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1911lookup please

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Chris Ho :)

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.)

greyghost

greyghost Report 25 Oct 2019 23:02

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

alviegal

alviegal Report 25 Oct 2019 21:40

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

alviegal

alviegal Report 25 Oct 2019 21:32

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

Lynne

Lynne Report 25 Oct 2019 17:14

Thank you

greyghost

greyghost Report 25 Oct 2019 15:43

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

KathleenBell

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

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

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

Lynne

Lynne Report 25 Oct 2019 14:27

Thank you

Lynne

Lynne Report 25 Oct 2019 14:10

I was, hoping there were siblings of Dorothy on 1911 census but no lol

Lynne

Lynne Report 25 Oct 2019 14:04

Thank you all so much

Maddie

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

Maddie

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

MargaretM

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

Lynne

Lynne Report 25 Oct 2019 13:05

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