Noel Mervyn NUNN

Other Events and Attributes:

• _MILT: 1943-45; Australian Army
• Residence: 1943, Grovely, Queensland, Australia
• Residence: 1949, 104 Elizabeth St, Brisbane City, Queensland, Australia
• Residence: 1954, 386 Sandgate Rd, Albion, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
• Residence: 1958-1980, 26 Shelley St, Cannon Hill, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Notes:

Birth:
https://www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au/
Birth registration: Noel Mervyn Nunn Birth date: 15/12/1920
Mother's name: Emily Scarborough Father/parent's name: William Nunn
Registration details:1920/C/12588

---

_MILT:
Service record: Name NUNN, NOEL MERVYN Service Australian Army Service Number QX52843
Date of Birth 15 Dec 1920 Place of Birth DINMORE, QLD Date of Enlistment 14 Aug 1943 Locality on Enlistment BOOVAL, QLD
Place of Enlistment FALL RIVER Next of Kin NUNN, EMILY Date of Discharge 1 Feb 1945 Rank Gunner Posting at Discharge 1 AUST BASE DEPOT PERS WW2 Honours and Gallantry None
Prisoner of War No

---

Residence:
Australian electoral roll

---

Residence:
Australian electoral roll

---

Residence:
Australian electoral roll

---

Residence:
Australian electoral roll

---

Died:
Family information.

---

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Living
2. Living
3. Gail Maree NUNN was born on 24 Apr 1961 in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; died on 30 Aug 2012 in Bilambil Heights, Tweed Heads, New South Wales, Australia.

Other Events and Attributes:

• _FGRAVE: 180451551

Notes:

Birth:
Transcript of birth cert: 1874 births in the district of Ipswich in the Colony of Queensland. 1792/6776 9 Oct 1874 at Waterfield, near Ipswich, William, male, son of David Nunn, labourer, aged 38, born Suffolk, England, married 22 Feb 1856 in Suffolk, England, children Elisha 17, Amos 15, George 14, Albert 12, Phoebe 10, Walter 7, David 7, Arthur 3 1/2, Sydney, 2. Mother Rachel formerly Nunn, aged 26, born Suffolk, England. Informant Rachel Nunn, mother, Waterfield, near Ipswich.

---

Died:
Qld State Library Death ref: 1935/0003110

---

Buried:
NUNN.-The Relatives and Friends or Mrs.. W. NUNN and FAMILY,. of Dinmore. are invited to attend the funeral of her beloved Husband and their Father (WILLIAM NUNN), - to leave Reed's Funeral Parlour, South-street, at 10.30 THIS (TUESDAY) MORNING for the Ipswich Cemetery. J. & H. REED
Family Notices. (1935, September 3). Queensland Times (Ipswich) (Qld. : 1909 - 1954), p. 1 Edition: DAILY.. Retrieved November 23, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article118333656

---

William married Emily SCARBOROUGH on 1 Dec 1898 in Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. Emily was born on 9 Sep 1878 in North Aylesford, Kent, England; died on 19 Nov 1960 in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; was buried on 21 Nov 1960 in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _FGRAVE: 180451453
• Emigration: 1 AUG1885, Queensland, Australia

Notes:

Emily the daughter of William Scarborough b: 20 Aug 1851 London married Mary Ann Booth on 16 Aug 1873 Middlesex. William d: 19 Nov 1918 Ipswich. Mary Ann b: 12 May 1845 Heckington Lincolnshire and d: 17 Dec 1921 Ipswich.

