Posts: 634 Send Message	Lynne	Report	25 Oct 2019 14:04
Member Since: July 2003 Posts: 634 Send Message	Thank you all so much
Member Since: July 2003 Posts: 634 Send Message	Lynne	Report	25 Oct 2019 14:10
Member Since: July 2003 Posts: 634 Send Message	I was, hoping there were siblings of Dorothy on 1911 census but no lol
Member Since: July 2003 Posts: 634 Send Message	Lynne	Report	25 Oct 2019 14:27
Member Since: July 2003 Posts: 634 Send Message	Thank you
Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 49,504 Send Message	Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it	Report	25 Oct 2019 14:28
	Looks like they may have had a son Name: Mother's Maiden Surname: GUNN, JOHN STUART THOMAS GRO Reference: 1908 S Quarter in NEWPORT MON Volume 11A Page 297 ? Death GUNN JOHN STUART 0 GRO Reference: 1909 M Quarter in CARDIFF Volume 11A Page 225
	Researching: Surname Fahse. Germany. Essex .South East London My avatar is one of our wedding photos of 1957
Member Since: November 2003 Posts: 28,261 Send Message	KathleenBell	Report	25 Oct 2019 15:01
	The 1911 census says that Dorothy's parents had 2 children and one had died. The birth that Shirley found is the only one I can see. Kath. x
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 10,663 Send Message	greyghost	Report	25 Oct 2019 15:43
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 10,663 Send Message	Related thread - Dorothy is Mother of the subject of that thread James Evans https://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards/board/ancestors/thread/1380092?page=1
Member Since: July 2003 Posts: 634 Send Message	Lynne	Report	25 Oct 2019 17:14
Member Since: July 2003 Posts: 634 Send Message	Thank you
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 12,339 Send Message	alviegal	Report	25 Oct 2019 21:32
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 12,339 Send Message	England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007 First name(s) JOHN P Last name GUNN Gender Male Birth day - Birth month - Birth year 1880 Age 64 Death quarter 4 Death year 1944 District Gosport County Hampshire Volume 2B Page 753 1946 GUNN John Percy of 45 Rhyd y Penau Rd Cardiff died 18 Oct 1944 at Fordingbridge House Emsworth Rd Havant Hampshire Administration Llandaff 31 Oct to Margaret Gunn widow EFFECTS £242 0s 8d. https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk/Calendar?surname=gunn&yearOfDeath=1946&page=2#calendar
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 12,339 Send Message	alviegal	Report	25 Oct 2019 21:40
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 12,339 Send Message	England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007 First name(s) MARGARET Last name GUNN Gender Female Birth day - Birth month - Birth year 1882 Age 73 Death quarter 2 Death year 1955 District Cardiff County Glamorganshire Volume 8B Page 196 GUNN, MARGARET of 5 Kimberley Rd Cardiff widow died 4 June 1955 at Ely Hospital Cardiff Administration Llandaff 8 August to Dorothy Margaret Evans (wife of Maldwyn Evans) EFFECTS £1776 4s 2d. https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk/Calendar?surname=gunn&yearOfDeath=1955&page=2#calendar
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 10,663 Send Message	greyghost	Report	25 Oct 2019 23:02
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 10,663 Send Message	British Royal Air Force, Airmen's Service Records 1912-1939 First name(s) John Percy Last name Gunn Birth year 1882 Birth date ? ? 1882 Birth parish Cardiff Birth county Glamorganshire Occupation Engineer Attestation year 1917 Attestation date 31 May 1917 Attestation age 35 Service number 102728 Marriage year 1903 Marriage date 13 Aug 1903 Spouse's first name(s) Margaret Child's first name(s) Dorothy Margaret Archive reference AIR 79/926 Next of kin first name(s) Margaret,Dorothy Margaret Next of kin last name Gunn Record set British Royal Air Force, Airmen's Service Records 1912-1939 Category Military, armed forces & conflict Subcategory Regimental & Service Records Collections from Great Britain, Wales Previously in Army, transferred to Royal Flying Corps 31.5.1917 and to RAF 1.4.1918 NOK Margaret Gunn Wife of 67 Whitchurch Road, Cardiff - married at Roath Discharged 14.12.1918 Total Service 2 years 190 days
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 17,958 Send Message	Chris Ho :)	Report	26 Oct 2019 07:53
	Below, the 1903 Wedding... https://newspapers.library.wales/view/4136150/4136154/157/ Glamorganshire Baptisms Canton, Glamorganshire, Wales Gunn Dorothy Margaret 1904 (17th August) (Parents, John Percy and Margaret, Abode, 2, Llanthewy Road, Newport. Father occ., Engineer) https://newspapers.library.wales/view/3376929/3376941/306/ (Birth Notice) Chris :) https://newspapers.library.wales/search/advanced (Welsh Newspapers Online, always worth a look round for Names etc.)

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