Fanny Bunney (buried 1926)

At a glance

At a glance
Surname: 
Bunney
First name: 
Fanny
Other Christian names: 
Martha
Gender: 
Female
Burial number: 
1217
Born: 
0/0/1850
Died: 
27/12/1925
Buried: 
01/01/1926
Occupation: 
Cook;
Heene Hallmark: 
No
Commonwealth War Grave: 
No

The Grave

The grave
Cemetery area: 
NWS
Cemetery row: 
6
Cemetery plot: 
14
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Burial remains: 
Unknown
The headstone
Endowed grave: 
No
Headstone inscription: 
I loving memory of Fanny Martha beloved wife of Richard John Bunney at rest 27th Dec 1925 aged 76

Life story

Life story

Fanny was baptised on 7 July 1850 in Yetminster, Dorset, under the name Fanny Wallis Barnwell but later her middle name was Martha. She was the daughter of Alfred and Catherine (nee Webber) Barnwell. She became a cook in the household of mother and daughter, Mary Ann  Randolph and Mary Ann Foyle, at The Lodge, Kimpton, Hampshire and later cook in the household of Susan Coade in St Austell.

On 29 September 1896 she married Richard John Bunney, usually called John, a 47 year-old farmer, a widower, at St Austell in Cornwall, and they made their home at 22, Milton Street, Heene. They lived there until Fanny died in 1925 aged 75. According to the 1911 Census they had no children.

Burial researcher: 
Angela Levy

Further information

Birth
Date born: 
00/00/1850
Address at birth: 
Dorset, England
Marriage
Maiden name: 
Barnwell
Marriage 1
Spouse one first names: 
Richard John
Spouse one last name: 
Bunney
Marriage one date: 
29/09/1896
Marriage one address: 
St Austell, Cornwall, England

Death

Death (details)
Date of death: 
27/12/1925
Cause of death: 
Unknown
Address at time of death: 
22 Milton Street, Worthing, Sussex, England
Personal effects
Executors: 
Richard John Bunney status: No Occupation
Probate pounds: 
£1,307

Census and miscellaneous information

Census information
1861 census: 

Downs Lane, Yetminster, Dorset Catherine Barnwell, 46, widow, formerly a dress-maker; Fanny Martha Barnwell, 9, daughter, scholar; John Alfred Barnwell, 6, son, scholar; Henry Alfred Barnwell, 3, son, scholar;

1871 census: 

Not Found

1881 census: 

The Lodge, Kimpton, Hampshire Mary Ann Randolph, 75, widow, independent; Mary Ann Foyle, 48, daughter, independent; Fanny Barnwell, 20, cook domestic; plus a ladys maid, housemaid and kitchen maid

1891 census: 

Pond ? House, St Austell, Cornwall Susan W Coade, 84, head, widow; Mary Coade, 60, daughter; Jane Coade, 45, daughter; Fanny Barnwell, 40, cook; plus a butler, 2 housemaids and a kitchenmaid

1901 census: 

22, Milton Street, Heene John Bunney, 52, head, domestic gardener; Fanny Bunney, 50, wife; Florence Bunney, 24, daughter, dressmaker;

1911 census: 

22, Milton Street, Heene John Bunney, 68, head, gardener; Fanny Bunney, 60, wife; Eliza White, 44, visitor, cook; Leslie Hinton, 4, visitor;