---

Birth:
England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008
Name Emily Scarborough Event Date 1878 Event Place North Aylesford, Kent, England Registration District North Aylesford Event Type Birth Registration Page 475 Volume 2A Affiliate Line Number 48 Registration Quarter Oct-Nov-Dec Registration Year 1878

---

Emigration:
From http://www.archives.qld.gov.au/downloads/Indexes/immi1884_1912/S1.pdf
SCARBOROUGH Emily 6 Dorunda 1 Aug 1885 IMM/120 241 Z1962 M1701
SCARBOROUGH James 4 Dorunda 1 Aug 1885 IMM/120 241 Z1962 M1701
SCARBOROUGH Mary A 39 Dorunda 1 Aug 1885 IMM/120 241 Z1962 M1701
SCARBOROUGH William 9 Dorunda 1 Aug 1885 IMM/120 241 Z1962 M1701
It appears that Emily's father, William may have emigrated to Qld several months earlier if this is him
SCARBOROUGH William 33 Duke of Westminster 8 Dec 1884 IMM/119 305 Z1961 M1700

---

Died:
https://www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au/
Death registration: Emily Nunn Death date: 19/11/1960 Mother's name: Mary Ann Booth Father/parent's name: William Scarborough
Registration details: 1960/B/41606

---

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/180451453/emily-nunn
Emily Scarborough Nunn BIRTH 9 Sep 1878 Lincoln, City of Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England DEATH 19 Nov 1960 (aged 82) Brisbane City, Queensland, Australia
BURIAL Ipswich General Cemetery Ipswich, Ipswich City, Queensland, Australia Show Map PLOT Methodist Uniting B MEMORIAL ID 180451453

---

Notes:

Married:
MARRIAGES. NUNN-SCARBOROUGH.-On the 1st December, at Ipswich, Emily, only daughter of William and Mary Anne Scarborough, of Woodend, to William, youngest son of David Nunn, Farmer, of Dinmore.
Family Notices. (1898, December 10). Queensland Times, Ipswich Herald & General Advertiser (Qld. : 1861 - 1908), p. 4. Retrieved October 5, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article123596182

---

https://www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au/
Marriage registration: William Nunn Marriage date: 01/12/1898 Spouse's name: Emily Scarborough Registration details: 1898/C/1102

---

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farmer
• _FGRAVE: 180452342
• Census: 1841, New Cottage, Chevington, Suffolk, England, UK
• Census: 1851, Chevington, Suffolk, England, UK
• _FNRL: 11 Jan 1900, Ipswich Cemetery, Ipswich, Queensland, Australia

Notes:

By the time he was 18, David Nunn had four convictions for poaching, according to the Bury Prison Register dated 23 Sep 1846.
The fourth conviction earned him a fine of 20 shillings, costs 13 shillings. It's not clear if the 20 shillings included the costs but either way it was a substantial fine for "an offence against the Game Laws at Chevington".
We can surmise that he may have been poaching to feed himself and other family members but whatever the truth, it was against the law and he was caught. The record describes David as 5ft 5ins, pale complexion, brown hair, grey eyes, long visage, of good health with clean clothes. He could not read or write.
Four years later, it was reported in the Bury and Norwich Post on 16 April 1851, p2, in a list of convictions at Chevington that ... David Nunn and Wm. Death, offence against game laws at Chevington; 2 months.
So, he spent time in jail for his misdeamours as well.

---

1877 State Electoral roll (Ref no) 196 lists David Nunn land ownership in Ipswich Police District of Electoral District of Bundamba

---

Read here for more on the Nunn family in Australia. https://oznunns.com/nunn

---

This article gives an overview of the Nunn family as Dinmore pioneers.
https://www.ipswichlibraries.com.au/the-nunns-a-pioneering-family-of-dinmore/

---

Birth:
From Chevington OPR Page 35 No 261: 6 Apr 1827 born 15 Mar 1827 David son of Abraham Nunn and Martha Gilby
"England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NKS6-69L : accessed 08 Jul 2013), David Nunn, 15 Mar 1827.

