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Frances Unwin wife of James Unwin 1700's

174Lyndale — 2012-04-26 14:30:52Z

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http://www.historicalportraits.com/Gallery.asp?Page=Item&...

In this are some details of the life of James UNWIN.

Was James connected to the Unwin family of Castle Hedingham?

Did James have a descendants named Richard and Violet?

Re: Unwin family in Hertfordshire, England

mrcallaghan2 — 2012-03-28 10:22:46Z

I am trying to make contact with Nora Unwin who was born in London in 1946.

I am not sure if she is related to your family

Re: Trying to trace my family tree can anyone help?

1_davishm — 2012-02-17 04:44:34Z

Hello Julie
My sister Susan Davis (nee Unwin) came across your message when looking around on the internet. I realise your message was posted many years ago now, but Susan and I are interested in tracing our own Unwin forebears.

We were born in New Zealand in 1954 and 1956, respectively; our father was ALFRED GEORGE Unwin (b. London 24 September 1924) and our grandfather was ALFRED WILLIAM CHARLES Unwin who was married to ROSINA ALICE Smith.

It would be wonderful to know if any of our relatives are related to ours.

Kind regards
Loran Reid (nee Unwin)

Re: DNA

roy_unwin03 — 2011-11-13 02:34:49Z

Hi Chris
My email is: roy_unwin03@yahoo.com.au if you send me your email address I will gladly send you my family tree.
Best regards Roy.

Re: DNA

ChrisJohnson336 — 2011-11-12 22:26:45Z

Hi Roy,
No joy with trying to find the C. Michael website, there are just too many on Google. Please could you e-mail me privately with more details.
Thanks. Chris

Re: Unwin's of Chesterfield Derbyshire.

katesmith2311 — 2011-10-10 09:52:59Z

Hi
I have traced some Unwins that I'm related to back to Chesterfield. They were living there in the 1840's but the family had moved to Liverpool by the 1850's.
I know that George Unwin was born around 1815/16 and was married to Maria who was born around the same time. I'm having a bit of trouble finding out more about them. But they did give their children some unusual names (Kendall and Cephus). Are they anything to do with your Unwin's of Chesterfield?
Thanks,
Kate

Re: DNA

roy_unwin03 — 2011-10-05 07:24:55Z

Hi Chris
Thanks for the offer.
Most of the information I have has come from C Michael a distant cousin of mine, I found this out from the family tree he has compiled. You can google his own Web site the information he has covers many Generations of Unwins some from the Malden and Purliegh areas and moves to London, as far as I am aware their are only recent additions to be made. I should have mentioned in my last post that I also had a Great Uncle John Richard Unwin District Officer in the London Fire Brigade awarded MBE in 1941 if we are not related the two Unwins Served at the same time. Let me know if we have a lead.
Best regards Roy.

Re: DNA

ChrisJohnson336 — 2011-10-04 19:54:47Z

Happy to provide further information on Robert Unwin's descendants if this is of any help to you. E-mail me if you do. I would be very interested in any information about the Unwins from the Maldon area. Good luck with your research.

Re: DNA

roy_unwin03 — 2011-10-04 09:05:13Z

Hi Chris
Thanks for your reply,I will start research at this end it is very likely that we will get a positive result. I will consider DNA further down the track when I have more details.
Best regards Roy.

Re: DNA

ChrisJohnson336 — 2011-10-02 22:18:40Z

Hello Roy,
It is possible there is a family connection way back. My earliest known ancestor is Robert Unwin born 1764, but I don't have his place of birth just that he was living in Purleigh, near Maldon with his family. There are no Joseph's amongst his sons, but there is a chance they were brothers or cousins. Your family seem to follow the same tradition ours did in naming children after parents and grandparents, and ours also sought their fortune in London. My grandfatherworked for the fire service during WW2.
Would you consider a dna test, as this would be the easiest way of establishing a connection, or ruling it out. If we matched then it would be worth checking to see if there are any paper records to tie it up.

Re: DNA

roy_unwin03 — 2011-09-02 08:10:01Z

Hello Chris
My name is Roy Unwin recently retired in New Zealand.
My line of Unwin also originate from Malden, G Grandfather George William Unwin born 1855 in Malden, joined London Fire Brigade in 1881. My Grandfather George Charles Unwin born 1876 in Malden Joined LFB in 1899. Other information passed to me from Chris Michael dates back to 1750 Joseph Unwin. Are we on the same family tree.
Best regards Roy.

unwins of great broughton,chester

eriksenrobert — 2011-08-14 14:23:38Z

does anyone have any information of joseph unwin born around 1815. married ann nevit and they had a son thomas.

