Richard Tunks*

1780 - 1877  (97 years)

• Name	Richard Tunks*  [1, 2]
  Born	1780	Bitterley, Shropshire, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	05 Mar 1877	Westminster, Middlesex, Ontario   [1, 3]
  Person ID	I179	Brick Street Cemetery
  Last Modified	5 Apr 2020

  
  

  Father	Thomas Tunks,   b. 1744,   d. 1814  (Age 70 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Elizabeth Beddoes,   b. 1757
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F521	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Catherine Wilkerson*,   b. 14 Jan 1791, Thorold, Lincoln, UC ,   d. 18 May 1829, Westminster, Middlesex, Ontario  (Age 38 years)
  Married	14 Mar 1816	Thorold, Lincoln, UC   [2]
  Children	1. Thomas Tunks,   b. 1816,   d. 1904, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 88 years)  [natural] + 2. Robert Tunks,   b. 1818,   d. 1906, Mosa, Middlesex, Ontario  (Age 88 years)  [natural] + 3. John Tunks,   b. 1819,   d. Minnesota, USA  [natural]   4. Richard M.Tunks,   b. 1820, Westminster, Middlesex, Ontario ,   d. 1910, Warsaw, Wyoming, New York, USA  (Age 90 years)  [natural] + 5. Elizabeth Tunks*,   b. 1822, Westminster, Middlesex, Ontario ,   d. 1903, Westminster, Middlesex, Ontario  (Age 81 years)  [natural]   6. Peter Hoover Tunks,   b. 1823, Westminster, Middlesex, Ontario ,   d. 1865, Illinois, USA  (Age 42 years)  [natural] + 7. Catherine Tunks*,   b. 29 May 1825, Westminster, Middlesex, Ontario ,   d. 25 Jul 1907, Westminster, Middlesex, Ontario  (Age 82 years)  [natural] + 8. George Carew Tunks,   b. 1826, Westminster, Middlesex, Ontario ,   d. 1905, Ingersoll, Oxford, Ontario, Canada  (Age 79 years)  [natural] + 9. Ann Tunks*+,   b. 1827, Westminster. Middlesex, Ontario ,   d. 18 Aug 1907, London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada  (Age 80 years)  [natural]   10. Charles Tunks,   b. 1828, Westminster. Middlesex, Ontario  [natural]   11. Christopher Spettigue Tunks,   b. 1830, Westminster. Middlesex, Ontario ,   d. U.S.A.  [natural]
  Last Modified	5 Apr 2020
  Family ID	F91	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Silvania Barnes*,   b. 1813,   d. 1845  (Age 32 years)
  Married	1829
  Children	1. William S. Tunks,   b. 1831,   d. 1914, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 83 years)  [natural] + 2. James Tunks,   b. 1833, Westminster. Middlesex, Ontario ,   d. 1909, Westminster. Middlesex, Ontario  (Age 76 years)  [natural]   3. Jane Tunks,   b. 1835,   d. 1909, Oxford, Ontario, Canada  (Age 74 years)  [natural] + 4. Mary Hannah Tunks*,   b. 1837,   d. 04 Feb 1919, Buffalo, NY  (Age 82 years)  [related] + 5. Henry Tunks,   b. 1841,   d. 18 Aug 1895  (Age 54 years)  [natural]   6. Alonzo Tunks,   b. 1842, Westminster. Middlesex, Ontario  [natural]
  Last Modified	5 Apr 2020
  Family ID	F44	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 3	Elizabeth ?,   b. Abt 1786, England
  Last Modified	5 Apr 2020
  Family ID	F523	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Richard Tunks Soldier in the Peninsular War and War of 1812; Br. 82nd Reg't; Father of 17 Buried with Sword [2010] Tunks 2 -original land grant W1/2 L40 in BF and C1; received other grants of land over the years -Richard married a 3rd time after Silvania died; this third wife had 4 children of her own; Richard fathered no more (17 total) Here

  
  

• Sources

  [S10] Brick Street Cemetery marker. [S20] Glen Curnoe records. [S28] Ontario Death Record.