---

Census:
1841 census for New Cottage, Chevington: http://tinyurl.com/cgptop
Abraham Nunn, aged 45, ag lab
Martha Nunn, aged 45
Samuel Nunn, aged 15
Eliza Nunn, aged 15
David Nunn, aged 10
Alfred Nunn, aged 10
Harriett Nunn, aged 5
John Nunn, aged 20, ag lab
Phoebe Nunn, aged 20

---

Census:
1851 census for near Moat, Chevington:
http://tinyurl.com/cgptop
HO107; Piece: 1791; Folio: 213; Page: 18; GSU roll: 207440.
Abraham Nunn, head, widower, aged 54, garden labourer, born Chevington
Samuel Nunn, son, unm, aged 29, farm labourer, born Chevington
Eliza Nunn, dau, unm, aged 27, born Chevington
David Nunn, son, unm, aged 25, farm labourer, born Chevington
Alfred Nunn, grandson, aged 4, born Chevington

---

_FNRL:
FUNERAL.-The Friends of Mr. DAVID NUNN, Sen., are respectfully invited to attend his Funeral, to move from his late Residence, Dinmore, at 2 o'clock THIS (THURSDAY) AFTERNOON, for the Ipswich Cemetery. J. W. REED, Undertaker.
Family Notices. (1900, January 11). Queensland Times, Ipswich Herald & General Advertiser (Qld. : 1861 - 1908), p. 4. Retrieved October 5, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article123255478

---

NUNN.--On the 10th January; at his residence, Dinmore, David Nunn, aged 73 years
Family Notices. (1900, January 13). Queensland Times, Ipswich Herald & General Advertiser (Qld. : 1861 - 1908), p. 4. Retrieved November 25, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article123257369

---

Died:
1900 deaths in the district of Moreton West, 3268/3047, David Nunn, farmer, male, 73* years, 10 Jan 1900 at Dinmore, cause: fatty degeneration of heart, senile decay and chronic gastritis, several years, cert by Dr Flynn, Parents: Abraham Nunn, laborer, mother Martha Gilbert (should be Gilby), informant Rachel Nunn, wife, Dinmore, buried, 11 Jan 1900, Ipswich Cemetery, born Cheverton (should be Chevington), Suffok, England, lived 41 years in Queensland, married Cheverton (should be Chevington), Suffolk, England, aged 30 years, to Rachel Nunn. Issue: Elisha, 42, Amos, 40, George, 39, Albert, 37, Phoebe, 35, Walter, 33, David, 31, Arthur 28, Sydney, 27, William 25, Emma May 23, Mary Violet 21.
*72 years. Born 1827, not 1826 as alleged.

---

Buried:
David buried Ipswich Cemetery 11-1-1900. Rites by Rev S Wood. Burial No 006488

---

David married Rachel NUNN on 22 Feb 1856 in Chevington, Suffolk, England, UK. Rachel (daughter of Francis NUNN and Mary HUST) was born on 27 Aug 1837 in Wickhambrook, Suffolk, England, UK; died on 23 May 1912 in Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; was buried on 24 May 1912 in Ipswich Cemetery, Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Midwife
• Census: 1851, Wickhambrook, Suffolk, England, UK

Notes:

Rachel and David were third cousins. Rachel was midwife to many of the births in the Dinmore district.

---

There is an account in the Bury and Norwich Post 30 May 1855 on p3 which follows:
Committed to Bury Gaol ... Rachel Nunn, maliciously breaking a window* at Wickhambrook, 1 month.

*It seems highly probable that this is the same Rachel Nunn. A petty office by today's standards .... but nevertheless..

---

Birth:
IGI

---

Census:
1851 census for No 39, Giles, Wickhambrook
http://tinyurl.com/lsczbs
Source Citation: Class: HO107; Piece: 1787; Folio: 362; Page: 11; GSU roll: 207436.
Francis NUNN, head, marr, 66, ag lab, born Hargrave
Mary NUNN, wife, 62, born Wickhambrook
Rachel NUNN, dau, unm, 14, born Wickhambrook
George NUNN, grandson, 5, born Wickhambrook.

