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I'M TRYING TO FIND DETAILS OF MY GRANDFATHER JOHN AUBURY BUNYAN BORN 1893/94 FATHERS NAME PETER BUNYAN (DIED BEFORE 1925} A GENERAL LABOURER. MARRIED CATHERINE WINIFED COUCHMAN 1925 IN HARRIETSHAM, MAIDSTONE, KENT AGED 32. LAST SEEN IN MAIDSTONE AREA EARLY 1930'S.

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Looking at FreeBMD

http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/cgi/search.pl

there is no birth for a John with that middle name -- is AUBURY spelled correctly?

There is a marriage for a Peter Bunyan in Marylebone district, 1892.

Are you looking for what your grandfather did after the 1930s?

Do you have the names of all his children? (They can be found in the index at Ancestry, if not.)

I'm unable to find a John Bunyan + Catherine Couchman marriage in 1925 in Kent, in the index, or anything that looks like it.

There are two Bunyan-Couchman births, 1925 and 1930.

Is there any chance he was already married?

Name: Millicent V M Gabbey
Spouse: John A Bunyan
Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1921
Registration district: Fulham
Registration county (inferred): London
Volume Number: 1a
Page Number: 751


Or do you have his approx age / father's name from his marriage certificate?


I'm wondering about this birth:

Births Jun 1895
Aubury John Henry P St.Saviour 1d 178

-- P for Peter, parents unmarried?

And possibly this subsequent marriage?

Marriages Dec 1899
> Aubury Florence Edith J St. Saviour 1d 8
Jeffrey John Tarver St. Saviour 1d 8
Ridley Alice Maria St. Saviour 1d 8
Taylor Frederick John St. Saviour 1d 8

Births Dec 1871
Aubury Florence Edith J Lambeth 1d 419

The only Peter Bunyan in the censuses was born c1835.


(Oh, and if you would be so kind as to turn off your capitals key and not type in all caps, ta!)

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Marriages Dec 1925 (>99%)
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Bunyan John A Couchman Hollingbourn 2a 2148
Clark Winifred Fridd Hollingbourn 2a 2148
Couchman Kathleen W Bunyan Hollingbourn 2a 2148
Fridd Harry Clark Hollingbourn 2a 2148

The district Hollingbourn is an alternative name for Hollingbourne and it is in the county of Kent

Births Dec 1878 (>99%)
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Bunyan John Aubrey H Thame 3a 555
BUNYAN John Aubrey H Thame 3a 655

The district Thame spans the boundaries of the counties of Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire

1891 Address: Chapel Lane, Dorton

BUNYAN, Peter Head Married M 56 1835 Agricultural Laborer
Dorton
Buckinghamshire VIEW
BUNYAN, Betsy Wife Married F 51 1840
Nether Winchendon
Buckinghamshire VIEW
BUNYAN, Kate Daughter Single F 14 1877
Dorton
Buckinghamshire VIEW
BUNYAN, John A Son M 13 1878 Scholar
Dorton
Buckinghamshire VIEW
BUNYAN, Jane Daughter F 11 1880 Scholar
Dorton
Buckinghamshire VIEW
BALCOMBE, Charles Grandson M 5 1886 Scholar
London

1881
Address: ?, Dorton (Bucks
BUNYAN, Peter Head Married M 43 1838 Ag Lab
Dorton
Buckinghamshire VIEW
BUNYAN, Betsy Wife Married F 40 1841
Lower Wincherston
Buckinghamshire VIEW
BUNYAN, William Son Single M 19 1862 Ag Lab
Dorton
Buckinghamshire VIEW
BUNYAN, Ada Daughter Single F 9 1872 Scholar
Dorton
Buckinghamshire VIEW
BUNYAN, Emily E Daughter Single F 8 1873 Scholar
Dorton
Buckinghamshire VIEW
BUNYAN, Sarah E Daughter Single F 6 1875 Scholar
Dorton
Buckinghamshire VIEW
BUNYAN, Marian K Daughter Single F 3 1878 Scholar
Dorton
Buckinghamshire VIEW
BUNYAN, John A H Son Single M 2 1879
Dorton
Buckinghamshire VIEW
BUNYAN, Jane Daughter Single F 0 1881
Dorton
Buckinghamshire

