Richard TUNKS*

1780 - 1877  (97 years)

• Name	Richard TUNKS*  [1, 2]
  Born	1780	Bitterley, Shropshire, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	5 Mar 1877	Westminster, Middlesex, Ontario   [1, 3]
  Person ID	I175	Brick Street Cemetery, London, Ontario
  Last Modified	12 Oct 2022

  
  

  Father	Thomas TUNKS           b. 1744           d. 1814  (Age 70 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Elizabeth BEDDOES           b. 1757
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F511	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	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. 4 Feb 1919, Buffalo, Erie, New York, USA  (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	12 Oct 2022
  Family ID	F70	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	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. USA  [natural]
  Last Modified	12 Oct 2022
  Family ID	F71	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 3	Elizabeth ?           b. Abt 1786, England
  Last Modified	12 Oct 2022
  Family ID	F512	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1780 - Bitterley, Shropshire, England Died - 5 Mar 1877 - Westminster, Middlesex, Ontario  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• 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

  
  

• Sources

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