Gundy family Whitchurch/Tretire/Dixton Newton (General)

by Jefff , West London, Middlesex, Sunday, June 04, 2017, 19:34 (2724 days ago) @ ivorglyn

Hi Ivor,
There were a few Walter Gundys around the UK at that time, but sadly neither FindMyPast nor FamilySearch seems to know your Walter's parents, altho they have baptisms for Walter & Betty/Elizabeth's children which I suspect you already have.

FindMyPast also has the following transcribed record that may be new to you,

First name(s) Walter
Last name Gundy
Apprentice year 1769
Livery company Gardener
Details Gundy John, son of Walter, Ross, Herefordshire, mason, to John Shelmandine, 11 Oct 1769, Gardeners' Company
Birth county Herefordshire
Birth country England
Record set London Apprenticeship Abstracts, 1442-1850
Category Education & work
Subcategory Apprentices
Collections from Great Britain

By the way, I think you've made an error wrt his Burial Record, I've made the same mistake myself more than once, it's 10 March 1826, see;

First name(s) Walter
Last name Gundy
Birth year 1759
Death year 1826
Age 67
Burial year 1826
Burial day 10
Burial month 3
Place Llangarron
Church description ST DEINST
Church denomination ANGLICAN
County Herefordshire
Country England
Record set National Burial Index For England & Wales
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Subcategory Deaths & burials
Collections from Great Britain

Using FamilySearch to look for all "GUNDY" births in Herefordshire c1769ish, there appears to be two or even 3 distinct family groups.

1) Christenings in "Ross" for Catherine 1751, John 1754, Sarah 1756, Anne 1759, Hannah 1760, all to parents WALTER and Sarah Gundy.

Before that and also in "Ross" were Elisabeth 1731, Anne & Hester January 1736, Hannah 1740 and William 1743, all to parents Walter & Hannah Gundy.
(Another Walter, in Dymock in 1726, to parents Walter & Hannah Gundy).

2) Christenings in "Upton Bishop" for Ann 1744, Alice 1746, Elisabeth 1749, Mary 1752, Stephen 1754, John 1754, Sarah 1756, all to parents Stephen and Elisabeth Gundy.

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APART from the much-later 1788 Marriage Record given by Slowhands in his earlier post, which sadly doesn't give clues to Walter's parents, altho it's likely that witnesses John & Thomas Davies are related to bride Elizabeth (father & brother, maybe ??); this is the ONLY marriage I can find for an earlier Walter Gundy from same general area and timescale as the above christening records;

Name Walter Gundy
Spouse's Name Hannah Wingod
Event Date 07 Feb 1725
Event Place Dymock,Gloucester,England

Based on the above, and circumstantial I know, but I suspect your Walter born 1759 was child to Walter and Sarah Gundy, probably in Ross.

Hopefully this link will still work for you too to get the full records, which I hope are of some help.
atb Jeff.

https://familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=75&query=%2Bsurname%3Agundy~%2...