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Will, I am wondering how you would like to proceed in sharing and discussing your DNA in here?
Trevor Rix
Hi William, welcome to the Bunting Society. Thanks for creating this important topic. I am wondering if you have had a chance to read the DNA page on this website, accessible by clicking the DNA menu?
To answer your question, yes it is possible to share and discuss DNA testing and results in this Forum.
It’s good that you have taken an AncestryDNA test, which is the best choice amongst the autosomal DNA tests available. Best because Ancestry have by far the largest DNA database of over 18 million testees, tight integration with Ancestry family trees, and excellent facilities and tools to help you understand and progress.
Autosomal DNA tests are great for finding and confirming close relations with a very high degree of accuracy. I am referring to the match lists, not the ethnicity predictions. That accuracy tails off with 3rd cousins and beyond but is still extremely useful. That is because autosomal DNA is diluted in each generation of descent from the ancestors that gave you that DNA. You inherited your autosomal DNA from both of your parents, and they in turn from their parents etc. You may not be aware that you can download your AncestryDNA data, then upload it to other DNA websites such as GEDmatch, Family Tree DNA Family Finder, My Heritage DNA, Living DNA, Geneanet etc. That means that you can compare your match list with the other match lists on each of those databases, and use tools there that are not provided by AncestryDNA.
The ethnicity predictions that I referred to, and your results that you mention – Irish Scottish British Welsh, are not at all accurate so should be treated with a pinch of salt. Ethnicity predictions and estimates are just that. Some people may receive results that match their expectations – others may not. This science is still evolving as more reference populations are added to the databases and the algorithms improve. We are not there yet. See https://dna-explained.com/2018/12/28/ethnicity-is-just-an-estimate-yes-really
If you wish to persue your male line Buntin, you should consider taking a Y-DNA test. Y-DNA is passed down the generations almost intact from fathers to sons in a similar manner to surnames being passed down. Y-DNA tests are highly accurate. Family Tree DNA is the only testing company that offers a wide range of Y-DNA tests, surname projects/groups and lots of support both from FTDNA and the community. The FTDNA Y-DNA37 test is a good choice. Many members of this society have already tested their Y-DNA. Their results are summarised in this table.
https://www.familytreedna.com/public/buntingdna?iframe=ycolorized
So yes, this is a good place to discuss and interact.
Trevor Rix
The new Bunting Society Website is being built. We are hoping that it will soon be available to members.
Mary Rix
Chairman
Arthur Bunting
07:06PM UTC – Tuesday, 21 March 2017
Contributed by: John Goulder
Views: 159
My Great Grandfather Arthur Bunting. Born 1876. Died 1964. Marred to Emma Silman. Had 7 children. George. (My Grandad) Tom. Frank. Bill. Jim. Edie. Ethel. Lived at 18 School Lane. Cirencester. Arthur was Forman at Cirencester Railway Yard. In WW1 he joined Bettalion 8 of the Glosters. (Service number 23449) as a private. They were sent to the Somme. The battalion were right in the thick of the battle. Arthur was In charge of the donkeys. He never spoke about what he saw out there.
Buntings of Bonsall
11:40AM UTC – Thursday, 27 April 2017
Contributed by: Jill P Mckeon
Views: 204
Would love to find information for John/Jack Bunting born 1883 Bonsall. . John Bunting was married to Annie Spencer in 1911 and had a daughter Julia who died shortly after. Annie Spencer in the census is indicated as having passed in 1912. John/Jack is the father of my mother, Marjorie Bunting, born 1924, Derby, Derbyshire. Mother’s name is Agnes Maude Bunting nee Hill, also, was previously married to Alfred Hawkins Paine. My mother left England in 1944 when she married an American G.I. in Shardlow. Some of the names that have popped up in my research and ancestry DNA is Bunting, Gratton, Doxey. My grandfather, John Bunting died in 1931 in Derby at the age of 48, my Mum was only 7 years at the time. Marjorie lost contact with her family sometime in early 1960. I would love to hear from some one connected to the Buntings of Bonsall to see if anyone has any memory or knowledge of John/Jack and my Mum. Jill McKeonBasil Bunting
06:32PM UTC – Friday, 06 October 2017
Contributed by: Ross Green
Views: 37
Hello,
I’ve been trying to find the ancestors of the famous British poet, Basil Bunting (1900-1985). It was mentioned on this website that he is related to the Buntings of “Buntingfield,” near Matlock, Derbyshire.
These are my ancestors, too. Here is that data (my grandmother is Charlotte Bunting, on the bottom line):
https://buntingtree.com/buntings/genealogy/bunting-line-of-descent/
I’ve tried using Ancestry.com to research Basil Bunting’s ancestors, but without much luck. (Got back to his great-grandparents okay, and then it fizzled out.)
If you know the details of Basil Bunting’s ancestry – basically just his connection to Buntingfield (Anthony Bunting & Ellen Barker) – please let me know. I would be most grateful for any help.
Thanks,
Ross
Walter Bunting
10:51AM UTC – Sunday, 31 January 2016
Contributed by: Barry Bunting
Views: 790
Walter Bunting b May 1890 at 42 Dolphin Street, Attercliffe, Sheffield. Grandson of William (b.1848 Belper) & Martha Bunting. Married to Rebecca Calow Mar 1910 Worksop.
6157 Pte Walter Bunting, 9th Batt Sherwood Foresters attached to 13th Royal Irish Rifles, Accidently killed 20th Aug 1916. Court of Inquiry statement reads: No 4705 Rifleman A.J.Vickers states that at 4.30am on the 20/8/16 I had a jam with the Lewis Gun and rectified the stoppage. Between 12 noon & 1pm I stripped the gun to clean it and put it together again. I put a magazine on the gun, placed it onto the parapet to fire a burst to test the gun. As I pressed the trigger, the sandbag on which the gun was resting gave way and the gun fall to the right. Before I could get my finger off the trigger, Rifleman Bunting who was standing on the right of the gun was shot and killed instantly.
