Family: William ASTON / Emily NUNN (F1904)
m. 14 Nov 1869
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William ASTON
Birth Abt 1832 Scotland, UK 
Death 19 Nov 1888 Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England, UK Burial Marriage 14 Nov 1869 St Mary, St Georges in the East, Middlesex, England, UK Father Mother
Female
Emily NUNN
Birth 19 Feb 1850 Chevington, Suffolk, England, UK Death 10 May 1928 4 Rosetta Rd, Peebles, Scotland, UK Burial 25 May 1928 Peebles, Scottish Borders, Scotland, UK Other Spouse William NORMAN | F1906 Marriage Other Spouse Daniel PICKERILL | F2508 Marriage 1902 England, UK Father Mother Sarah NUNN | F1468 Group Sheet
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William ASTON
Birth 23 Dec 1870 Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England, UK Death 6 Dec 1893 Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England, UK Burial
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Emily ASTON
Birth 8 Aug 1872 Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England, UK Death 23 Jan 1963 Harverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Wales Burial Spouse Martin ALDERWICK | F2878 Marriage Apr 1898 Dudley, Staffordshire, England, UK
Female
Edith ASTON
Birth 10 Nov 1873 Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England, UK Death 26 Sep 1935 Nursing Home, Tweed Green, Peebles, Scotland, UK Burial Sep 1935 St Andrew's Cemetery, Peebles, Scottish Borders, Scotland, UK Spouse John FERGUSON | F1326 Marriage 24 Jul 1912 34 Chambers St, Edinburgh, England, UK
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Edwin ASTON
Birth 17 Nov 1874 Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England, UK Death 6 Sep 1925 Merton, Surrey, England, UK Burial
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Allan ASTON
Birth 29 May 1876 Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England, UK Death Apr 1953 Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, UK Burial
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Gordon ASTON
Birth 15 Jul 1877 Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England, UK Death Mar 1971 Walsall, Staffordshire, England, UK Burial Spouse Elizabeth Gertrude Mabel ALDERWICK | F2509 Marriage Jul 1905 Pembrokeshire, Wales, England, UK
Female
Gertrude ASTON
Birth 24 Sep 1887 Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England, UK Death 16 Jun 1973 Fairmile Nursing Home, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, UK Burial Spouse John Clark FERGUSON | F3070 Marriage 29 Jan 1916 34 Chambers St, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, UK
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Notes Married:
- 1869 marriage solemnized at the parish church of St Mary, St Georges in the East, Middlesex.
No 211, 14 Nov 1869, William Ashton, of full age, widower, photographer, of 11 Lucas St, son of James Ashton, farmer and Emily Nunn, of full age, spinster, of 11 Lucas St, dau of George Nunn, carpenter. Witnesses John Hillier, Emma Bedford Hillier.
NOTE: There are some questions about details on this if this is the same couple who set up a photographic business in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk. If so, William Ashton then dropped the "h" from his surname and becomes known as William Aston. Also note that Emily Nunn gives her father's name as George Nunn, carpenter, which is a puzzle because her mother was Sarah Nunn, daughter of Samuel Nunn and Susan Gilby. Emily is found with her grandfather Samuel Nunn on the 1851 census (along with her mother Sarah) and, on the 1871 census, Samuel Nunn is with her and William in Bury St Edmunds. As to Emily's parentage, it's possible she simply made up her father's name to avoid the shame that she was a base child. The other possibility is that a George Nunn was in fact her father. But the available records for Emily Nunn born 1850 in Chevington, or nearby, point to the fact that this Emily Nunn is the base child of Sarah Nunn.
Another fact is that both woman died at the same address in Peebles, Scotland, Sarah aged 82 in 1911 and Emily aged 78 in 1928. On top of that, Sarah was housekeeper to John Ferguson, who was married to her granddaughter Edith Aston!
- 1869 marriage solemnized at the parish church of St Mary, St Georges in the East, Middlesex.