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Folio.41 – 42 Ann Tunks wife of James Tunks, currier.

19 Jan 1820

From: 1820 To: 1820

About 9 years ago married at Kington, Hertford to James Tunks by whom she has two daughters Mary aged about 6 and Emma aged about 18 months. Her husband left her and her children in the parish of St Paul last Sunday the 9th and has not returned to them nor does she know where he is. Has heard her husband repeatedly declare that his legal settlement was in the parish of Stourbridge in the County of Worcester. He obtained settlement by serving an apprenticeship in Stourbridge. About 5 years ago she was received in the workhouse at Stourbridge with her daughter Mary and were maintained there as paupers for three months and received relief from the parish officers of Stourbridge for upwards of a year. About a year ago was again received into the Stourbridge workhouse with her two children for about three months.

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Tunks, James,
Tunks, Ann,
Nicolls, Ann

BEDFORD, Stourbridge, POVERTY, Overseers, Poor Laws, Settlement, settlements, currier, apprenticeship, workhouses, MARRIAGE