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    1. Devon to Durham
    2. Brian Bunker
    3. The trouble with tieing up loose ends is that often they tie you up. In the index to the 1881 British census, we appear to have a Devon family moving to Durham ( county not necessarily the town) Details " Head " Robert b Devon 1845; Children Robert John b 1865,Albert Thomas b 1867 Emily Thirza b 1870, Mary Ellen b 1873, Fredrick Charles b 1875 , all b Devon. Then Samuel b 1878 and Henry b 1880 , both in Durham. There doesn't seem to be a wife "available except ,possibly , Carline b 1846, Durham in 1881. Unfortunately Carline's birth county is not given ; was it Devon? She is entitled ,"wife". Does anybody know this family ? Reason for move ? Well, by the 1880's agriculture was collapsing and quite a few Bunkers went north to coalmine ; they must have been desperate. Best Wishes to all, Brian Bunker.

    01/15/2003 10:48:58