Newfoundland Surnames: ARUNDEL or RUNDELL or RANDELL http://www.wellswooster.com/tommies/arundel_letter.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arundel_Castle BRADSTOCK BURTON BUTLER JOHNSTONE LAKE MULLEN NEAL SPRACKLIN Coastguard" by William Webb, ".. Charles SPRANKLIN of Burton Bradstock, Dorset received his medal for swimming out in a heavy sea to save the crew of a fishing boat." Charles was the son of Robert SPRANKLIN [bap. SPRAKLAND and bur. SPRACKLAND] & Elizabeth LAKE, m. 9 May 1814 Holy Trinity, Dorchester. He m. Margaret McMULLEN, an Irish Roman Catholic, 6 Jan 1852 Burton Bradstock and after his retirement from the Coastguard Service he was given the sinecure of Lodge Keeper at Arundel Castle, Sussex by the Duke of Norfolk where his son James Hugh had been working as Under Butler. James subsequently became a Canon in the RC Church, was Vicar Forane of the Surrey Diocese and was awarded the CBE. Two daughters, Mary and Margaret, also worked for the Duke of Norfolk. The eldest son Neal Charles went into the Royal Navy and ended up in Australia. His son James Thomas SPRANKLIN (1895-1931) was awarded the Military Medal in WW1. On his death bed, James apparently told family members that he had killed his wife Amelia because she had nagged him to death, and that he had buried her under the South Johnstone Road which was being constructed at the! time in the far north of Queensland near Innisfail where they lived. In turn his son Vincent Charles James was court-martialled in WW2 [currently awaiting further details]. So quite a colourful family it seems! ____________________________________________________________________________________ Sponsored Link Mortgage rates near 39yr lows. $310k for $999/mo. Calculate new payment! www.LowerMyBills.com/lre