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William S. TUNKS

Male 1831 - 1914  (83 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  William S. TUNKS was born in 1831 (son of Richard TUNKS* and Silvania BARNES*); died in 1914 in Wisconsin, USA.

    William married Mercy Ann DAY in 1852 in Canada. Mercy died in 1872. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Family/Spouse: Rebecca Stephenson LINCOLN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Richard TUNKS* was born in 1780 in Bitterley, Shropshire, England (son of Thomas TUNKS and Elizabeth BEDDOES); died on 5 Mar 1877 in Westminster, Middlesex, Ontario.

    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’s something taken from The Free Press of March, 9, 1870
    ......“He served in the Peninsular war, and wears the medal and clasps won on the fields of Orthes, Nivells, Pyrenees, Vittoria and Vimiera. he was in hospital at Lisbon, during the advance and retreat of Sir John Moore. He also took part in the engagements of Oporto, Talavera, Paupaluna etc.
    He received his discharge just after the Battle of Lundy’s Lane on 25th Feb, 1815,nearly four months before the battle of Waterloo and has received his pension ever since. His facilities are still fresh and buoyant, and , like Jasper, he loves to talk of the deeds of heroism and bloodshed of which he was a witness.”
    Glen

    1861 census: Richard Tunks, 80, Farmer, Church of England, living in Adelaide with wife Elizabeth, son Henry, son James & family, and a Mary Hammond b1840 [single male, who is this?]; b. England

    Richard married Silvania BARNES* in 1829. Silvania (daughter of Whiting BARNES) was born in 1813; died in 1845. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Silvania BARNES* was born in 1813 (daughter of Whiting BARNES); died in 1845.
    Children:
    1. 1. William S. TUNKS was born in 1831; died in 1914 in Wisconsin, USA.
    2. James TUNKS was born in 1833 in Westminster. Middlesex, Ontario; died in 1909 in Westminster. Middlesex, Ontario; was buried in Woodland.
    3. Jane TUNKS was born in 1835; died in 1909 in Oxford, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Mary Hannah TUNKS* was born in 1837; died on 4 Feb 1919 in Buffalo, Erie, New York, USA.
    5. Henry TUNKS was born in 1841; died on 18 Aug 1895; was buried in Woodland.
    6. Alonzo TUNKS was born in 1842 in Westminster. Middlesex, Ontario.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Thomas TUNKS was born in 1744; died in 1814.

    Thomas married Elizabeth BEDDOES. Elizabeth was born in 1757. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Elizabeth BEDDOES was born in 1757.
    Children:
    1. 2. Richard TUNKS* was born in 1780 in Bitterley, Shropshire, England; died on 5 Mar 1877 in Westminster, Middlesex, Ontario.
    2. James TUNKS was born in 1797.
    3. Elizabeth TUNKS*+ was born before 26 Nov 1786 in Bitterley, Shropshire, England; died on 9 Oct 1878 in Brooke, Lambton, Ontario.

  3. 6.  Whiting BARNES
    Children:
    1. 3. Silvania BARNES* was born in 1813; died in 1845.