William Bunton
04:36PM UTC – Sunday, 20 December 2015
Contributed by: Kathy Paulus
Views: 1,100
I’m hoping someone can point me to some clues as to who my ancestor might have been.
This is what I know, my direct ancestor was Elijah Bunton/Bunting, born in Carter County, Tennessee in 1826. His father was William Bunton/Buntin (Jr.?) who died in 1839 in Johnson County, TN. At the time of his death he was married to Fanny (Griffin?) No way of knowing if this was his only wife since in his Will he only leaves an inheritance to Fanny and his “two youngest sons, Andrew and Elijah”. He had eight other children all assumed to be Fanny’s. His birth dates are in doubt, around 1777 or 1757. There are at least 4 stories about who William Bunton/Buntin (Jr.?) was.1. He was born about 1777 in Wilkes County, North Carolina, the son of William Buntin/Bunton and Eleanor/Nelly. William Bunton Sr. died in 1782, I have no other documented evidence for him. Some say he was born in 1709 or 1732 or 1755 in Augusta County, VA. which at the time was a hugh area. I do have evidence for Eleanor/Nelly/Nell Buntin , born before 1756, and having 3 boys born after 1774 and maybe 2 daughters. Since William, Jr. had a daughter named Eleanor/Nelly, it is reasonable to think she was named after his mother.)
2. Someone put up a tombstone stating that William (Jr.?) was born in 1757 of Scots-Irish desent, pioneer and Revolutionary soldier, but I have never been able to find documentation for this. I think this might be confusion between father and son since I did find a William Bunton in the Augusta militia.
3. He deserted from the British army and took the payroll with him. Supposely he buried it and it was found later by some descendants. No evidence for this that I can find.
4. He was transported to America when he was about 12. He was taken from the street and put on a ship to America, he never saw any of his family again and they never knew what happened to him. Since I don’t know his birth year or which state he was shipped to, I can’t find anything to support this. But this is a reasonable way for him or his father to arrive in America.
Anyone have information or suggestions?
Welcome to The Bunting Society
12:59PM UTC – Wednesday, 15 November 2017 Contact Administrator. Please include your username.
Looking for family11:35PM UTC – Wednesday, 15 January 2014
Contributed by: Anonymous
Views: 1,287
Hi, I am trying to find a Roger Bunting to get in contact with members of my father’s family. My father, Stanley WRAGG, was born near Loughton, Essex, he had two brothers, Edward and Dennis, and a sister Elsie.
Elsie married a Robert Bunting who, I believe, was in the merchant navy. They lived in Chatham, Kent. Both are now decesaed. They had two children, Roger and Linda. Linda may be married and I have no idea what her married name might be.
There is a chance that I can find some trace of Roger Bunting who would have been born a little before me, probably around 1950, in or near Chatham.
I would appreciate any information that your society and members could provide.
Thank you in anticipation
Gordon Wragg
An introduction
08:36AM UTC – Saturday, 18 January 2014
Contributed by: Administrator
Views: 1,189
Good morning, well it must be morning somewhere, and there may be buntings singing, probably in the shower, rather than our small feathered friends outside.
Well hopefully that woke you up!
I would like to introduce myself, the name, well Bunting of course. Oh you wanted to know the other name, ok, so we have John. So to you that’s John Bunting (sounds like as good an alias as John Smith).
To make it easier though, you can call me just John, that means “John” not “Just John”. Well, except you over there he says, whilst pointing finger, your my wife, you can call me for dinner too 🙂
Now once you lot stop rolling around the floor in laughter, we can get back to the matter in hand.
Following on from the recent request from Jerry for someone to take over as webmaster, I threw my hypothetical hat into the ring. and am currently in the process of learning the ropes. In time I hope to be able to fill Jerry’s shoes, I just hope he takes a size 10! Having only recently taking up membership, I am unsure of how many years Jerry has had the privelege to be webmaster, but I am sure you will agree with me that he has done a sterling job of not only maintaining the website, but fighting the spammers that tend to live in the cyber world.
As you may have noticed, I have already started a spring clean of the site, all the menu’s have now been dusted, so you will now be able to find them easier when you want to post, which I am sure you will want to do so, and often.
Posting Guidance
07:54PM UTC – Sunday, 26 January 2014
Contributed by: Administrator
Views: 1,334
Posting Articles Guide
If you think you may take some time in creating your article, it is recommended that you create your masterpiece in Notepad, or similar, but not Word. Once you have finished paste into the Body Text area and post.
To do this, position the cursor where you want to paste the text. Then use the Folder icon with T on yellow background which can be seen in the editor’s toolbar.
And don’t forget to select the correct the topic type, or your post may not appear where you thought.
The reason for this is that it has been found that for long articles, it is possible that the webpage may time out and the article be lost!
You may also need to set compatibility mode if you are running Internet Explorer 11, or your posts may not be saved.
George ‘Bunting’ Stanley
04:53PM UTC – Tuesday, 28 January 2014
Contributed by: Julian
Views: 1,567
I am trying to trace a George Stanley who married in 1924 in Nuneaton aged 24. He was known as George ‘Bunting’ Stanley. I wondered if anyone in the society could shed any light on him. It is believed that he had family connections in Towcester in Northants. An Eli Bunting lived in Towcester with his family I have discovered but can find no family links. To make matters more complicated George is believed to be of a Romany gypsy family background. Any assistance would be much appreciated. Julian
25th Annual Gathering and AGM
10:17AM UTC – Friday, 31 January 2014
Contributed by: Administrator
Views: 1,343
Advance information on this years Annual Gathering
The event will take place on the weekend of 11 October 2014
Ketts Park Community and Recreation Centre
Harts Farm Road
Wymondham
Norfolk
NR18 0URThe society can arrange for members travelling to Wymondham Railway Station to be collected and taken to the Hall.
