 1846 - 1925 (78 years)
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| Name |
Mary BUNKER |
| Birth |
4 Jun 1846 |
Ampthill, Bedfordshire, England  [1] |
| Baptism |
12 Jul 1846 |
Ampthill, Bedfordshire, England [1] |
| Gender |
Female |
| Death |
15 Feb 1925 |
Tooting, Surrey, England [2] |
| Burial |
21 Feb 1925 |
Tooting, Surrey, England [3] |
| Person ID |
I1228 |
Furmedge |
| Last Modified |
24 Mar 2026 |
| Family |
George FURMAGE, b. 5 Apr 1859, Corfe Castle, Dorset, England d. 12 Dec 1945, Surrey, England (Age 86 years) |
| Marriage |
15 Mar 1881 |
Hampstead, Middlesex, England [4, 5] |
| Children |
| | 1. Lily FURMAGE, b. 1883, Cricklewood, Middlesex, England d. 1884, Cricklewood, Middlesex, England (Age 1 year) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| > | 2. Alice Emma FURMAGE, b. 15 May 1884, Cricklewood, Middlesex, England d. 1971, Surrey, England (Age 86 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| > | 3. George Henry FURMAGE, b. 3 Apr 1886, Hampstead, Middlesex, England d. 28 May 1968, Kingston Upon Thames, Surrey, England (Age 82 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
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| Family ID |
F537 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
24 Mar 2026 |
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| Event Map |
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 | Birth - 4 Jun 1846 - Ampthill, Bedfordshire, England |
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| Baptism - 12 Jul 1846 - Ampthill, Bedfordshire, England |
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 | Marriage - 15 Mar 1881 - Hampstead, Middlesex, England |
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 | Death - 15 Feb 1925 - Tooting, Surrey, England |
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| Burial - 21 Feb 1925 - Tooting, Surrey, England |
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| Notes |
- Mary’s age and place of birth is consistently recorded in her parish marriage record (age only) and the England census for 1891, 1901 and 1911 (age and place of birth), giving her an approximate year of birth of 1853-54 and place of birth of Ampthill, Bedfordshire. In the parish marriage register her father is recorded as Samuel Bunker, labourer and one of the witnesses was a Harriett Bunker. The 1891 England census also records a niece, Annie Bunker, born about 1878-9 in Holloway, London (Furmage household, Kingsgate Cottages, 1 Shoot Upper Hill, Hampstead, London, Class: RG12, Piece: 111, Folio: 39, Page: 10 and Folio: 40, Page 11).
Research using the information above concluded that Mary Bunker was in fact born in 1846 (not 1853-54) at Ampthill, Bedfordshire to Samuel Bunker and Mary Mead. This family has a daughter Harriett Bunker, born in 1850 (to Samuel Bunker and his second wife Caroline Mead). An Annie Bunker, born 1878-9 in Holloway/London, is also present in this family as a granddaughter in the 1881 England census (Class: RG11, Piece: 1634, Folio: 83, Page: 27) and as a niece in the 1901 England census (Class: RG13, Piece: 1515, Folio: 95, Page: 11). The only candidate for a Mary Bunker born 1853-54 in the Ampthill registration district was born at Steppingley, Bedfordshire to Samuel & Hannah Bunker and can be traced in the England census as a single woman from 1881 onwards (the period when George Furmage and Mary Bunker were married) and can thus be excluded.
Mary’s death certificate and burial register entry confirm this earlier year of birth as being correct.
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| Sources |
- [S782] Bedfordshire Family History Society, "Bedfordshire Baptisms", Mary Bunker, Baptism Register Entry, 1846, St Andrew, Ampthill, Bedfordshire; transcript accessed on www.findmypast.co.uk.
- [S88] England & Wales, Death Certificate, Mary Furmage, Reference: Registered: Jan-Mar 1925, District: Wandsworth, London, Vol: 1D, Page: 672.
- [S783] Streatham Cemetery, Tooting, Surrey, Mary Furmage, Burial Register Entry, 1925, Streatham Cemetery (Tooting); transcript accessed on www.deceasedonline.com; authority: London Borough of Lambeth.
- [S518] Christ Church (Hampstead, London), Parish Register, George Furmage, Marriage Register Entry, 1881, P81/CTC/008, Page: 143; digital image accessed on www.ancestry.co.uk; original data: London Metropolitan Archives.
- [S3] England & Wales, GRO Marriage Index, (Name: General Register Office;), George Furmage: Registered: Jan-Mar 1881, District: Hampstead, London, Vol: 1A, Page: 920.
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