George Carew TUNKS
1826 - 1905 (79 years)-
Name George Carew TUNKS [1] Born 1826 Westminster, Middlesex, Ontario 
[1] Gender Male Died 1905 Ingersoll, Oxford, Ontario, Canada [1] Person ID I243 Brick Street Cemetery, London, Ontario Last Modified 12 Oct 2022
Father Richard TUNKS*
b. 1780, Bitterley, Shropshire, England
d. 5 Mar 1877, Westminster, Middlesex, Ontario (Age 97 years) Relationship natural Mother Catherine WILKERSON*
b. 14 Jan 1791, Thorold, Lincoln, UC
d. 18 May 1829, Westminster, Middlesex, Ontario (Age 38 years) Relationship natural Married 14 Mar 1816 Thorold, Lincoln, UC [1] Family ID F71 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Eliza Ann ELSON
b. 1835
d. 1924 (Age 89 years)Married 1852 Westminster Tp, UC [1, 2] Children 1. Hannah TUNKS
b. Abt 1852 [natural]2. Cassie TUNKS
b. Abt 1854 [natural]3. Harriett TUNKS
b. Abt 1872 [natural]4. Andrew TUNKS
b. Abt 1867 [natural]Last Modified 12 Oct 2022 Family ID F99 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Born - 1826 - Westminster, Middlesex, Ontario 
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Notes - moved to Illinois in the 1850s, probably with brothers but moved to Ingersoll by 1871.
6 children
-witnessed his brother Peter's marriage 1846
Marriage witnessed by R. Dawson & Job Hammond (cousin)
from Tunks descendant Chris Karlgaard, Aug. 25, 2015: "One interesting thing I did come across in the records was the name of Richard's company commander, Captain Robert Carew. Captain Carew was also apparently in command of the group of sick soldiers from the 82nd Foot at the battle of Talavera (see http://www.napoleon-series.org/military/organization/c_detach.html). The 1814 muster rolls indicate that Captain Carew was Richard's company commander during the the battle of Orthez, France, and through the final months of the War of 1812. I think I have found a little information about Robert Carew here:
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=sandberg&id=I24353
I have to wonder if Richard named one of his sons, George Carew Tunks, after his former company commander. Its an interesting possibility. Do you have any information about this?"
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