Tunnadines in Appleby

[Graham Tunnadine]

James Tunnadine was my Great Great Grandfather and was born in 1807 and was the Blacksmith living at 2 Church Street, Appleby Magna. My great grandfather was John, who was a "Confectioner" and later grocer in Doncaster. My grandfather John (Jack) did an apprenticeship in Engineering with British Rail and was later a Pipeline Engineer/consultant for Shell. He died in the 1950s. My Uncle John Tunnadine was a careers officer for the county of Surrey and died in 1998 (and is buried at Appleby Magna) and my father was a GP(doctor) & is still alive, living in Leighton Buzzard. I have 2 brothers and a sister, Richard, Susan & Charles. I am an Artist & I live in London.
I am interested in hearing from anyone who might be related to me or know more about my family tree.

[Admin]

Graham - I don't know if you have already tried the Appleby History Web or not, but the Tunnadine name does appear to provide several hits.

If you haven't already tried, go to -

www.applebymagna.org.uk/appleby_history/

then select search from the top of the page, enter Tunnadine in the search space etc. and it will return a list of articles from the web site.
Hopefully reading through the articles may provide new information.

Good Luck -- Chris

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Hi There
I have not long started working on the census reports and bmd's of Appleby.
I do have a James Tunnadine chritened 2/11/1806 his parents being James and Elizabeth.
I know it's not much but hopefully will have some more information soon. If you are interested I will keep you posted

[graham tunnadine]

Thanks for that - It makes fascinating reading.
James & Elizabeth seem to be 65 and 55 respectively in the 1841 census.
Because they often took the same christian names it is difficult to work out which James was a Farmer, which a Blacksmith and which an Iron Monger. - or if the Blacksmith became an iron monger, which may have led my Great Grandfather to become a Confectioner/Grocer in Doncaster.
I would love to talk to Richard Dunmore or Gordon Parker to see the Diaries of Nathaniel or James Tunnadine

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I'm pleased you found my articles useful, but you'll have to be content with the information which I presented - which is not insignificant! I understand your interest, but I am always obliged to respect the confidence of those who entrust me with their private material. Richard

[graham tunnadine]

Dear Richard Dunmore
Thank you for responding. Whilst I appreciate your wish to protect your sources perhaps you would kindly let Gordon Parker know of my interest. Tunnadine is a very rare (almost extinct) name these days, and I would love to understand more about it's history.
In the meantime I believe we possibly have a Henry Baker longcase clock which must have been bought/commisssioned by James Tunnadine in the 1830s. We have other pieces of furniture from that time which I suppose must have been new then.
It is a shame I cant send pictures to the site as an attachement.