---

Died:
1912 deaths in the district of Brisbane, No 15850, Rachael Nunn, widow, female, 73 years, 23 May 1912 at Mater Misericordiae Hospital, cause, aneurism of abdominal aorta, rupture, haemorrhage, four months, certified by J.Cameron Hemsley, Parents: -- Nunn, informant, George Nunn, son, Dinmore, near Ipswich, buried 24 May 1912, Ipswich Cemetery. Born, Suffok, England, lived about 54 years, Queensland, Married, Suffok, England, at age 17, to David Nunn. Living issue, Elisha, 55, Amos 52, George, 51, Albert, 49, Phoebe, 27, Walter, 45, David, 42, Arthur, 40, Sidney, 38, William, 36, Emma May, 34, Mary Violet, 33.

---

Buried:
Rachel buried Ipswich Cemetery 24-5-1912. Rites by T.L.H.Jenkyn.

---

Notes:

Married:
Page 52 of Chevington Parish register No 156 year 1856 I publish the Banns of Marriage between David NUNN, single man and Rachel Nunn single woman, both of this parish The above Banns were published on the three Sundays underwritten: That is to say, on Sunday, the 3rd of Feb by John White
On Sunday, the 10th of Feb by John White On Sunday, the 17th of Feb by John White Signed John White Rector

---

0960138 1438879 Film St Catherine's House Ref 4a 563 Registrar's District: Thingoe Banns No 156 Chevington Register

---

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Agricultural labourer/husbandman
• Census: 1841, New Cottage, Chevington, Suffolk, England, UK
• Census: 1851, Chevington, Suffolk, England, UK
• Census: 1861, Ruffin's Farm, Chevington, Suffolk, England, UK
• Census: 1871, Seighbeighs Cottages, Chevington, Suffolk, England, UK
• Census: 1881, Brookes Corner, Seighbeighs Cottages, Chevington, Suffolk, England, UK

Notes:

The following letters were written in response to the accidental death of BK1257 Alfred Nunn, son of Abraham Nunn.
The Napoleon Nunn mentioned appears to be the base child of a Naomi Nunn, daughter of John Nunn and Sarah (Sally) Silverstone. There is no relationship yet established between the two Nunn boys although a family connection seems highly likely.

---

This letter published in the Bury and Norwich Post, and East Anglian, November 29, 1843, was in response to one published earlier regarding Alfred Nunn's accidental death.

---

Alleged ignorance at Chevington and Whepstead. To the editor. Sir, - Will you oblige me by inserting if your next paper the following statement, which I trust will be found a sufficient answer to the letter of "One of the Jury," on the inquest upon the body of Alfred Nunn, appearing in your last.
Napoleon Nunn, who occasioned the death of Alfred, is not a son of poor parents; he has been brought up by his grandfather, until lately an occupier of a farm of above hundred acres in Chevington, and never was an object for admission into a Charity School. Abraham, the father of Alfred, has had seven children, of whom six have been taught to read, and received religious instruction in my schools; the remaining one is afflicted and incapable of learning. All poor parents in the parish have the opportunity offered them of placing their children, at the age of seven, in the day-school, where they may remain at least three years, and be thence transferred to the Sunday School, where they are allowed to continue till the age of fifteen, or more: the object of the Sunday School being chiefly religious instruction; and, although the parents are often compelled to put their boys to work at a very early age, and, I grieve more to say, that there are some that neglect or refuse to send their children to school, who consequently grow up ignorant and vicious; yet, I believe that the number taught, about sixty, is quite equal in proportion to that prevailing in other places; the schools are supported by me and members of my family, without assistance from any endowment or Society. The other two boys, Henry and Arthur Wittam, who were examined on the inquest, aged thirteen and ten, live in Whepstead, and belong to the Sunday School there; but being at a great distance from the church, and often necessarily employed on the Sunday in the care of stock, &c., their attendance has been very irregular, and they have but little knowledge of their catechisms; the eldest, however, can read the Testament decently, and has a distinct knowledge of retribution hereafter; and stated that his parents always instructed him so. It cannont, therefore, be said, that these boys "have not the remote idea of a future state." Your obedient servant, John White, Chevington Rectory, Nov.24, 1843.

