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    1. RE: Chang & Eng Bunker
    2. Bette Richards
    3. I have looked through THE CONNECTED BUNKERS by Jessie Bunker Bryant which is about Chang & Eng and their descendants. I find no reference to any descendant that may have lived in either England or Australia. Many served in WWI and WWII and may have passed through but they all seem to be accounted for pretty well. There is a possibility that one of the sons of James Henry, son of Patrick, gson of Eng may have gone to England. Their names were Robert Henry and John Henry Bunker. They were born sometime after 1912. Jessie did not have any information about them as Patrick had lost track of his children. Chang and Eng had all together 21 children of which 8 were boys. Most of the family still seems to live in or near North Carolina. There are some descendants living in other states but I can not find any in any other country or any others that are unaccounted for. Thanks you for giving me this opportunity to look more closely at Jessie's book. Some day I will manage to get them entered into the BFA database. Bette Subject: Chang & Eng Bunker I live in Bexhill in the U.K. and recently I was asked by a neighbour if I was related to Chang & Eng Bunker of Siamese twins fame. It seemed her grandfather had run a Grocer's Shop in Palmers Green in London and the Sweet Shop opposite was occupied by a son of either Chang or Eng. I asked her to write down what information she had and the following is what she could remember: 'Chang & Eng Bunker 1814-71. The son of one of them ran a sweet shop. He was married and had a 'fairly large' family. The sweet shop was in Green Lanes, Palmers Green, North London. My Grandfather's greengrocery shop was at 157 Green Lanes. Both shops were destroyed in the bombing of World War 2. One of the sweet-shop Bunker's sons went out to Australia. In 1920 approx. In 1920 my Uncle Jim & Uncle Fred went out to Australia and met the Bunker grandson. He was unmarried at the time and said he had no intention of getting married because he was afraid of having Siamese twins.' I would be interested to know which son of Chang & Eng came to settle in London and were there any others? It would seem that some Bunkers in the U.K. are descended through this line and are probably unaware of it. David BUNKER (descendent of Roger of Rattery!) ==== BUNKER Mailing List ==== Want more information on the Bunker Family Association? Send an e-mail message to gilbunker@snip.net and receive our current newsletter, and a pedigree chart of your Bunker ancestors (if they can be located in our files).

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