1871 Address: Village, Chilton

BUNYAN, John Head M 72 1799 Buckinghamshire VIEW
BUNYAN, Peter Son M 33 1838 Buckinghamshire VIEW
BUNYAN, Betsy Daughter F 30 1841 Buckinghamshire VIEW
BUNYAN, William Grandson M 8 1863 Buckinghamshire VIEW
BUNYAN, Mary Granddaughter F 6 1865 Buckinghamshire VIEW
BUNYAN, Thomas Grandson M 4 1867 Buckinghamshire VIEW
BUNYAN, Eliza Granddaughter F 2 1869 Buckinghamshire

1851
Address: Dorton

BUNYAN, John Son Unmarried M 15 1836 Farmer's Son
Dorton
Buckinghamshire
England VIEW
BUNYAN, Peter Son Unmarried M 13 1838 Farmer's Son
Dorton
Buckinghamshire
England VIEW
AYRES, Mary Sister In Law Unmarried F 48 1803 Dressmaker
Boarstall
Buckinghamshire
England VIEW
BUNYAN, Elizebeth Wife Married F 51 1800 Farmer's Wife
Horton
Oxfordshire
England VIEW
BUNYAN, John Head Married M 50 1801 Farmer 5ac.
Dorton
Buckinghamshire
England VIEW
BUNYAN, Mary Mother Widow F 84 1767 Dairy Woman
Eyford
Oxfordshire
England

1841
Address: Dorton, Dorton
BUNYAN, John M 42 1799 Buckinghamshire VIEW
BUNYAN, Eliza F 45 1796 VIEW
BUNYAN, Mary F 20 1821 Buckinghamshire VIEW
BUNYAN, Jacob M 16 1825 Buckinghamshire VIEW
BUNYAN, Emma F 14 1827 Buckinghamshire VIEW
BUNYAN, Eliza F 8 1833 Buckinghamshire VIEW
BUNYAN, John M 6 1835 Buckinghamshire VIEW
BUNYAN, Peter M 3 1838 Buckinghamshire

1841
Address: Dorton House, Dorton
STURCH, William M 50 1791 Buckinghamshire VIEW
STURCH, Sophia F 50 1791 VIEW
BUNYAN, Mary F 75 1766 VIEW

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Dorton House is now used as a wedding venue


http://www.dortonhouse.net/

Ancestry fails spectacularly!

For reasons I can't even begin to guess, Ancestry will not produce that marriage (I did try Kath* ...)

And of course, if I'd been looking for the birth of someone born 1893/94 in 1878, I might have done better.

Births Sep 1902 (>99%)
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Couchman Kathleen Winifred Elham 2a 1153

Marriages Dec 1861 (>99%)
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Bunyan Peter Thame 3a 897
Lawrance Betsy Thame 3a 897

1851

Address: Up Alley, Lower Winchendon
LAWRANCE, Sarah Daughter F 2 1849
Lowerwinchendon
Buckinghamshire
England VIEW
LAWRANCE, Elizabeth Daughter F 10 1841 Lacemaker
Lowerwinchendon
Buckinghamshire
England VIEW

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1911

HOUSEHOLD BUNYAN PETER M 1837 74 Thame Oxfordshire


Deaths Sep 1913 (>99%)
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Bunyan Peter 76 Thame 3a 915


Cassy

pm recieved

Grandfather Is John Aubrey 32 yr old married Kathleen Winifred Couchman 23 yr old married on 24th November 1925 ( Have Marriage Cert) Registry Office, Hollingbourn.

John was Farm Labourer and Kathleen was a General Labourer.

Both were at that time, from West Street ,Harrietsham, Kent

My father was Harold Malcom James and my Aunt was name Yolande.
Hope this gives you a bit more idea and means alot of things that I have read is feasable





Well that certainly adds up to 1893. There is an error somewhere.