Re: derbyshire unwins

hilariemontgomery — 2011-03-11 04:30:55Z

My great great grandfather was William Unwin married to we believe Mary had many boys and one daughter you can see if anyone on my family tree matches your family tree. 'Hilarie Unwin'

Re: DNA

jonali6 — 2011-02-18 19:43:13Z

hi kathryn, I am also an Unwin from Nottingham (Hucknall).I have hit a bit of a brick wall with my Unwins and am trying to work out if the Dronfield ones are related.The only things I am sure of is that my great grandfather was born in Harthill,Yorks in 1879.His mother was Harriett.There is no father on the birth certificate but I believe his name was Pressley as my g-grandfather was named George Pressley Unwin.As far as I can work out Harriett died in Harthill when George was a few months old and he was brought up in Wath on Dearne in Rotherham by the Pressley family.There is a Harriett in the Dronfiled Unwins I believe but I don't know if it is the Harriett I am after.Does any of this sound like your Dronfield Unwins?
Alison

Re: DNA

rachelgillick — 2010-11-12 21:36:23Z

Hi,
I have just started to reasearch my family tree, i have lots of Unwins in my tree. there is a John Unwin who married Ann Bullimore,(this is where i got stuck) then there is their child Jeremiah Unwin 1770-1841 who married Maria Morton they had a child John 1797-1875 he married Rebecca Allen, they had a child William Henrey born 1857. I would be happy to have my DNA tested, if this is the same Unwin's and you have anymore information than what i do i would love to see it, could you please send me an e-mail letting me know?
Look forward to hearing from you.
Rachel Gillick.
rachienic@bigpond.com

Re: UNWIN

freedom1_22 — 2010-07-07 18:23:39Z

I too follow this line Robert William Unwin who Married Sarah Hardy, Robert's father is believed to be William Unwin. My e-mail is freedom1_22@yahoo.com

Mike Unwin

Re: DNA

ChrisJohnson336 — 2010-03-22 22:11:43Z

Hi Jill,

I suppose the dna study might help identify your great g grandfathers surname if your father's dna is a close match to any particular surname from the Staffordshire area. Good luck with your research. We are quite a close match to someone (different surname) whose ancestors came from Ayrshire, but our paper trail goes back to the late 1700's in Essex. In our case the dna probably hints at our distant origins, my favourite theory being that the we arrived with one of the Irish/Viking incursions into the area. Pure speculation based on a visit to Maldon and seeing the statue of the Anglo Saxon warrier facing the river estuary.

We won't know until more Unwin men take part in the dna studies whether there is a predominant haplogroup connected to the name. I can say with certainty that my Essex Unwin line originated separately from the Derbyshire Unwin family listed on Y-base as we are different haplogroups. However, there is an old booklet about Unwin families that suggests the Yorkhire/Essex branches are related so maybe more research is needed.

Best wishes.

Re: DNA

studiollij — 2010-03-22 16:06:43Z

Hello,
My 90 year (Unwin) father has supplied a DNA sample for family history purposes.
His father (born Derby 1891). His grandfather born Staffordshire (1856). I suppose that this is were the trail runs cold as Annie Unwin (his great ggrandmother was unmarried when she gave birth.
The results are displayed on my MANY LEAVES public tree.

Kind regards
Jill

Re: DNA

ChrisJohnson336 — 2009-10-21 19:58:59Z

Hello, I'm sorry to hear about your family illness, and hope your children escape any problems. Good luck with your search for relatives.
I was simply interested in using the y-chromosome dna test to see if the different branches of the Unwin family are related. My Unwin line comes from the Maldon (Essex) area, moving to London in the mid 1800's as I think may families did. I traced our direct line back to about 1760, but as far as I know we have no other living male relatives, although there is the possibility that there are connections between different Essex families, which would be revealed through the y-chromosome test. (Only men can take this test and they need to carry the Unwin surname). I have confirmed that we are not related to some of the Unwins from Yorkshire, as we are different haplogroups, but that is as far as it has got. There is a lot of information on the internet about using dna for family history research, and a number of companies offering to test at a price. The Sorenson database offer free tests, provided you accept their criteria, and it can take quite a long time (12 months +) for them to post the results.
My interest in this was sparked by reading the little booklets on the Unwins, which had a lot of detail about different families, but speculated on their origins and whether there were family connections between different geographical areas. It's possible to answer some of these queries with the tools that are available now.