If you need further information, please contact Lynn Whitman , see About Us at the top of the page.
Members accounts
07:06PM UTC – Friday, 31 January 2014
Contributed by: Administrator
Views: 1,126
Please check your account setting to ensure your email address is current
We have all done it, changed an emaiil address and fogotten where we used it, then wonder why things go quiet.
If you go to the User Fuctions – My Account on the right of the Home page (click the Bunting Society Logo). You will be presented with your current email address. If this needs ammending, please do so. This will ensure that if you forget your password, you will be able to retrieve a replacement, and we will be able to contact you if needed.
In addition, if you do change your email, please can you also contact the Administrator via the link above, and include the following:
Subject: “Your membership number”
Message: Email Address changeI will then forward this information to our treasuerer to ensure her details are also current.
Regards.
AdminMembership Subscriptions
12:57PM UTC – Saturday, 15 February 2014
Contributed by: Administrator
Views: 1,071
As you all know membership subscriptions are due at the beginning of the year. As of the 1st February, memberships not current have been deactivated from areas only available to members. Upon receipt of membership subscription for this year, full member access will normally be restored within 2 working days.
Regards
AdminMary Knowles
06:53PM UTC – Saturday, 26 April 2014
Contributed by: Derek Bunting
Views: 1,997
Does anyone have any further information regarding the two Mary Knowles’ in the Matlock 1 tree? In 1845, Mary Knowles from Staffordshire bacame the 2nd wife of Adam Bunting, but it seems that his Grandfather also married a lady of the same name. This is such a strange coincidence and I would like to find out more about the first Mary Knowles if anyone could help me please.
47 – Editorial
05:26PM UTC – Tuesday, 23 April 2013
Contributed by: Alan Bunting
Views: 2,467
Avid Gone A-Hunting readers — and hopefully all Bunting Society members come into that category – would have been mystified by the reference, on the EDITORIAL page of the last issue of the journal, to an article purporting to follow in subsequent pages about a William Bunting who, in the mid 19th Century, proved to be an embodiment of the label ‘jack of all trades’.
Those who turned eagerly to read the flagged article, written by the society’s webmaster Jerry Green, were beset with disappointment, because the piece was not to be found. The editor apologises to Jerry and to those expectant members left weeping and wailing and gnashing their teeth. There are no real excuses, but readers should know that the situation arose out of the biannual GA-H scenario, whereby the editor, having almost nothing to hand with which to fill the pages of the upcoming issue, makes a plea for Bunting-related articles, only to be hit by an avalanche of material.
The result is an embarrassment of riches which have to be sorted and fitted into the 20-odd pages available each time. This first issue of the journal for 2013 should hearten those readers overcome with distress last
autumn at missing the story of William the farmhand who went on to become a wool stapler before taking on an agency for an insurance company. They will find Jerry’s account of William’s surprising career moves, starting on page 5.
They will find lots more essential reading between the covers of this Spring/Summer issue of Gone A-Hunting, not least in a further instalment, starting on page 10, of Frank Bunting’s exceptionally detailed family history, emerging from his punctilious research work into the Bunting diaspora, especially those who found their way from Ireland to the antipodes.
We welcome a new member to the Bunting Society in the shape of Richard Burton, who has written a new biography of the renowned poet Basil Bunting, due to be published in a few months time. A briefer account of Basil’s life has been contributed by Richard for this issue of the journal, describing the poet’s humble beginnings.
Our sincere condolences go to the relatives and friends of two well-regarded members of the Bunting Society who have died in recent months. Tributes to both Tim and Daniel Bunting, from a daughter and brother respectively, begin on page 16.Stuart W Bunting publishes book!
10:40AM UTC – Friday, 24 May 2013
Contributed by: Laura Bunting
Views: 1,429
Stuart W Bunting of Debden (now living in Glensford) had just published his first book titled ‘principles of sustainable aquaculture ‘. He is a leading researcher In this field and his family are very proud of him.
A Bunting Thief
08:23PM UTC – Saturday, 08 June 2013
Contributed by: Chris and Gwen Bunting
Views: 1,111
Found in the Nottingham Magistrates Court Journel’s while looking for Women Convicts transported to Tasmania.
William Bunting of Mansfield Notts 4 January, 1841
William Bunting late of the parish of Mansfield in this county a labourer for feloniously stealing and taking to convey away 2 pieces of gold coins sovereigns and two pieces of silver called half crowns the mones of Joseph Girton. To which indictment the said William Bunting pleased not guility but upon his his trial was found guilty and was ordered by the court to be imprisoned in the House of Correction Southwell Notts and there be kept to hard labour for the term of 4 calendar months and during this one day per week in every month to be confined to solitary confinement.
Qrt sessions Shire Hall Nottingham 4th January, 1841
I am not sure which tree he belongs to there were no other details sadly, my husband is the Bonsall tree, this is how it was written in the most beautiful copper plate hand writing with no ink blobs!!
Gwen Bunting
24th Annual Gathering and AGM
04:59PM UTC – Saturday, 28 September 2013
Contributed by: Jerry Green
Views: 5,332
Join us this year in Derbyshire for the Bunting Society Annual Gathering. Everyone is most welcome. You do not need to be a member to attend. We look forward to seeing you!
Join us to explore the roots, lives and times of the BUNTINGS
Date and Time Saturday 12 October 2011 9.30am – 5.00pm
Venue Creswell Social Centre Elmton Road Creswell Near Worksop Nottinghamshire S80 4BH. Click on this link for map.