---

The offending letter follows: Bury and Norwich Post 22 November 1843
Ignorance of the peasantry. To the Editor.
Sir, - You will no doubt report in your columns of this week the result of an inquest held at the Suffolk Hospital on Wednesday last. The fact are simple these: that one boy carelessly caused the death of another boy by a gun-shot wound. But the grave and important question, is the worse than gothic ignorance in which the rustic population of Whepstead and Chevington appear to exist. The coroner in his charge was justifiably severe in describing the absence of all moral instruction, were removded
but by a slight degree from the position of a savage state. One lad, the principal in the accident, acknowledge that he did not know the Lord's Prayer; that he had no knowledge of the name of the clergyman of the parish, and, in fact, that he knew nothing of responsibility with respect to good or evil. The two other lads stated they belonged to the Sunday School; they knew the Lord's Prayer, but had not the most remote idea of a future state. And is this the education of the people, for which so much money is paid? If it is, look at the result; one harmless lad is hurried into eternity, and the innocent cause of it. untutored and uninstructed, knows nothing of the responsibility of hastening his companion to another world. But are the clergy, the paid educators of the people, wholly blameless? Was the rector or curate of these villages wholly ignorant of the existence of these boys, or were they negligent in endeavouring to lead their minds and cultivate them to the pursuit of virtue, or leaving them in reckless idleness to tread the path of infamy and crime? Sir, we frequently marvel at the spread of crime in the rural districts, at incendiarism, and acts of violence; but when we see the germ of human intellect thus untutored, neglected, and even crushed, - can we wonder that the mind, thus brutalized, its energies cramped and contracted, should in the moment of supposed or real injuries rush to the perpetration of wild and savage revenge? Yet when any plan of educating the people is proposed, it is generally met with all the fury of orthodox resentment? Take this instance of proof of the careful teaching of the rustic population, and it there is a feeling of moral reflection amongst your readers, they will in unison with me blush to think, tt\hat within a range of six miles from a town like Bury, with a church in the village, and, I dare say, a tolerable benefice, that human beings should be found, whose ignorance, as far as Christianity and morality are concerned, would disgrace the savages of the wild, or the Hindoo worshippers in India. Yours respectfully, One of the Jury.
[We insert this letter for the lamentable facts which it relates, but not admitting the justice of all its inferences. Unless a minister had the power of compelling the people to come, and send their children to be instructed, there may be instances of such ignorance as is here described, in spite of all the efforts of the most faithful pastor. - ED.]
Copyright British Library Board

---

Birth:
From Chevington OPR
Abraham son of John Nunn and Mary his wife (late M. Flack spr) was born 17 May 1797; privately baptised 21 May 1797

---

Occupation:
From Chevington census record

---

Census:
1841 census for New Cottage, Chevington: http://tinyurl.com/cgptop
Abraham Nunn, aged 45, ag lab
Martha Nunn, aged 45
Samuel Nunn, aged 15
Eliza Nunn, aged 15
David Nunn, aged 10
Alfred Nunn, aged 10
Harriett Nunn, aged 5
John Nunn, aged 20, ag lab
Phoebe Nunn, aged 20

---

Census:
1851 census for near Moat, Chevington:
http://tinyurl.com/cgptop
HO107; Piece: 1791; Folio: 213; Page: 18; GSU roll: 207440.
Abraham Nunn, head, widower, aged 54, garden labourer, born Chevington
Samuel Nunn, son, unm, aged 29, farm labourer, born Chevington
Eliza Nunn, dau, unm, aged 27, born Chevington
David Nunn, son, unm, aged 25, farm labourer, born Chevington
Alfred Nunn, grandson, aged 4, born Chevington

---

Census:
1861 census for Chevington, Ruffin's Farm:
http://tinyurl.com/cgptop
John Nunn, head, aged 42, Ag Lab, born Chevington.
Phoebe Nunn, wife, aged 39, born Naughton.
George Nunn, son, unmarried, aged 17, Ag Lab, born Chevington.
Harriet Nunn, dau, aged 14, employed at cloth factory, born Chevington.
Frederick Nunn, son, aged 11, scholar, born Chevington.
Abraham Nunn, father, widower, aged 65, Ag Lab, born Chevington

