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Thomas P. Blunt and Family |
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Married March 11th 1866, St. Chad's Shrewsbury
Father: Thomas Robinson Grand father : Thomas Hutt b.c.1784 |
Father: Thomas W. Blunt |
T. P. Blunt & E.R. Robinson, Married Mar.11, 1866, Cirencester, Gloucestershire From Obit of T.P.Blunt: Mr. Thomas Blunt married Miss Emily Rachel Robinson, granddaughter of Mr. Hurl (Hutt), (of Eton, county of Buckinghamshire), the King's Messenger to George IV, and the last holder of such a position. |
Marriage Dec. 11th 1893 - St. Chad's - Shrewsbury, Shropshire
Mildred Frances Blunt b. 1869, Shrewsbury, Shropshire
m. Walter Felton b. 1865 Manchester, Lancashire
(Clergyman, Church of England, staff chaplain Walsall UnionWorkhouse, )
Children (KNOWN ) born in Walsall, Staffordshire
Gwendoline Blunt Felton b, 1895 d.1895-1901
Harold Blunt Felton b.
1896
/ d. 1897
Hubert Ratcliffe Felton b. 1898 / d. 1917
Denys Walter B. Felton b. 1900 /d. 1901
Marriage 1896 - Durham
Thomas Gaire Rockstro Blunt b. 1867, Shrewsbury, Shropshire
m. Edith Blanche Wilkinson b. 1864 Aldborough, Yorkshire
Thomas was an assistant schoolmaster in Durham & Professor
of Modern Languages at Canterbury College 1901-1934
Children born in Crossgate, Durham.
Brian Gaire Blunt b. 1897 d. 1980
Roger Charles Blunt b. 1900/d. 1966 (married Hedwig M. Kramer 1937)
Anthony John Gaire Blunt b.1928/d.1993
Marriage 1900 - Paddington
Gertrude Mabel E. Blunt b. 1872 , Shrewsbury, Shropshire
married Frank Archibald Rodick b.(c)1867
Grinstead Green, Essex
Frank was a distiller's clerk at the time of the 1901 census.
Children
Bernard
Skingley Rodick 1901 Stratham
(182649)
Marriage 1907 - Shrewsbury, Shropshire
Hubert Porter Blunt b. 1882 Shrewsbury Shropshire
Alice Madeline Blakemore b. 1879 hereford
Hubert was listed as a Bankers Clerk in Smethwick in 1901
The children - unknown at this time
Marriage 1917 - St. Pancras, London
Ethel Marion Blunt b.1878 , ( Nurse) Shrewsbury Shropshire
married James Thomson, b.1889 Fraserburgh, Aberdeen Scotland
( 2nd Lieutenant 5th Gordon Highlanders ww1)
Their only child Jean Thomson b. 1918, Shrewsbury Shropshire
Family immigrated to Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada - 1928
Available Photos of the Grandchildren of Thomas Porter Blunt
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Hubert Felton 2nd. Lieutenant Killed in Belgium - W.W.1 09/10/1917 Worcestershire Regiment, 17th Bn. Son of Mildred Frances ( Blunt ) & Walter Felton Hubert Felton b.1898 Walsall, Staffordshire |
28 Tower Place, 4 story home of the
Blunt Family.
Betw. the Tower Town Walls and Crescent Cottages
Occupied by Thomas Porter Blunt 1881 - 1829
Since has become part of multi-classroom school,
with
elevator installed.
This and a neighbour's home
were both part of the old Shrewsbury wall.
Thomas Blunt sr. - 1861 census resided at Tower Place with wife Sarah,
daughters Elizabeth & Sarah Maria, sons Thomas Porter & Charles Gaire
We hope to fill in the blanks with information as the years progress... |
Contact for T. P. Blunt Site - Living relatives in Canada
![]() The Blunt Insignia |
Thomas Blunt's Father - Thomas W. Blunt
and Grandfather Robert Blunt & his
uncle Henry Blunt
were Druggists and Chemists at 23 Wyle Cop
Thomas & Henry ran a Pharmacy & Soda Water Shop
see: 1850 ARTICLE "Chemists"
Thomas Porter Blunt: SIBLINGS:
Mary Anne Blunt b. June 1836 d. infancy
Elizabeth Blunt b. Dec 1837 d. _
Sarah Maria Blunt b. Mar 1840 d._
( Thomas third child) b. 1842 d._
Charles Gaire Blunt b. Jun 1846 d.
Mar 1864
To shake the family tree further, Thomas porter's
uncle Henry ( Thomas W.'s Brother ), Artist & Chemist:
Thomas Blunt - noted Shrewsbury artist
please scroll down for his works...the portrait was of him, by another artist
Publication: An unrecorded Shropshire modeller of the Moon.
model of the surface of the Moon, made by Henry Blunt - c.1851
close-up of Lunar Crater Eratosthenes from the 1851 model
Henry Blunt: b.
Nov.14 1806 Southwark Surrey d. 1853 Shrews.
Married: c. 1835 Martha_____ c. 1812 Chealsea, London
d. 1900 Shrewsbury, Shr.
CHILDREN:
Martha 1837-1838, / Henry 1839-1840
Emily 1843-1915 / Agnes 1845 / Ellen Martha c. 1846 / Henry 1848 / Annie 1852
The sisters were never married.
Agnes Blunt was also an artist of note,
Atcham Church ,
Railway Bridge,
River Scene
Ellen M. Blunt was an author early 20th century:
Her known publications were:
Madeline's Father / Phoebe Haseldine / Jim's Temptation
Brave Betty / Cis & Sister & the Little White Ball
Archie's Christmas Presents
*I have yet to order the birth records for Thomas Porter, as
...am waiting for full transcription until ordering. Initial searches through
local
FHS centre microfishe has turned up only a birth for "Blunt - boy"