Never been to a Gathering before? Here’s what will be happening –
From 9.45am Arrival Coffee/tea/soft drinks and biscuits
10.30am Welcome and AGM of The Bunting Society
11.15am- 12.00 pm Speaker: Frank Bunting “ Shottle Bunting Goes to Ireland “
12.30pm- Lunch
2.00pm- Visit to Creswell Crags
2.00pm-Time for research with The Bunting Society records and archives.
4.00pm- Coffee/tea /soft drinks4.45pm- Departure
Bunting Records The Society’s increasing collection of records will be available – Bunting Family Trees, Birth, Marriage, Death certificates, Wills, Census returns, Newspaper and Photo Archives. We hope to provide copying facilities and internet access. There will be opportunities for research during the day.
Displays We welcome Bunting photos and memorabilia that members would like to bring for the day. The Society cannot be responsible for exhibits so please bring copies, not originals, of photos, letters etc.
Food Coffee/tea/soft drinks and biscuits on arrival and before departure. 2-course buffet lunch followed by coffee/tea. Please inform Lynn Whitman when booking if you have any special dietary requirements.
Car Parking There is plenty of parking adjacent to the centre in which we shall meet.
Disabled Access The Hall is equipped with access and facilities for the disabled.
Saturday Afternoon Visit We hope to arrange a to Creswell crags where Britain’s only known Ice Age rock art was discovered in 2003 at the Robin Hood Cave
Transport For Public Transport Details to this Venue follow this link.
Accommodation For Bed and Breakfast in ther Local Area follow this link.
Advance Booking is essential. Please book your place as soon as possible
Book your place now by mail or Book your place now online with payment via PayPal
Everyone is most welcome. You do not need to be a member, so please bring your family and friends. We look forward to seeing you on 12th October!
48 – Editorial
02:28PM UTC – Monday, 21 October 2013
Contributed by: Alan Bunting
Views: 714
Thanks to television programmes such as ‘Who do you think you are?’, family history research has become an ever more popular activity for those interested in their ancestry, especially the geographical origins, trades or professions and lifestyles of their antecedents.
In the age of the internet, that research has been made much easier and less time-consuming and costly than in decades past, when the price and unpredictability of the postal services, to and from to distant parts of the world was a deterrent for many. Index-based websites, with titles like ‘Family search’, ‘Find my past’ and ‘Ancestry’, enable those with even the most cursory interest in their forebears to discover a great deal about those – typically with the same surname, such as Bunting – who preceded them in a family line. They have spawned what one might call a new breed of family historians with ‘megalomaniac’ tendencies, whose prime aim appears to be to construct a bigger family tree than anyone has managed previously -but alas all too often with doubtful accuracy and veracity.
But as Bunting Society chairman and record keeper Mary Rix points out, those electronic website records need to be approached with caution. It is all too easy for the unwary to be ‘led astray’. There can be errors, unwittingly introduced by earlier compilers, which are hard to identify. Other ‘self imposed’ errors can creep in, through insufficient cross-checking, especially where, in times past, a family had a particular favourite forename, such as William or Anthony, bestowed on successive generations, or even on the children of same-generation siblings or cousins. Variations in spelling, of both surnames and forenames, were commonplace in past centuries, when only the select few were proficient in reading and writing. Such capricious spellings add to the challenges of genealogical research. Where exact name spellings are uncertain, online investigation can sometimes be helped through so-called ‘fuzzy’ searches, where a suspected one-letter name spelling discrepancy can be clarified by substituting a question mark for the uncertain letter. If the first and last letters of a name are known, but those in between and the length of the word are not known, an asterisk can be inserted to obtain the name in the electronic records which ‘fits’.
More foolproof family tree research comes from the old-fashioned and painstaking method of leaving the computer behind for a while and getting out to physically trawl through parish registers, albeit with additional reference to census returns – most of which in the UK are now available online. Some enthusiastic family researchers are so proud of their efforts that they have set up their own ‘private’ family tree websites, which they are then prepared to share with others, though sometimes with access restricted to nominated individuals, that is through entering a password. Those ‘lovingly tended’ websites are often illustrated with photographs of family members going back several generations -something which provides to some degree a confirmation of accuracy.Robert Bunten c1771
04:44PM UTC – Monday, 26 March 2012
Contributed by: Anonymous
Views: 2,614
Hello,
My name is Jim Ward and I am trying to find info on the family of a Robert Bunten who married Ann Ward Humphrey in Saffron Walden, Essex and had two children I think, prior to Ann’s death about 1799. I would like to add this line to my tree if possible.
Thanks in advance,
Jim Ward
Cobble Hill, BC
Canada
family link
11:20PM UTC – Wednesday, 04 April 2012
Contributed by: Elizabeth Card
Views: 3,364
Hello I have just started looking for my mothers family born Bunting 96yrs ago 1916. Her father died in 1917 at sea during the war, and knows nothing of him or his family.
She had a sister and they lived at Customhouse which she spoke of often. Visiting Matlock was a happy memory too, but people were never mentioned by name. Only an Aunt Alice.Her fathers father Aaron [by John and Mauds marriage certificate] had already died.
I am living in hope that I can find out more about my grandfather and finally start a tree for my children in New Zealand.
I do hope that this vague information may link with some other Bunting tree somewhere.
Regards Liz23rd Annual Gathering and AGM
07:10PM UTC – Friday, 13 April 2012
Contributed by: Jerry Green
Views: 3,293
Join us this year in Cambridgeshire for the Bunting Society Annual Gathering. Everyone is most welcome. You do not need to be a member to attend. We look forward to seeing you!
