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.

Family/Spouse: Della Hester NIXON. Della (daughter of Joseph NIXON and Isabel CUTHBERT) was born in 1875; died in 1959; was buried in Woodland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Owen Roden TUNKS was born in 1894; died in 1982 in London, Ontario; was buried in Thedford Baptist.
2. Stanley W. TUNKS was born in 1901 in Westminster, Middlesex, Ontario; died in 1992 in Florida, USA; was buried in forest lawn.
3. Gladys Isabel TUNKS was born in 1907; died in 1995; was buried in Woodland.
4. James Alan TUNKS was born in 1898 in Westminster, Middlesex, Ontario; died in 1983 in London, Ontario; was buried in Strathroy.

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] [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’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]

Notes:

Bogue 2
[HCM p574]: John Bogue, a settler of 1837, resides on Lot 33, Concession 1, where George J. Goodhue's store and distillery stood up to 1829.
[HCM p737]: John Bogue, one of the old and much esteemed citizens of the county, and a prominent farmer of Westminster Township, was born in Scotland, November 27, 1800, and is a descendant of one of the old and sterling Scotch families who have done so much to clear up the country and make presentable the pleasant homes of to-day. He was a gardener by trade, and in 1820 went to England, where six years later he was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth Parrot. This union resulted in the birth of eight children, who grew to maturity: - John, Allen, James, Thomas, David, Richard, Ann, and Emma. In 1837, Mr. Bogue immigrated to Canada and settled on a farm of 120 acres on the 1st Concession, Lot --. Mr. Bogue cleared his farm with his own hands, and was a hard-working man. He is held in high esteem by all who know him; is in very comfortable circumstances, and is now enjoying the fruits of his labor. He is a member of the Baptist Church, of which his wife, who died in 1886, was also a member. Mr. Bogue is now in his 89th year, and his memory is still good. His son, Allen Bogue, was born in England in 1832, and wasw about five years of age when he was brought to this country by his parents. He received a good practical education in the common schools, and in early life learned the occupation of farming. He is well respected by the people of the township, and has been in the Township Council. He is president of the poultry Association, and a member of the Western Fair Board. He has always taken an active interest in school and educational affairs and holds the office of trustee.

John married Elizabeth PARROT* in 1826. Elizabeth was born in 1800; died on 25 Jun 1886. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Elizabeth Axford - see DWT p26; this suggests that John Bogue married Elizabeth Axford but the dates given for her don't coincide with the dates on the BSC marker
[History of the county of Middlesex, Canada, p573] "Elizabeth Parrott, who married John Bogue in England in 1826, and settled with him in Westminster Township in 1837, died June 25, 1886."
Bogue 1

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