Re: Edwin T Unwin b. 1860?

runwin_1 — 2009-09-28 14:28:33Z

Not sure I can help although Edwin was my great grandfather too, Thomas was my great uncle, my grandfather was Gerald. My father, Martin, might remember more ...my brother Nick has done some research I think. I remember Thomas' Funeral but that is about it. Gerald was the youngest, as you know. My fatgher used to get taken out to tea by Gwendoline and Leslie Banks when he was at school.
I guess we are cousins - we don't seem to have any close links with any of Gerald's relatives. Would be delighted with any info...

Best
Rupert

Re: UNWIN who was BLIND.

davidbodmin — 2009-09-15 15:30:36Z

Dear Jill
I have lots of Unwins mainly from Leicester / Shepshed UK
Can send details if you want
my email
davidbriers1@btinternet.com

UNWIN who was BLIND.

studiollij — 2009-09-15 15:03:23Z

Does anyone have a Charles Henry Unwin born 13 Feb 1914 in their line please? He may not have been known as Charles or Henry.
He was blind at the age of 16.
Kind regards
Jill

Re: DNA

unwin_norah — 2009-08-21 15:08:45Z

Hello, As an Australian (Herts U.K. born) Unwin, I am having difficulty trying to find my ancestors after 1873. Would you believe I know the linage prior to this date but due to being the black sheep daughter of a black sheep father, my surviving relatives are silent.
My line are the Rivenhall, Essex branch who moved to London in the early 1900s. Is this your connection?
My main reason for asking is that there is a genetic fault in my line called Lipoid Storage Disease (film called "Lorenzos Oil" demonstrates its' effects). My brother Terence Christopher Unwin died at 16 from Lipoid Storage Disease Unwin Variety. Is this the fault shown in the DNA? Neither of my children have the disease (Thank goodness) but they must undergo genetic tests prior to having children (in the next 3-5 years).
That said, my fathers family moved to Beaconsfield and Amersham Bucks from London in 1930s. Anyway, good luck with your search and feel free to contact me if I can help. mrs.rolly@bigpond.com. I live in Melbourne Victoria Australia.
Kind regards
Norah Unwin aka Mrs Annie Norah Unwin-Rollinson born 02.04.60

Unwin coat of arms

tobyUnwin1 — 2009-07-12 18:41:03Z

See attached file.

Re: DNA .... TWINS

carolstammeijer — 2009-06-09 19:40:43Z

My grandfather, Thomas Unwin was one of triplets born in 1910, Southampton (his brothers were Charles and John) to John Joseph Unwin and Susan Phoebe Hooper.

UNWIN

helencerreto — 2009-05-16 08:41:51Z

My great gradad was George Unwin. He married Mary Ann Tudor.

Re: DNA .... TWINS

iamjoop — 2009-04-04 05:01:07Z

Yes, I am a twin and also have cousins who are twins. Not sure about the generations before me though.

-Unwin in Australia

Re: Trying to trace my family tree can anyone help?

DART031_1 — 2009-03-11 11:43:28Z

Hello Shelia
On the marriage ceft that i have it says that at the time they was married in Aug1918 my grandfather was 37years old and he was a bachelor and his profession was either a Sawyer or a Lawyer the way the S is written could be either and his Fathers name was Walter Unwin and he was Deceased and he was a Farm Labourer and my great grandmothers name as far as i know was Clara Bull they was from Chesterton
on the bottom of the Marriage the witness was Thomas William Dickerson and the mark of Clara Raynes ha ha i think my great grandmother was either married twice or that was her maiden name
Will be home in Sept this year
Violet

Re: Trying to trace my family tree can anyone help?

SheilaJackson34 — 2009-03-10 22:59:51Z

Hello Violet, I have looked for a Frederick James Unwin and he came from Gt Chesterford Essex where my Unwins came from. Do you have his fathers name on the marriage cert, and how old was he. If you need any help this end dont hesitate to ask
Sheila

Re: Trying to trace my family tree can anyone help?