Join us to explore the roots, lives and times of the BUNTINGS
Date and Time Saturday 6 October 2011 9.30am – 5.00pm
Venue Colonel Dane Memorial Hall, Church Street, Alwalton, Cambs PE7 3UU
Never been to a Gathering before? Here’s what will be happening –
Bunting Records The Society’s increasing collection of records will be available – Bunting Family Trees, Birth, Marriage, Death certificates, Wills, Census returns, Newspaper and Photo Archives. We hope to provide copying facilities and internet access. There will be opportunities for research during the day.
Displays We welcome Bunting photos and memorabilia that members would like to bring for the day. The Society cannot be responsible for exhibits so please bring copies, not originals, of photos, letters etc.
Talk We are planning to have a speaker during the day; who will focus on an aspect of Bunting or local history.
AGM Usually lasts only 30-40 minutes. It’s your opportunity to say what you want from the Society.
Food Coffee/tea/soft drinks and biscuits on arrival and before departure. 2-course buffet lunch followed by coffee/tea. Please inform Lynn Whitman when booking if you have any special dietary requirements.
Car Parking There is plenty of parking adjacent to the centre in which we shall meet.
Disabled Access The Hall is equipped with access and facilities for the disabled.
Saturday Afternoon Visit We hope to arrange a Steam Train trip on the Nene Valley Railway from Wansford Station to Peterborough and join the celebrations of a 1940’s weekend. Please reply ASAP if you are interested as it may be possible to book seats. Further details can be seen on the web site http://www.nvr.org.uk
Transport For Public Transport Details to this Venue follow this link.
Accommodation For Bed and Breakfast in ther Local Area follow this link.
Advance Booking is essential. Please book your place as soon as possible
Book your place now by mail or Book your place now online with payment via PayPal
We look forward to seeing you on 6th October
45 – Editorial
02:14PM UTC – Thursday, 19 April 2012
Contributed by: Alan Bunting
Views: 2,332
This edition of Gone A-Hunting marks more than one milestone in the history of the Bunting Society, some 23 years after its founding.
We sadly mourn the loss, at the age of 86, of one of the society’s founder members who became its chairman and subsequently its president. George H Bunting (and we have to include his middle initial to distinguish him from other notable George Buntings who have played key roles in the society’s growth and success) was greatly liked by everyone who came into contact with him, especially at Bunting Society annual gatherings. Fuller tributes to George, contributed by his daughter Pam Mitchell and by fellow founder member Christine Paine, can be found on pages 2 and 3.
A further event of note in this issue is to be found in our main feature article, written by Dr Thorn Bunting (see pages 4 to 9). Thorn is one of a number of Buntings from the USA who have joined the society over the years and who can trace their antecedents back to the UK. But Thorn has had more reason – and opportunity – than most to research his family origins on this side of the Atlantic, by virtue of his work; he is based in England, holding a senior position at the University of Bath.
Thorn knew his ancestors hailed from Old Warden, near Biggleswade in Bedfordshire and it can be seen from his article that his
researches have discovered a huge amount of detail. Unusually, however, our chairman and chief family tree ‘constructor’ Mary Rix has been unable to link Thorn Bunting’s Old Warden tree (see pages 10 and 11) with any of the numerous existing trees now held on computer — and accessible via the Bunting Society website. In other words the Old Warden Buntings were, until Thorn came along to the 2010 gathering in Chester, unknown to the society’s genealogical ‘sleuths’.
Much has been written about the catastrophic flood which enveloped the City of Sheffield in 1864, following the collapse of a newly-constructed dam on the River Loxley to the north-west of the city. It was known that Sheffield’s population, then as now, included a considerable number of Buntings. Precisely how many of them became victims of the flood cannot be determined. But a glimpse of the material damage they suffered can be gained from records of the hundreds, if not thousands, of insurance claims lodged by named tradespeople and their employees in and around the city which are now recorded in a city archive. A fascinating summary of the Bunting-associated claims can be found on page 14 of this issue.Arthur Bunting of Belper
03:21PM UTC – Tuesday, 08 May 2012
Contributed by: Anonymous
Views: 3,020
Hi, I’ve just found this site and hope that someone out there can help me. My bunting ancestors are a bit of an enigma. My great grandfather was Arthur Bunting,
I know that he was born at The Ruff? in Belper and that he married twice (his second marriage was to my great grandmother (maiden name Cuer). They had 5 daughters and had moved from the Mansfield area over to North West Leicestershire. I also think they had a son (who family think may have been killed in a mining accident while very young). I know that my great grandfather had children from his first marriage – one of his daughters was called Lizzie. This is all I have been able to piece together with – there seem to be so many branches of the family and I have been unable to identify the name of his first wife, nor what happened to her.
Any help much appreciated
Bunting Footballer
03:36PM UTC – Thursday, 07 June 2012
Contributed by: Mr David Bunting
Views: 2,279
Is Richard Bunting ex Captain of Long Buckby Football Club who has joined Kings Lynn Town for next season a member of the Long Buckby Buntings?
Trimdon Buntings
03:43PM UTC – Thursday, 07 June 2012
Contributed by: Mr David Bunting
Views: 2,286
Are there any descendants of Samuel,Anthony and George Bunting coal miner at Trimdon,Durham in 1901? There were also three daughters of Samuel, Frances 18 in 1901,Martha 17 in 1901 and Clara 5 in 1901.
Improved Genealogy Tool on this Web Site
08:21PM UTC – Sunday, 05 August 2012
Contributed by: Jerry Green
Views: 2,247
The research tool, in Family Trees, is now very easy to use and even links to the new FamilySearch.org web site. On some of the sites you need to pay to access the search results.
In Family Trees the links to other web sites has been improved and updated. From an Individuals page click on Research Assistant tab and you will be able to link to any of these web sites to do a search. If nothing else it saves you typing in the search details.
