Ok, so I mentioned missing Bunces's So here is one (of many). Martha Bunce was baptised in 1817 d/o William Bunce and Mary (Edmonds) in Stratton Audley. Barely 17, in 1834 she married William Drake in Stratton Audley in 1835 daughter Mary was baptised d/o William and Martha Drake in 1846 40 year oldWilliam Drake was buried in Stratton Audley So where are Martha and Mary in 1841? In 1849 Charles Drake is registered (Bicester reg district covers Stratton Audley) mmn Bunce So where is Martha, and perhaps Mary and Charles in 1851? In Sept qtr 1851 Martha Drake married Joseph Watts in Bicester reg district. Joseph is somewhat younger than Martha, so by the 1861 census she is claiming born 1821c Between the 1851 and 1861 census 3 more children are born surname Watts, all mmn Bunce - John 1851, George 1854 and Emma 1857 I have the family 1861 RG09/900/47/22 1871 RG10/1445/45/13 1881 RG11/1506/55/11 1891 RG12/1170/135/12 1901 RG13/1387/134/12 - by now both have finally resorted to their correct yob's Martha Watts is admitted to the workhouse/asylum 3/8/1901 and died there 22/2/1903 I think I have Joseph in 1911 although he is entered as single working as a gardener in Bicester, he dies in 1915. So can you find Martha in 1841 and 1851? What happened to Mary Drake? Thank you
On the 1861 census Martha is a lacemaker. Charles her son was born in 1849 DRAKE, CHARLES MMN - BUNCE GRO Reference: 1849 S Quarter in BICESTER UNION Volume 16 Page 27 Could this be Martha & Charles on the 1851 census living at:- (FMP transcription) HO107 Piece number 1729 Folio 436 Page 49 Twitchers Alley, Bicester, Market End, Bicester, Oxfordshire, England Martha Bunts - Head - Unmarried - 27 - 1824 - Lacemaker - Stratton Audley, Oxfordshire, England Charles - Bunts - Son - 2 - 1849 - Stratton Audley, Oxfordshire, England
Her daughter Mary was baptised on 1st July 1835 in Stratton Audley There is a burial for a Mary Drake later in 1935
Thank you @Chimp that certainly does look like them, shame no sight of Mary, but at 16 I guess she would be working (if still alive). Bunce/Bunts - I should have thought of that edit - Thanks for the burial for Mary.
Thanks to Chimp finding Martha as Bunts (Bunce) in 1851, I have found her in 1841 as Martha Bunce. So another one no longer a mystery.