DART031_1 — 2009-03-10 21:07:13Z

Well here goes
My Grandfather name was --- Frederick James Unwin , He married my Grandmother in Ely on 31st August 1918 with the name Ada Nellie Feast but her maiden name was bull as she married a guy with the name of feast so when she married my grandfather she had been married before , At the time they got married he was living at Willow Walk in Ely and she was living at Springhead lane in Ely that is what there marriage cert says
( i just found this out while doing my Family tree )
will write more later as will only let me do so much
Violet

Re: Trying to trace my family tree can anyone help?

SheilaJackson34 — 2009-02-09 19:02:38Z

Hello Violet, I have tried to contact you before as my grand mother was an Unwin. Fancy living only 4 doors away from your family in Uphall road and not knowing your mother was an Unwin. What was your mothers fathers name.
Sheila

Re: Looking for Unwin's /Surman's from 1881/1891 Census Reports

davidbodmin — 2009-01-19 13:36:34Z

I have a lot of Unwins from Shepshed Leicester.
Contact me if you can connect
David Briers
parsley2@bigfoot.com

Looking for Unwin's /Surman's from 1881/1891 Census Reports

ElizabethUnwin — 2009-01-16 20:06:15Z

We are the Canadian side of the Unwin/Surman family looking for our roots. We have traced roots to the following names on 1881 and 1891 Census Reports as well as birth and marriage certificates:
Ebenezer John Unwin born Jan. 1879 (my grandfather); his sister Jessie Alice Unwin born Spring 1877 or 78, their father Thomas Henry Unwin born 1850, his father Thomas Unwin. Thomas Henry Unwin married Jane Surman in August 1874. Her father was John Surman. Married in Luton; Unwin's born in Essex. 1881 UNWIN Census, Bow/Poplar dist., also showed an Ernest F. Unwin age 5, and Mabel A. Unwin, infant. Showed Jane Unwin (Surman) as a 31 year old widow and Jessie and Ebenezer JOHN living with her. 1891 Census showed Ebenezer JOHN Unwin (my grandfather) living with Jane's parents, John and Mary Surman, and a Emily Davis age 41. Thomas, and Jane and Mable appear to have deceased at this point. Jessie and Ernest are gone somewhere ??? What happened to them is a mystery we would like to solve. We have the Canadian side of the family tree from the time Jessie and John (Ebenzer John) came to Canada, married and started families here. I am the Grandaughter of Ebenezer John Unwin and Elizabeth Priscilla Shrubsall (Unwin) who was also here from England. Jessie Alice Unwin (Jacobs) was my great aunt. Both Ebenezer John and Jessie Alice Unwin lived in our household as my father, Jack Alfred Unwin, was their son and nephew. I have a brother, a sister, 2 daughters and several nieces and nephews that are all Unwin descendants. If anyone is linked or interested feel free to e-mail me or post back under the Unwin catagory.

Re: unwins in australia

Ros_Styles — 2009-01-03 21:30:18Z

sorry that should have read marion austin not simply marion, well, austin may be her surname

Re: unwins in australia

Ros_Styles — 2009-01-03 21:26:32Z

hi, i'm in england, my grandfather was Ryshworth Everett Unwin, and i remember him saying he had american cousins possibly one named Marion, and the surname Young is also in his family though i don't remember where but he did mention it butthat was when i was small, and he passed away 1995 so i can't ask him. One day i'll look at some of his silverware as it has names on it.

Re: Louie Caroline Unwin

Ros_Styles — 2009-01-03 21:18:13Z

not a caroline alison unwin per chance? (my mother)

Re: DNA .... TWINS

carolstammeijer — 2008-11-19 18:17:50Z

I have just started researching my Unwin family history who were living in the Southampton area from the 1800s.
My grandfather, Thomas Henry Unwin was one of triplets! He and his two brothers were born 10 December 1910. The brothers were Charles James and John Joseph

Re: Martha Jane Unwin

BonnieTimperley — 2008-10-28 23:20:23Z

Hi
Can you email me, I keep sending to you but they keep coming back. I have this info
bryantbonnie@videotron.ca
Bonnie Wilson

Re: Edwin T Unwin b. 1860?

TAUnwin1 — 2008-10-16 12:18:25Z

Hello, and thanks for your message about "Edward T Unwin" born in Oxford in 1857. It's just possible it may be the same one, and I'd be interested to hear more about how it links in. If you could e-mail me direct at T.A.Unwin@bristol.ac.uk I'd be very grateful. Best, Tim Unwin

Re: Researching the Unwin name - Oxford

2alibongo2 — 2008-10-16 11:10:52Z

Hi.
I have just come across your email on the ancestry notice board and was interested to see you were researching Unwins in Oxford. My G G Grandfather was a William Unwin born in Oxford @1825, his mother was a Mary although I have not found a name for his father yet.
Alison.