Ancestry.com
Ancestry.co.uk
Ellisisland.org
Familysearch.org
Findmypast.co.uk
Genealogy.com
Geneanet.org
Werelate.org
Irishgenealogy.ie
Genealogy-Search-Help.com
Try it out and add information to your family tree. If you have any problems with using these links or want more parameters adding to the search please let me know.Bunting Family Tree
03:25AM UTC – Friday, 28 September 2012
Contributed by: Anonymous
Views: 4,665
How would I go about discovering the history of the Bunting Family Tree from the UK ?
I am 46 years old ,was born and raised in Ontario ,Canada ,my Father ,Grandfather and Great Grandfather were all Canadian .
My Great Grandfather came here pre WW1
I would be interested in backtracking my Great Grandfathers roots back in England and all of the Family Tree from there ?
I am a 4th generation “Canadian” Bunting and have 3 children and would be glad to share what I know about our 5 generations which is all I know about our Family Tree .
I came across this website and find it very interesting .
Doug Bunting Jr.
46 – Editorial
10:49AM UTC – Thursday, 11 October 2012
Contributed by: Alan Bunting
Views: 2,204
Many surnames derive from occupations of yesteryear — miller, cooper, saddler and so on. Bunting cannot be readily categorised in that way. Apart from its well-known meanings of a bird or type of flag (or flag material), it can be the participle of the verb ‘to bunt’, a baseball stroke which has connections with the more common word ‘butt’.
It is perhaps not surprising then that researchers into the history of different Bunting families find their ancestors engaged in a very wide variety of occupations. That variety is often to be found in the life story of a single individual. In the 19th Century especially, work was even harder to come by than it is today, and Buntings took up whatever trades offered them an opportunity to earn a crust. Planning a lifetime career was frequently not an option.
In this issue of Gone A-Hunting you can read about a William Bunting who, 150 or so years ago, growing up in an agricultural community, turned his hand to general farming work, but then became a more specialised ‘wool stapler’. But then along came an opportunity for William to take on an agency for an insurance company.
Another William, featured in Frank Bunting’s article in this issue, who also came from farming stock, this time in Northern Ireland, emigrated to Australia where his initial occupation was described as a lowly ‘farm servant’. But the family line took a distinctly upward turn with one of his descendents earning a knighthood and becoming Australian High Commissioner to the UK.
Frank discovered yet another William in his home state of Victoria who had been born in England in 1821, but through his misdemeanours, was transported to Australia in a convict ship. He nevertheless seemingly failed to mend his ways and was accused of various thieving offences down under.
In the East End of London, in the early years of the 20th Century, life was hard for the majority of the population, one of whom was Jack Bunting, whose tragically short life is recounted by his granddaughter Liz Card. When worthwhile jobs in civvy street were scarce and poorly paid, military service was an understandably tempting option for a young man. Jack enlisted in the Mercantile Marine at the outbreak of war in 1914 and died in action when his boat was sunk by the Germans.
No greater contrast could be found than Keith Fowler’s grandfather Henry Bunting, whose whole working life was devoted to the foundry business, where he became a pillar of society in the Derby area. A few centuries earlier and he might have acquired the surname ‘Founder’ or ‘Foundryman’, .although the technique of casting of iron would not have been developed back then. Instead, his membership of the Bunting ‘clan’ enables us to read of his worthy role in his local community.Further Details
01:58PM UTC – Friday, 19 October 2012
Contributed by: Laura Bunting
Views: 2,297
Hi,
Thanks to the Bunting Society & it’s family tree’s I was able to locate myself and my family on the STS Tatenhill Tree. So now I have all the names and dates I wondered if anybody knew of any further details, such as stories and possiblily photos to go with this family or point me in the direction of where I could search myself?
Any help much appreciated.
Thanks
Laura Bunting
Martha Kennell nee Bunting, c1803-1853
10:36PM UTC – Wednesday, 24 October 2012
Contributed by: Richard C Kennell
Views: 2,487
Can anyone help me trace Martha’s ancestry, please? She was born at Watford NTH (adjacent to Long Buckby, a known Bunting “hub”) about 1803 according to the 1851 census, and marrried my great-great-grandfather James Kennell (aka Kinning, Kenning) at Piddington NTH on 24.10.1825. She had been baptised as an adult at Piddington on 22.2.1825, parents Joseph (labourer) and Mary Bunting of Hackleton (then part of Piddington parish). Although James’ abode was given as Daventry NTH, he was a native of Long Buckby and the couple were back there by 1828, some of their children being baptised at the parish church and others at the Independent church. James died of consumption in 1845, and the 1851 Long Buckby census states Martha to be a pauper working as a shoe-binder. After James’ death, she appears to have joined the Baptist church in Long Buckby. She died of enteritis aged 50 on 15.12.1853.
I cannot find any matches on the trees, particularly KEN New Romney which I believe encompasses most of the Long Buckby Buntings. She is clearly not the Martha (1379) born 1797 at East Haddon NTH. Neither Joseph (1260) m Mary Kintch 1784 at Long Buckby nor Joseph (1388) m Martha Smith 1808 at Watford appear to be her father. Nor is it clear why Martha and her parents were living at Piddington / Hackleton; there do not seem to be any previous Buntings resident there and the villages aren’t particularly close to Long Buckby and Watford. They are however not far from Newport Pagnell BKM, where Joseph (1388) and Martha appear to have moved, their children being baptised there in one of the Independent churches between 1808 and 1825. Could there be a connection here?