---

Census:
1871 census for Seighbeigh's Cottage, Chevington:
http://tinyurl.com/cgptop
John Nunn, head, widower, aged 52, ag lab, born Chevington
Harriet Plummer, dau, married, aged 24, soldier's wife (housekeeper), born Chevington
Ellen Plummer, grand dau, aged 4, born Chatham, Kent
Alice E. Plummer, grand dau, aged 2, born Chatham, Kent
Abraham Nunn, father, widower, aged 75, ag lab, born Chevington

---

Census:
1881 census for Seighbeigh's Cottages, Brookes Corner, Chevington:
http://tinyurl.com/cgptop
Abraham Nunn, head, widower, aged 86, born Chevington (imbecile)
John Nunn, son, widower, aged 63, ag lab, born Chevington

---

Buried:
Transcribed from Chevington OPR held at Bury St Edmunds by Warren Nunn October 2004:
Burial No 673 Abraham Nunn aged 86 Apr 22 1881

---

Abraham married Martha GILBY on 13 Nov 1817 in Chevington, Suffolk, England, UK. Martha (daughter of John GILBY and Sarah MACRO) was born on 18 Nov 1792 in Chevington, Suffolk, England, UK; died on 25 Jul 1844 in Chevington, Suffolk, England, UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
From Chevington OPR
Martha dau of John Gilby and Sarah his wife (late S. Macro spr) was born18 Nov 1792; privately baptised 19 Nov 1792

---

Died:
From Chevingon burial register No 6 1818 to 1894
No 306 Martha Nunn wife of Abraham Nunn late M. Gilby of this parish 25 Jul 1844 aged 52

---

Notes:

Married:
Chevington Register Page 8, marriage No 23 Abraham Nunn, Bachelor, otp, and Martha Gilby, Spinster, otp, were married in this church by Banns this 13th day of November, in the Year One thousand eight hundred and seventeen by me John White Rector {Abraham and Mary both made their marks} in the presence of Mary Nunn {her mark} and Abraham Arbourn? {his mark}

---

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1841, Wickhambrook, Suffolk, England, UK
• Census: 1851, Wickhambrook, Suffolk, England, UK

Notes:

Not found on 1861 UK census but died that year. In baptism records for children, his abode is shown as Wickhambrook

Birth:
From Hargrave OPR
Francis son of Francis Nunn and Susan Hinds was born 5 Aug 1787; privately baptised 19 Aug 1787

---

Census:
1841 census at Giles:
Francis Nunn, 50, Ag Lab
Mary Nunn, 45
Phoebe, 20
George, 15
Mary, 12
Richard, 5
Source Citation: Class: HO107; Piece: 1033; Book: 11; Civil Parish: Wickambrook; County: Suffolk; Enumeration District: 1; Folio: 9; Page: 9; Line: 12; GSU roll: 474642.

---

Census:
In the 1851 census for Wickhambrook, 37 Gates?:
Francis Nunn, head, marr, 66, Ag Lab, born Hargrave
Mary, wife, 62, born Wickhambrook
Rachel, dau, U, 14, born Wickhambrook
George, grandson, 5, born Wickambrook (seems to be base son of their daughter Jemima).

---

Died:
Francis died at the workhouse Kedington, Suffolk

---

Francis married Mary HUST on 9 Jun 1815 in Hargrave, Suffolk, England, UK. Mary (daughter of William HUST and Mary GINN) was born on 17 Jun 1792 in Wickhambrook, Suffolk, England, UK; died on 21 Jul 1851 in Wickhambrook, Suffolk, England, UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Wickhambrook OPR

---

Notes:

Married:
Hargrave parish record page 3 marriage no 7 records wedding between Francis Nunn and Mary Challis (widow)
Hargrave parish record marriage No 7, 1815
Francis Nunn bachelor and Mary Challis widower (Mary is variously referred to as Mary Hurst, Hust and Challis.)
on June 9, 1815
In presence of Robert Nunn (X) and Mary Pearson (X)

---