Henry GUNTER [746]

  General Notes:

(Image courtesy of R Filsell)

1892 UK Death March Q vol 3a pge 14 Staines age 76

Windsor and Eton Express 9 August 1873
Discovery of the Body of a Child.
On Saturday Mr TB Diplock, the coroner for West Middlesex, held an inquest at the Hope on the body of a child, which was founded by a man named Henry Gunter while digging in the garden of a cottage, in the London Road, on Wednesday, 30 July.
The 1st witness called was Henry Gunter, who said: I am a bricklayer and live at Staines. On Wednesday the 30th of., I was working digging a hole in the garden of a cottage in the London Road. Between 4 and 5 PM, when I had done down about 23 inches, I came to the top of the box, which I opened, and found that it contained the body of a child. I gave information to the police and brought the body to this house.


The original "In Memoriam" card for Henry Gunter reads:
In Loving Memory of Henry Gunter who died February 16th, 1892, in his 77th year.
This troublesome head is at rest, Its aching and thinking is o'er;
Its quiet immovable breast is heaved by affliction no more.


The West Middlesex Times, Staines Advertiser, Windsor Eaton Slough Egham and Chertsey Reporter Saturday 20 February 1892
DEATH OF MR. HENRY GUNTER. -Another link of old Staines passed quietly away on Tuesday last, the 16th inst., in his 77th year. Mr. Gunter and his father before were hightly respected residents of Staines, and were all their lives connected with the building trade, so much that there are very few of the larger and older houses here, but what passed through their hands or were under their supervision. The deceased was also connected with the firm of the late Mr. Taylor, builder, of High-street. Mr Gunter, together with his mother and father, were thorough Congregationists, and deceased was a regular attendant at the church in the days of the late Mr. Porter. Mr Gunter's last request was that Mr. Bone should undertake the funeral arrangements and that Mr. McKee should bury him, and accordingly on Sunday afternoon next these gentlemen will carry out these sad duties in the Staines cemetery.

  Research Notes:

Middlesex Baptisms 1543-1876
Name: Henry Gunter
Birth date/age 6 May
Baptism year 1815
Baptism date 11 Jun 1815
Parish: Staines
Relationship: Son
Father's first name(s): Henry
Mother's first name(s): Elizabeth
Occupation: Bricklayer
Residence: Staines
County Middlesex
Country: England
Record set: Middlesex Baptisms 1543-1876


England & Wales FreeBDM Death Index 1837-1915
Name: Henry Gunter
Estimated birth year: abt 1816
Registration Year: 1892
Registration Quarter: Jan-Feb-Mar
Age at Death: 76
Registration district: Staines
Parishes for this Registration District:
Inferred County: Middlesex Volume: 3a Page: 14


Rosemary Filsell has recorded all the census records for Gunter's in Staines:
(all Census recorded now under Events)
Henry Gunter:
1841 Census living Church St Staines, Middx age 25, bricklayer.
Also wife Elizabeth age 20, children Henry 2 and Emily 1
1851 Census living Church St Staines, Middx age 35, bricklayer.
Also wife Eliza age 31 born Staines and children Henry 12, Emily 11, John 9, Charlotte 5, George 3 and Jane 1, all born at Staines.
1861 Census living Church St,Staines, Middx age 45, bricklayer.
Also sister Elizabeth Clarke widow age 68 born Stratford, Essex.
No death record for wife Eliza or marriage to Mary Thorn is found.
1871 Census living Church St,Staines,Middx age 55, bricklayer
1881 Census living Mill Mead,Staines, Middlesex age 65, bricklayer
1891 Census living Providence Cottages,Staines ,Middx age 75, bricklayer

  Other Records

• Photograph: Church of England Church: St Mary's, Staines, Middlesex. (Image courtesy Rosemary Filsell)

• Baptism: Church of England, 1815, St Mary's, Staines, Middlesex.

• Baptism: Parish Register, 1815, St Mary's, Staines, Middlesex.

• Census: England, 6 Jun 1841, Church St, Staines, Middlesex, England. Henry is recorded as Head Married age 25y and described as Bricklayer.

• Census: England, 30 Mar 1851, 95 Church St Staines. Henry is recorded as head of house married aged 35 bricklayer bn Staines.
Henry is recorded as Hervey in the Census.

• Census: England, 8 Apr 1861, 95 Church St Staines. [Schedule 87] Henry is recorded as head of house married aged 45 bricklayer born Staines. [Schedule No. 88] included in household is Elizabeth Clarke a lodger widow aged 68 born Essex, kept by her brother [likely son]

• Census: England, 2 Apr 1871, 34 Church St Staines. Henry is recorded as head of house married aged 55 bricklayer bn Staines

• Census: England, 3 Apr 1881, Mill Mead, Staines, MSX, England. Henry is recorded as head of house married aged 65 bricklayer bn Staines

• Census: England, 5 Apr 1891, Providence Cottages Spelthorne Staines Mdx. Henry is recorded as head of house married aged 75 bricklayer bn Staines

• Newspaper: Obit, 1892, Staines, Middlesex, England. (The West Middlesex Times; Staines Advertiser 20 February 1892)

• Newspaper: Obit, 1892, Staines, Middlesex, England. (The West Middlesex Times; Staines Advertiser 20 February 1892)

• Photograph: main street, 1900, High Street, Staines, Middlesex. (Image courtesy Rosemary Filsell)

• Photograph: main street, 1940, High Street, Staines, Middlesex. (Image courtesy Rosemary Filsell)

Henry married Elizabeth PHILLIPS [755] [MRIN: 255], daughter of James PHILLIPS [770] and Unknown, on 30 Sep 1837 in St Mary the Virgin, Stanwell, Middlesex, England. (Elizabeth PHILLIPS [755] was born about 1820 in Staines, Middlesex, England and died c.Jun 1852 in Staines, Middlesex, England.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Church of England Marriages & Banns: Banns, 1837, St Mary the Virgin, Stanwell, Richmond Upon Thames.

• Henry Gunter & Eliza Phillips: Marriage, 1837, St Mary Anglican, Stanwell, Middlesex, England. (image courtesy Ancestry)

  Marriage Notes:

Stanwell St Mary the Virgin, Richmond upon Thames
Marriage Banns:
1837 Henry Gunter & Eliza Phillips both of this Parish
Sept 10th 1st time - T Williams
Sept 17th 2nd time - W A Phelps
Sept 24th 3rd time - Tho Williams
1837 Sep Qtr Vol 3 page 233

Record set England & Wales Marriages 1837-2005
Name: HENRY GUNTER
Marriage quarter 3
Marriage year1837
Marriage Finder: HENRY GUNTER married one of these people Elizabeth Smithson, Eliza Phillips
District Staines:
County Middlesex
Country England
Volume 3
Volume as transcribed 3
Page number 233
Record set England & Wales Marriages 1837-2005

Henry next married Mary Ann THORN [756] [MRIN: 256], daughter of William THORN [766] and Mary Ann CHEER [767], about 1854. (Mary Ann THORN [756] was born on 25 Jul 1834 in George Green, Buckinghamshire, England, baptised on 17 Aug 1834 in Langley, Buckingham, England, died on 1 Feb 1916 in Victoria, BC, Canada and was buried on 10 Feb 1916 in Ross Bay Cemetery, Victoria, BC, Canada.)