1813 - 1845 (32 years)
Generation: 1
1. | Silvania Barnes* was born in 1813; died in 1845. Silvania married Richard Tunks* in 1829. Richard (son of Thomas Tunks and Elizabeth Beddoes) was born in 1780 in Bitterley, Shropshire, England; died on 05 Mar 1877 in Westminster, Middlesex, Ontario. [Group Sheet]
Children:
- 2. William S. Tunks was born in 1831; died in 1914 in Wisconsin, USA.
- 3. James Tunks was born in 1833 in Westminster. Middlesex, Ontario; died in 1909 in Westminster. Middlesex, Ontario; was buried in Woodland.
- 4. Jane Tunks was born in 1835; died in 1909 in Oxford, Ontario, Canada.
- 5. Mary Hannah Tunks* was born in 1837; died on 04 Feb 1919 in Buffalo, NY.
- 6. Henry Tunks was born in 1841; died on 18 Aug 1895; was buried in Woodland.
- 7. Alonzo Tunks was born in 1842 in Westminster. Middlesex, Ontario.
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Generation: 2
3. | James Tunks (1.Silvania1) was born in 1833 in Westminster. Middlesex, Ontario; died in 1909 in Westminster. Middlesex, Ontario; was buried in Woodland. Notes:
-buried at Woodland
James was left much of L40 when his father died. He sold Pt L40 to the City of London for a water reservoir. He was killed by a falling tree during a wind storm in 1909. The property was divided among his children.
James married Emma Bogue. Emma (daughter of John Bogue* and Elizabeth Parrot*) was born in 1834; died in 1913; was buried in Woodland. [Group Sheet]
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5. | Mary Hannah Tunks* (1.Silvania1) was born in 1837; died on 04 Feb 1919 in Buffalo, NY. Notes:
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DWT under Tunks says Mary married Asa Joel McCarty, they had 6 children and lived first in Thamesford, then Ingersoll
died in Buffalo, NY at daughter's home, Mrs. Hoy, and buried at BSC
Mary married George Edwin Jarvis* in 1855 in Westminster, Middlesex, Ontario. George (son of Thomas Jarvis* and Harriet Brink*) was born on 20 Apr 1828; died in 1890. [Group Sheet]
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6. | Henry Tunks (1.Silvania1) was born in 1841; died on 18 Aug 1895; was buried in Woodland. Notes:
buried at Woodland
-kicked in the head by a horse
Henry married Annie Skuse. Annie (daughter of John Skuse and Ann Jennings) was born about 1845 in Westminster, Middlesex, Ontario; died in 1898 in Westminster, Middlesex, Ontario; was buried in Woodland. [Group Sheet]
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Generation: 3
11. | Allen Bogue Tunks (3.James2, 1.Silvania1) was born in 1866 in Westminster, Middlesex, Ontario; died in 1931 in London, Ontario; was buried in Woodland. Notes:
farmed Pt L40 until ill health forced his retirement. When he died he was living at L34 C1. Sons Owen & James inherited this property.
Allen married Della Hester Nixon. Della (daughter of Joseph Nixon and Isabel Cuthbert) was born in 1875; died in 1959; was buried in Woodland. [Group Sheet]
Children:
- 31. Owen Roden Tunks was born in 1894; died in 1982 in London, Ontario; was buried in Thedford Baptist.
- 32. James Alan Tunks was born in 1898 in Westminster, Middlesex, Ontario; died in 1983 in London, Ontario; was buried in Strathroy.
- 33. Stanley W. Tunks was born in 1901 in Westminster, Middlesex, Ontario; died in 1992 in Florida, USA; was buried in forest lawn.
- 34. Gladys ISABEL Tunks was born in 1907; died in 1995; was buried in Woodland.
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15. | Florence Emma Jarvis* (5.Mary2, 1.Silvania1) was born in 1858; died in 1861. Notes:
D. Long says 1858-1861
The BSC stone is faint, but our records make it 1865-1867 (2 years, 6 months)
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16. | Ida Jane Jarvis (5.Mary2, 1.Silvania1) was born in 1860 in Lakeside, Oxford, Ontario; died on 15 Aug 1910 in Westminster Tp, Ontario. Notes:
married a Hammond (Death Record), her 2nd cousin
-buried at Woodland (G. Curnoe)
Ida married Thomas Hammond on 02 Jan 1884 in Middlesex, Ont.. Thomas (son of Andrew Hammond and Alvira Griffeth) was born on 10 Oct 1853 in Westminster Tp, Ontario; died on 10 Aug 1929 in Middlesex, Ont.. [Group Sheet]
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Generation: 4
31. | Owen Roden Tunks (11.Allen3, 3.James2, 1.Silvania1) was born in 1894; died in 1982 in London, Ontario; was buried in Thedford Baptist. Notes:
no children
Owen & Ada were the last Tunks to live on L40 C1 and in 1966 the property was sold to Dora Reidinger. Wen and Ada leased the land back until 1971 for the sum of $50 per month while they were living in an apartment at 220 Commissioners Rs. W. Wen and Ada lived there until early 1980 when Owen suffered some small strokes and Ada who had lost a leg many years before was confined to a wheel chair. They both went into Sun Haven Nursing Home in Delaware until their deaths. They are buried in Thedford Baptist Cemetery.
Owen married Ada Helen Cornell in 1918 in Lambeth, Ont.. Ada was born in 1889 in Watford, Ont.; died in 1986. [Group Sheet]
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