Any information about this most elusive ancestor would be welcome
Private information
02:50PM UTC – Wednesday, 12 December 2012
Contributed by: victor bunting
Views: 2,256
Would someone kindly explain to me the privacy rules operating on the Bunting family tree charts on the web site? I have just looked at my family tree (Matlock 3) and in particular the details of my parents. I find my brother’s details on the chart but mine are not shown and are marked as private. I do not recall being asked whether I wanted it this way and I cannot understand the Society’s reluctance to show this information. Can it really be that it is because I am still alive? And if that is the case what is the point as this information is available from many other sources. And please don’t come back with the old chestnut of data protection. Surely in a society which is all about family history there must be a way of showing fully all available information even it means asking the members to opt in or out.
Secondly, am I alone in finding these charts almost impossible to navigate easily?
Vic Bunting(425)
Adam Bunting born 1811
07:42PM UTC – Thursday, 20 December 2012
Contributed by: Derek Bunting
Views: 2,279
is there any reason why Adam’s 2nd wife and family are not included in the family tree on Matlock 1? i have been trying to check this out but cannot find any trace of them on your site. you have quoted his details as found on the 1851/61/71 census and his other children and wife (Mary Knowles b1823, m1845) are clearly there. There are 10 further children and a stepchild.
Buntings of Worthen
06:49PM UTC – Sunday, 09 January 2011
Contributed by: Peter Doughty
Views: 2,003
Trying to get more information of Buntings living in and around Worthen in Shropshire,particularly Thomas b c1806 in Worthen area ,he married Hannah Habberley of same area. I would like to know who were the parents of Thomas. thank you Peter Doughty
Alfred James
02:17PM UTC – Thursday, 13 January 2011
Contributed by: Andrew Bunton
Views: 1,612
Hello All
Does anyone have any information on a Mr Alfred James within the Stratford le Bow Buntons approx 1900 dosnt appear on Cencus but shows on tree and im lead to believe there are James,s conected to the Tree
any help appreciated
Andy Bunton 361
OXF-Langley
08:08PM UTC – Tuesday, 18 January 2011
Contributed by: Beverly Bunting Keller
Views: 1,869
Hi, I’m still working on documenting my connection to Thomas Bunting of Leafield, son of George Bunting & Lucy Hannah Upstone and grandson of Thomas Bunting & Eleanor Tymms. If there are any members who may be part of this branch, I would appreciate any contact. My GG Grandparents, Thomas Bunting and Ann Eden married in Little Barrington and migrated to the USA around 1873. Would love to hear from you!
Beverly
Benjamin Bunting South Carolina
02:46AM UTC – Thursday, 27 January 2011
Contributed by: Anonymous
Views: 1,486
I am a descendent of the Benjamin Bunting whose South Carolina will is posted on the Bunting Society page. I need information and help in finding the parents fo this Benjamin Bunting.
Family Tree DNA 40% Discount
11:54AM UTC – Thursday, 17 February 2011
Contributed by: Anonymous
Views: 2,046
Family Tree DNA 40% Discount
This offer is only available until about 5pm GMT today Thursday 17th February 2011. The 40% discount is activated by using the code 5000FACES when placing your order, and is only available for NEW orders for any of the following tests.
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Warrior GenesThe procedure is to visit the Bunting-Bunton project order page http://www.familytreedna.com/group-join.aspx?Group=Bunting , and choose the type of order that you wish to place from the list above. A good choice for new male testees would be the Y-DNA37 test which tests your male line father’s father’s father’s etc. line. Enter and Apply the code 5000FACES which will reduce the cost of the test by 40%.
Feel free to contact me on 01284 828115 if you would like assistance.
Mary Rix
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Joseph Bunting – Ann Goodman
09:35PM UTC – Sunday, 06 March 2011
Contributed by: Anonymous
Views: 2,625
Hello all you Buntings out there.
Phillip Bunting here looking for any information on Joseph Bunting, his wife Ann Goodman and their children, especially William Goodman Bunting, born 1829, and William’s son William Henry Bunting. Have just sent off my membership to join all the other Buntings, so looking forwards to hearing from you all.
DBY, BRADLEY BURIALS 1846
11:14PM UTC – Friday, 18 March 2011
Contributed by: Michael Bunting FSG
Views: 1,330
Death reported 2/11/2010 by non-member Ken Mycock.
11 Feb 1846 Sarah BUNTING Bradley 5
New Subscription Rates
06:37PM UTC – Wednesday, 13 April 2011
Contributed by: Tony Bunting
Views: 1,370
New Subscription Rates from October 2011
At the February meeting of the Committee of the Bunting Society it was unanimously agreed that due to life members living longer, the current economic climate, and the resultant low returns on our invested monies that the following changes to subscription rates be proposed at the AGM on 8 October 2011 and if passed take immediate effect.
1. All annual subscriptions rise by £1;
1.1 New annual subscription rates will be £6 Individual and £7 Family (Overseas – £8 Individual, £9 Family);
2. Life memberships will be 15 times annual membership;
2.1 New life membership rates will be £90 individual and £105 Family (Overseas – £120 Individual, £135 Family);
2.2 A discount of up to a maximum of 3 years previously paid annual subscriptions will be given to current annual members of the Society transferring to life membership. Such discount will only be given for complete and contiguous years of annual membership immediately prior to life membership being taken out.
family genealogy-Bunting
11:35PM UTC – Monday, 18 April 2011
Contributed by: Geoffrey E Dixon-Hamilton
Views: 4,353
“Yorksville” 19. iv. 2011 00.29 am
Morning,
I am researching my family genealogy and record that one of my relations was Mary Bunting who married one of my relationsJohn Temple, b. 1827. killed in an accident from a falling barrel.Wells-next-the-sea.
I am also aware of a Bunting k. i. a. WW IWells war memorial but not sure if related. Mary and JOHN had two siblings, Mary Ann 1853, Martha 1855.
My other relations in the Wells area were the siblings of Robert and William Temple. William was Wells harbour master 1878. See 2011harbour brochure, p.53.
