Happy NEW Year to All, Help I've got a problem with a family of BUNDHOLE who appeared to disappear from Dorset around 1800. They were in Shipto Gorge area until about this time. Does anyone know if they could be the BUNDY family, passengers on SPEEDY as mentioned by Paul. On the other hand, is there any knowldge of BUNDHOLEs, anywhere? Brainteasers come at all times of the year for me, not only at Christmas! Bernard OPC Shipton Gorge > 22 Mar 1854: Speedy, ship, 1031, Captain Nightingale, from London, [Dep. > 22 Dec 1853] ; Passengers: Mr & Mr Bundy & 3 children ; ..........

At 02:29 04/01/2004 +0000, you wrote: HI Bernard Bundy is a name in its own right - I have come across it occasionally whilst looking for Bungys (mainly in Hampshire and Wiltshire), but I have to admit that I have never, ever, come across the name Bundhole anywhere. As you are probaly aware, entering the name into the 1851/891 Dorset census CD rom and also into the 1881 National Census CD rom brings up a nil result. Bundy is not terribly common either - four single examples in Dorset in 1851. They were in the general Cranbourne area (where I have also found BUngys). Reaney and Wilson in "A Dictionary of English Surnames' gives Bundy as a variant of Bond but has nothing remotely resembling Bundhole. Did you have just the one family - could the name have arising from a spelling error in a register? Just wondered how many examples of the name you had and where you found these examples. If there is just one single family bearing a name then there is a good chance that it was a originally something else and the name got changed somehow, either through error (phonetic, transcription) or by design. I assume you are wondering whether the family emmigrated hence the sudden absence of the name from both Shipton Gorge, and, it seems, the country as a whole. Certainly worth pursuing as the Speedy Clipper left from the right place at the right time. This goes to show the value of the general interest 'articles' people like Paul place on the list from time to time. Interesting, albeit very frustrating for you! Keep us posted on your progress. Are there any Australian sources you could look at ? Best of luck Helen Helen Jones, Weymouth, Dorset helen@melcombe.freeserve.co.uk http://www.melcombe.freeserve.co.uk