1833 - 1909 (76 years)
Generation: 1
1. | James Tunks 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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Generation: 2
5. | Allen Bogue Tunks (1.James1) 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:
- 8. Owen Roden Tunks was born in 1894; died in 1982 in London, Ontario; was buried in Thedford Baptist.
- 9. James Alan Tunks was born in 1898 in Westminster, Middlesex, Ontario; died in 1983 in London, Ontario; was buried in Strathroy.
- 10. Stanley W. Tunks was born in 1901 in Westminster, Middlesex, Ontario; died in 1992 in Florida, USA; was buried in forest lawn.
- 11. Gladys ISABEL Tunks was born in 1907; died in 1995; was buried in Woodland.
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Generation: 3
8. | Owen Roden Tunks (5.Allen2, 1.James1) 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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Generation: 4
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