Family of Daniel Herbert GUNNS and Edith Beatrice VINCENT

Husband:
Daniel Herbert GUNNS (1867-c. 1939)
Wife:
Edith Beatrice VINCENT (1874- )
Children:
Edith G GUNNS (1896- )
Leonard D GUNNS (c. 1900- )
Ethel G GUNNS (c. 1908- )
Marriage:
c. 1895¹

Husband: Daniel Herbert GUNNS

Name:
Daniel Herbert GUNNS
Sex:
Male
Father:
George GUNNS (1838-c. 1913)
Mother:
Hannah COWAN (c. 1837-c. 1872)
Birth:
14 Jul 1867
Stoke Holy Cross^2,3,4
Baptism:
3 Jan 1869 (age 1)
Stoke Holy Cross²
Census:
1871 (age 3-4)
Stoke Holy Cross⁵
Address: Highfield House, Stoke Holy Cross

3, living with parents George (31, agricultural labourer) and Hannah (34, laundress), and siblings Ann C (11), George A (8), John (5) and William F (1)
Census:
1881 (age 13-14)
Tharston⁶
Address: Forncett Road, Tharston

13, scholar, living with parents George (39, general labourer) and Maria (38), and brothers John (15, scholar) and William (11, scholar)
Attested (Military):
28 Sep 1885 (age 18)
Norwich, Norfolk
wishing to join the Norfolk Regiment, number 1487
Attested (Military):
28 Sep 1885 (age 18)
Norwich, Norfolk
wishing to join the Norfolk Regiment, number 1487
Millitary campaign:
btw 28 Sep 1885 and 2 Mar 1886 (age 18)
at home having joined the Norfolk Regiment
Millitary campaign:
btw 3 Mar 1886 and 5 Jul 1886 (age 18)⁷
in Gibralta
Millitary campaign:
btw 6 Jul 1886 and 6 Sep 1887 (age 18-20)
at home
Millitary campaign:
btw 7 Sep 1887 and 31 Oct 1888 (age 20-21)⁷
in the East Indies
Millitary campaign:
btw 1 Nov 1888 and 26 Jan 1893 (age 21-25)⁷
in Burma
Millitary campaign:
btw 17 Jan 1893 and 3 Jan 1900 (age 25-32)⁷
at home
Millitary campaign:
btw 4 Jan 1900 and 8 Aug 1902 (age 32-35)⁷
in South Africa and fought in The Second Boer War
Discharged:
9 Aug 1902 (age 35)
2nd Battalion of the Norfolk Regiment
Enlisted (Military):
26 Sep 1902 (age 35)
in Royal Garrison Regiment, number 5757
Millitary campaign:
btw 26 Sep 1902 and 30 Mar 1903 (age 35)⁷
at home
Military Medal:
30 Mar 1903 (age 35)
Queen's South Africa Medal
with clasps for CAPE COLONY (11 October 1899 – 31 May 1902) for service in the Cape of Good Hope where no clasp for a specific action in the Cape had been received, PAARDEBERG (17 February –26 February 1900) awarded to troops within 7,000 yards of General Piet Cronjé's final laager in the Orange Free State, and within 7,000 yards of Kudusrand Drift and JOHANNESBURG (29 May 1900) awarded to troops north of an east-west line drawn through Klip River Station (exclusive) and east of a north-south line drawn through Krugersdorp Station (inclusive) in the South African Republic.
Military Medal:
30 Mar 1903 (age 35)
King's South Africa Medal
with clasps for SOUTH AFRICA 1901 - for service in South Africa between 1 January 1901 and 31 December 1901 and SOUTH AFRICA 1902 - for service in South Africa between 1 January 1902 and 31 May 1902.
Millitary campaign:
btw 31 Mar 1903 and 19 Mar 1904 (age 35-36)⁷
in Malta
Millitary campaign:
btw 20 Mar 1904 and 25 Sep 1904 (age 36-37)⁷
at home
Discharged:
25 Sep 1904 (age 37)
3rd Battalion of the Royal Garrison Regiment
Census:
1911 (age 43-44)
Norwich, Norfolk⁸
Address: 28 Angel Road, Norwich

43, labourer in building trade, living with wife Edith B (37, boot machinist) and children Edith G (14, learner to the boot trade), Leonard D (11, scholar) and Ethel G (3, scholar)
Millitary campaign:
btw 9 Sep 1914 and 23 Feb 1919 (age 47-51)
at home
Attested (Military):
25 Sep 1914 (age 47)
Norwich, Norfolk
wishing to join the National Reserve, number 23963
Discharged:
23 Feb 1919 (age 51)
the National Reserve
1939 Register:
1939 (age 71-72)
Norwich, Norfolk⁴
Address: 30 Angel Road, Norwich

retired builder's labourer, b.14.07.1867
Death:
c. 1939 (age 71-72)⁹

Wife: Edith Beatrice VINCENT

Name:
Edith Beatrice VINCENT
Sex:
Female
Father:
James Horace VINCENT ( - )
Mother:
Rachel UNKNOWN ( - )
Birth:
13 Feb 1874
Norwich, Norfolk^4,10
some records give dob as 14.02.1874
Baptism:
1 Apr 1883 (age 9)
Norwich, Norfolk¹¹
Census:
1911 (age 36-37)
Norwich, Norfolk⁸
Address: 28 Angel Road, Norwich

37, boot machinist, living with husband Daniel H (43, labourer in building trade) and children Edith G (14, learner to the boot trade), Leonard D (11, scholar) and Ethel G (3, scholar)
1939 Register:
1939 (age 64-65)
Norwich, Norfolk⁴
Address: 30 Angel Road, Norwich

housewife, b.13.02.1874

Child 1: Edith G GUNNS

Name:
Edith G GUNNS
Sex:
Female
Birth:
25 Apr 1896⁴
1939 Register:
1939 (age 42-43)
Norwich, Norfolk⁴
Address: 30 Angel Road, Norwich

shoe work - edge inking, b.25.04.1896

Child 2: Leonard D GUNNS

Name:
Leonard D GUNNS
Sex:
Male
Birth:
c. 1900
New Catton

Child 3: Ethel G GUNNS

Name:
Ethel G GUNNS
Sex:
Female
Birth:
c. 1908
New Catton

Sources

1.: Civil Registration - marriage. 1895 Q4 Norwich 4B 307. Cit. Date: Q4 1895.

2.: Parish register - baptism. Stoke Holy Cross. Cit. Date: 3 January 1869.

3.: Civil Registration - birth. 1867 Q3 Henstead 4B 179. Cit. Date: Q3 1867.

4.: 1939 Registration. RG101/6507C/016/44 : TPBL. Cit. Date: 1939.

5.: 1871 Census. RG10 1827 54 13. Cit. Date: 1871.

6.: 1881 Census. RG11 1969 57 15. Cit. Date: 1881.

7.: Service record.

8.: 1911 Census. RG14 PN11278 RD225 SD1 ED24 SN44. Cit. Date: 1911.

9.: Civil Registration - death. 1939 Q4 Norwich 4B 397. Cit. Date: Q4 1939.

10.: Civil Registration - birth. 1874 Q1 Norwich 4B 105. Cit. Date: Q1 1874.

11.: Parish register - baptism. Norwich St. John the Baptist. Cit. Date: 1 April 1883.