Hi Notts list, My thanks to those who responded to my query on the above topic -Dai, Peter R Booth, Nivard, Cliff who provided very useful information and suggestions. Apologies if I have missed anyone. I've confirmed that [William Charles] Joseph, aged 12 years, was an inmate in the Abbeyhurst Workhouse Children's Home (Boys) and his younger brother, Victor, ditto (Mixed) aged 8 years in the 1911 census. I have details already of Joseph's whereabouts in the 1901 census. Their mother, Jane Ellen, died in London, in 1905, leaving a newborn, and two sons aged 2 and 5. The newborn died not long after in Worksop, so it's POSSIBLE that their father, Charles Joseph Bunyan took the children from London to their mother's family in Worksop. POSSIBLY, in the 1911 census at 8 Pelham Street, Worksop, the grandparents of Joseph and Victor are Samson Heath, wife Sarah Elizabeth, together with their children Frederick Charles, Albert William, Henry Victor, George Thomas, May Edith and a grandson Herbert William. I am awaiting some ordered certificates to confirm the Heath connection. If there are any Bunyans or Heaths connected to this family out there, I would love to hear from them. Thanks again, Julia in Adelaide, South Australia "Private Joseph Bunyan (Canadians) enlisted in the Canadian Over-Seas Expeditionary Force in 1915. He states that he was born in Portsmouth [Hampshire] ca 1898 and gives his next of kin as his Grandfather, Mr J? Heath, who lives at 8 Vernon Street, Worksop, Nottinghamshire. I have a date of birth index for him in 1900, Alverstoke, Hampshire. It would not be unusual for young men enlisting in WW1 to put up their age. He may also have arrived in Canada in 1913 as a 'farm boy'. Does Nottinghamshire have any directories on line which I could search, please? Also, I would be interested to hear from anyone with a connection to Bunyan and Heath families."

I am also interested in the Heath family as I have an indirect link - an Alfred Cutts married a Maria Heath 21 April 1851 at Nottingham St. Marys. Maria Heath in 1841 was at Cross Court, Radford, with her mother, also Maria. By chance today while clearing some old paperwork I came across a document dated 7 April 1846 giving names of the elected Guardians of the Mansfield Poor Law Union showing that a John Heath, Farmer, Blidworth was one. I had downloaded this document from the internet as it also included Richard Cutts, Malster, Mansfield.. Reference: Paper Number 4031/8/1846 Poor Law Union Number 337 . Counties: Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire. I hope this helps. Mavis ----- Original Message ----- From: "Julia Pannell" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, February 10, 2012 5:53 AM Subject: [NTT] WW1 1915, 8 Vernon Street, Worksop, Notts > Hi Notts list, > > My thanks to those who responded to my query on the above topic -Dai, > Peter R Booth, Nivard, Cliff who provided very useful information and > suggestions. Apologies if I have missed anyone. > > I've confirmed that [William Charles] Joseph, aged 12 years, was an inmate > in the Abbeyhurst Workhouse Children's Home (Boys) and his younger > brother, Victor, ditto (Mixed) aged 8 years in the 1911 census. I have > details already of Joseph's whereabouts in the 1901 census. Their mother, > Jane Ellen, died in London, in 1905, leaving a newborn, and two sons aged > 2 and 5. The newborn died not long after in Worksop, so it's POSSIBLE > that their father, Charles Joseph Bunyan took the children from London to > their mother's family in Worksop. > > POSSIBLY, in the 1911 census at 8 Pelham Street, Worksop, the grandparents > of Joseph and Victor are Samson Heath, wife Sarah Elizabeth, together with > their children Frederick Charles, Albert William, Henry Victor, George > Thomas, May Edith and a grandson Herbert William. > > I am awaiting some ordered certificates to confirm the Heath connection. > > If there are any Bunyans or Heaths connected to this family out there, I > would love to hear from them. > > Thanks again, > > Julia in Adelaide, South Australia > > > > > "Private Joseph Bunyan (Canadians) enlisted in the Canadian Over-Seas > Expeditionary Force in 1915. He states that he was born in Portsmouth > [Hampshire] ca 1898 and gives his next of kin as his Grandfather, Mr J? > Heath, who lives at 8 Vernon Street, Worksop, Nottinghamshire. I have a > date of birth index for him in 1900, Alverstoke, Hampshire. It would not > be unusual for young men enlisting in WW1 to put up their age. He may also > have arrived in Canada in 1913 as a 'farm boy'. > > Does Nottinghamshire have any directories on line which I could search, > please? Also, I would be interested to hear from anyone with a connection > to Bunyan and Heath families." > > > > > > > Notts Surname List > > http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/notts.html > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message