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Married Martch 11th 1866, St. Chad's Shrewsbury

Emily Rachel Robinson b. 1842 Hampton Wick, Middlesex d. 1910 at the age of 68 Shrewsbury, Shropshire   Father: Thomas Robinson b. c1816 Middlesex, England d._ Mother: Augusta ( Hutt ) b.c1818, Bushy Park, Hampton, Middlesex...d.1887, Shrewsbury Married: 1839 Westminster Dist. Grand father : Thomas Hutt b.c.1784 Oxon Beckley d. c1854 ciren Grandmother: Rachel ( Townsend ) - b. c1783 Cirencester  d. _ Married: June 13 1804 Parish: Teddington County: Middlesex,

Thomas Porter Blunt   c. 1842 * Abbey Foregate d. 1929 at the age of 87 Shrewsbury Shropshire   Father: Thomas W. Blunt b. c1803, Southwark, Surrey d.  1874, Shrewsbury, Shropshire Mother: Sarah Smith 1800 - Kent Road, Surrey, Eng. d.1864 Shrewsbury, Shrops. Married: c. 1835 Grand father : Robert Blunt b.c1766 (St George,Southwark) d. c 1842 Shrewsb. Grandmother : Ann ( Porter) born c1771 (Chesham, Buckingham) died 1847 Shrewsb. Married: c. 1802 Chesham

*Ethel Marion Blunt at age 30 b. Feb.23, 1878, at Tower Place, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, U.K. d.1973, Winnipeg, Mb. Canada

The Blunt Children Thomas Gaire R. Blunt  b.1867  d. 1950 Emily Augusta Blunt  b.1868  d.___ Mildred Frances Blunt  b. 1869  d. 1906 Mary Ella Blunt b.  1871  d.___ Gertrude Mabel E. Blunt  b. 1872  d.___ Walter Arthur Blunt  b. 1874  d. 1911 Charles Ernest J. Blunt  b. 1876  d.___ *Ethel Marion Blunt  b. 1878  d. 1973 Hubert Porter Blunt  b. 1882  d.___       Click on Photo to see more of Ethel's family

 

 

Marriage 1893 - Shrewsbury, Shropshire

Mildred Frances Blunt b. 1869, Shrewsbury, Shropshire
m. Walter Felton b. 1865 Manchester, Lancashire
Married Dec. 11th St. Chad's Shrewsbury
(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 R. Blunt b. 1867, Shrewsbury, Shropshire
married Edith Blanche Wilkinson b. 1864 Aldborough, Yorkshire
 Thomas was an assistant schoolmaster in Durham

    Children born in Crossgate, Durham.
Brian Gaire Blunt b. 1897   d. 1980
       Roger Charles Blunt b. 1900   d. 1966

Anthony John Gaire Blunt b.1928 d.1993

Thomas was Professor of Modern Languages
at Canterbury College 1901-1934

Roger Charles Blunt married Hedwig M. Kramer 1937

 

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 (unknown)

 

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

Jean Marion Thomson Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Daughter of Ethel Marion & James Thomson Jean Thomson b.1918, Shrewsbury, Shropshire now Jean Righetti married to Paul Righetti, Saskatchewan, Canada

Brian G. Blunt in July 1916 Lieutenant in the Royal Field Artillery Spec. Reserve, WWI Son of Thomas Gaire Blunt & Edith Blanche (Wilkinson) Brian Gaire Blunt b.1897 Crossgate, Durham, U.K.

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

Contact for T. P. Blunt Site - Living relatives in Canada

The Blunt Insignia

The Scientist's Home Page

The Scientist's Bio-Obituary

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...as portrait by another

 Publication: An unrecorded Shropshire modeller of the Moon.

model of the surface of the Moon, made by Henry Blunt - c.1851

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

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*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"