Would appreciate any further info on Mary Bunting. Mary remarriedafter John’s untimely death, Jonas Sanford, in 1877. Wells parish.
Current relations James & Jane Temple of Morston – The Anchor inn.
I am based in Northampton.
01604 713777
Yours respectfully
Geoffrey E. Dixon-Hamilton
( orig. p-gggg-gf Robert Temple of Barton, 1752-1839.
sloop owner. master mariner, waterman.
as were his sons and their sons.
Moved to Wells summer 1841. see 1851 census etc.
43 – Editorial
04:49PM UTC – Saturday, 14 May 2011
Contributed by: Alan Bunting
Views: 1,130
Genealogical research can never be an exact science. One invariably encounters conflicting evidence which is difficult to resolve, and such inconsistencies are more likely to occur in any efforts to delve back more than two or three centuries. As Judith Ray, author of the article on page 2 of this issue of Gone A-Hunting found when she began her investigations into her distant 17th Century Bunting ancestors in Derbyshire, it is all too easy to be led astray by translations from Latin which introduce ‘lineage ambiguities’.
Other pitfalls await the researcher, for instance the habit, in those days of high infant mortality, of naming a child after a sibling that had died in infancy only a year or two before. The other tradition of naming a boy after his father – with William standing out as a favourite right through the 18th and 19th Centuries —causes a further potential diversion for the unwary
The best advice to anyone seeking after ancestral verities is to endeavour to consult original records wherever possible, rather than later works of reference, typically compiled by possibly well-intentioned individuals who inevitably are less focussed on one-name eg Bunting investigations.
43- Baby Bunting
02:21PM UTC – Monday, 16 May 2011
Contributed by: Clive Billson
Views: 1,529
The first time we attended a Bunting Society gathering with our daughter Hannah-marie she was only one year old (I maintain she was a baby Bunting…. although her surname is Billson). She was well behaved and we all had an enjoyable time.
Nearly six years later, we attended the 2010 gathering at Chester. We brought plenty of colouring books, reading books and a DS Nintendo to keep her occupied. In the event it was Clive her father who caused, quite unwittingly, more noise interference with his mobile phone.
Somewhat surprisingly Prue James’ talk, entided ‘Life of an Enterprising Nurseryman’ (see her article – Ed.), an enthralling tale about her great uncle’s 19th Century involvement in exporting lily bulbs from a small Japanese island where he was washed up after being shipwrecked, kept Hannah-marie spellbound.
During the next day’s tour of Chester, our guide enlisted Hannah-marie as her assistant, getting her to pose on the statue of an elephant, something she had been eager to do, and to help date the buildings. She was also engaged to demonstrate how people would use the boot scrapers, outside the front door of a Georgian house in Abbey Square. All three of us had a thoroughly enjoyable day and a memorable weekend.22nd Annual Gathering and AGM
09:37AM UTC – Tuesday, 07 June 2011
Contributed by: Jerry Green
Views: 1,609
Join us this year in Cambridgeshire for the Bunting Society Annual Gathering. Everyone is most welcome. You do not need to be a member to attend. We look forward to seeing you!
Join us to explore the roots, lives and times of the BUNTINGS
Date and Time Saturday 8 October 2011 9.30am – 5.00pm
Venue Buckden Millenium Community Centre Burberry Road Buckden Cambs PE19 5UY. Click on this link for map. In Buckden follow signs to “Village Hall”.
Never been to a Gathering before? Here’s what will be happening –
Bunting Records The Society’s increasing collection of records will be available – Bunting Family Trees, Birth, Marriage, Death certificates, Wills, Census returns, Newspaper and Photo Archives. We hope to provide copying facilities and internet access. There will be opportunities for research during the day.
Displays We welcome Bunting photos and memorabilia that members would like to bring for the day. The Society cannot be responsible for exhibits so please bring copies, not originals, of photos, letters etc.
Talk We are planning to have a speaker during the day; who will focus on an aspect of Bunting or local history.
AGM Usually lasts only 30-40 minutes. It’s your opportunity to say what you want from the Society.
Food Coffee/tea/soft drinks and biscuits on arrival and before departure. 2-course buffet lunch followed by coffee/tea. Please inform Lynn Whitman when booking if you have any special dietary requirements.
Car Parking There is plenty of parking adjacent to the centre in which we shall meet.
Disabled Access The Hall is equipped with access and facilities for the disabled.
Saturday Afternoon Walk We hope to arrange a tour of Buckden Towers which will last about an hour and will include a walk around the buildings and grounds.. A small charge will be payable by each member/non-member who joins the walk.
Transport For Public Transport Details to this Venue follow this link.
Accommodation For Bed and Breakfast in ther Local Area follow this link.
Advance Booking is essential. Please book your place as soon as possible
Book your place now by mail or Book your place now online with payment via PayPal
We look forward to seeing you on 8th October
Buntings of Terrington St John
05:32PM UTC – Wednesday, 10 August 2011
Contributed by: Warwick Bunting
Views: 1,786
Hello
I am trying to locate a family tree for my father’s branch of the Bunting family who are from Terrington St. John in Norfolk.
My great-great grandfather was Thomas Bunting, born in 1805. My great grandfather was also Thomas, born in 1837. My grandfather was John, born in 1885. At some point John moved from Norfolk to Yorkshire where my father Frederick Bunting – one of seven children – was born in 1923. I have come across information about William Bunting, who died in action in 1917, and his family who were also from Terrington St John. William’s father was one John Bunting – born 1835 – and I am wondering if he (John) was a sibling perhaps of Thomas (born 1837). I am new to this and just putting out feelers. I am wondering if my branch of the family has already been researched and that a tree exists in the Society. Any help or guidance would be much appreciated. Many thanks, Warwick Bunting
