Bertie Horace Bungey (1878-a1930)


Dates

Birth: July-September 1878 Richmond, Surrey, UK
Father: Israel (Isreal) Bungey (Bungay) 1853-1880
Mother: Caroline Fox [Luff] 1857-1919

Christening: Unknown

Marriage: October-December 1901 Paddington, London, UK
Wife: Mabel Powell 1881-a1930

Death: After 1930

Children

Mabel Margaret Bungey 1902-a1910
Herbert Horace Bungey 1904-1976

Notes

Birth of Bertie Horace Bungey in FreeBMD in July-September 1878 in Richmond S (2a 339).

His father died in 1880.

In the 1881 census as Bertie Horace Bungey aged 2, born in Richmond, Surrey, and living with his uncle and aunt (William and Elizabeth Sarah Smith) at 7 Crown Terrace, Richmond, Surrey.

In the 1891 census as Bertie Horace Bungey aged 12, born in Richmond, Surrey and an inmate at The Railway Servants' Orphanage for the children of men who have lost their lives in the railway service at Ashbourne Road, Derby, Derbyshire (there were 14 staff and 170 inmates).

In the 1901 census as Bertie H Bunger (sic - in the index, correct on original) aged 22, born in Richmond, Surrey, single, a plumber, and lodging with William K Hunts (aged 41 , born in Eccles, Gloucestershire and a post office overseer), his wife (Myra Hunts 38 and born in Ripley, Derbyshire), his sister-in-law (Ada Morrison aged 13 and born in Ripley, Derbyshire), and another lodger (Edward J Rose aged 21, born in Heston, Middlesex, single and a clerk at Cargset Beating) at 84 Third Avenue, NW Paddington, London.

Marriage of Bertie Horace Bungey and Mabel Powell in FreeBMD in October-December 1901 in Paddington (1a 44).

His daughter was born in Brentford in 1902 and son in Paddington in 1904.

There is an entry in Nanaimo Family History Society Family History Society Ships Passenger Lists Index Quebec Ports 1905-1910 for the immigration of Birtle Bungay aged 29 together with Mabel (wife?), Herbert (son?), Mabel (daughter?) into Quebec, Canada on Empress of Britain on 8 May 1908.

There is an entry in the Library and Archives of Canada Passenger Lists 1865-1922 for the SS Empress of Britain owned by Canadian Pacific Railway Co departing Liverpool, Enland 1 May 1908 and arriving Quebec 8 May 1908 (829907 RG76 T-493). Amongst the Third Class Passengers on page 17 are Birtle aged 29 and a plumber, Herbert aged 4 and a plumber!, Mabel aged 27 and a wife and Mabel aged 4 and a child, surname Bungay, all Returning Canadians, and their destination is Wpeg.

There is an entry in Ancestry All Border Crossings: From Canada to U.S., 1895-1956 for Bert Horace Bungey born in England from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada in 1908 with Mabel (wife?), Herbert (son?) and Mabel (daughter?).

In the 1910 census as Peter H Bungey aged 29 and living with Mabel (wife?), Herbert H (son?) and Mabel M (daughter?) in Cook County, Illinois.

In the 1930 census as Bert H Bungey aged 52 and living with his wife (Mabel) in Cook County, Illinois.

Relationship

Bertie Horace Bungey was the son of Caroline Fox, wife of Alfred Luff, my half first cousin twice removed.

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