Re: Edwin T Unwin b. 1860?

2alibongo2 — 2008-10-16 11:01:59Z

Hi.
I Have a G G uncle in my family tree called Edward T Unwin born 1857 in Oxford, I don't know if this is of any use to you.
Alison.

Edwin T Unwin b. 1860?

TAUnwin1 — 2008-07-31 17:07:50Z

I'm searching for information on my great grandfather Edwin Unwin. He was born in Oxfordshire about 1860 and married Esther. In the 1901 census he is living in Berkshire and has seven children: Phyllis, Angus, Hugh Thomas (my grandfather), Shadforth, Gwendoline, Robert, Gerald. Most of the children had the additional forename Haldane. Gwendonline married the actor Leslie Banks, and Shadforth married his sister Dorothy. Although I can find a marriage record for Edwin and Esther (but no surname for her), there is no sign of him in the 1861/71/81/91 censuses. Any help most welcome.

Re: Unwin's of Chesterfield Derbyshire.

dewitheridge_1 — 2008-04-11 09:06:49Z

hello Richard,

Sorry but I can not place any of these names. Do you have anything that can add to it. That I might understand. If you read my other items under the Name UNWIN it might give you some idea of where mine came from.

This might lead to some further research.

Best Wiches

mick

Re: Unwin's of Chesterfield Derbyshire.

dewitheridge_1 — 2008-04-11 08:58:16Z

hello.

Thank you for your answering Email.

The names that you list are not known to me. But this may be, that they are to recent for me to recognize.

My research led to them from further years from a family called SCOTT, One of the daughters marrying a member of the UNWIN family from Chesterfield in England.

The Scott family originally from Staffordshire were settled in Kent and later when the father left the Army they moved to South London and as I have said a daughter met a young man named Unwin. and Moved north. Her father became a registrar in derbyshire.

If any of this is recognizable to you, please come back to me
I list my Email No if you prefer to cantact in a more priate manner. dewitheridge@yahoo.co.uk.

I look forward to further emails

Best wishes

Mick

Re: Unwin's of Chesterfield Derbyshire.

e_unwin — 2008-04-10 23:07:28Z

You must have heard of the Unwins in Old Whittington, living there now is Micheal Unwin, brothers are Joh and Alan Unwin, their father was Freeman Unwin, Mother was Lillian Unwin who had a sister called Hilda, and Freeman had a brother called Sam.
A great big family who are all still living locally!!!!

e
x

Re: DNA .... TWINS

e_unwin — 2008-04-10 23:04:24Z

Hi,

Im a proud Unwin and also a twin to a boy, but i havent heard of any other twins in my family

e
x

Re: DNA

ChrisJohnson336 — 2008-03-25 21:30:21Z

Hello Jim,

We had the results back from Dna Heritage for our Unwin branch, going back to the 1750s in Essex. They were intriguing as they came out as a Scottish/Irish variant of one of the less common haplotypes, and the three Unwin's published on Y-base are from completely different groups. By googling Y-base and typing in the surname in the search facility you can look at the results. In time it would be interesting if other Unwins would be prepared to get tested to see if there are any typical markers for the Unwins as has been found with many surnames.

Edith Unwin 1896-1985

vbquillaan — 2008-01-31 03:37:17Z

I have an Edith Unwin from New Jersey that married Bryson Ely Buff 1899-1974, born Burke Co., NC. By 1930, they had moved to Glendale, Los Angeles, California; where they lived the rest of their lives. As of the 1930 census, I have not found any children to this couple. Would like to hear from anbody researching this line.
Thanks
Vicki

Re: Unwin's of Chesterfield Derbyshire.

cruiser99 — 2007-12-11 01:16:49Z

i found out as of late im related to unwins.

Alicie Mary Unwin Great Grandma
George great grandapa Henry Unwin Harrow
george and alice harrow england 1914
great great grama Harrow - unwin . georgies mom

Family Group at Queenwood april 21-1914 dorthy white knaggs

from what i know is a unwin married a harrow . and they moved to canada . i have some pics email me cruiser99@shaw.ca if they are who ur looking for im in canada vancouver bc. my name is richard bennett

Re: james and alfred unwin

joetuff — 2007-08-20 18:31:38Z

dot. i have news on john charles birth, please reply
joe