Lillian Louise EDSON

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1939, 110 Narley Lane, Studley, Nr Calne, Wiltshire, England, UK

Notes:

Birth:
From 1939 register

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Died:
England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007
Name: Lilian L Nunn Death Age: 77 Birth Date: abt 1881
Registration Date: Oct 1958 Registration district: Chippenham Inferred County: Wiltshire
Volume: 7c Page: 427

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England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995
Name: Lilian Louise Nunn Death Date: 2 Dec 1958
Death Place: Wiltshire, Wilts, England
Probate Date: 23 Jan 1959
Probate Registry: Winchester, Chester, England

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Lillian married Harry Ernest NUNN in Jan 1912 in Newark on Trent, Nottinghamshire, England, UK. Harry (son of Sophia NUNN) was born on 15 Aug 1886 in Ipswich, Suffolk, England, UK; died in Sep 1972 in Devizes, Wiltshire, England, UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1939, Shoddesden Villas, Hillview, Pewsey, Wiltshire, England, UK
• Occupation: 1939; Upholsterer

Notes:

Jack was a keen road cyclist and the following information about him is from https://www.chippenhamwheelers.org/about-us/

Formed in 1932, Chippenham Wheelers revived a floundering club called The Red Triangle Cycling Club. Jack Nunn was a young member who later became the Club President. He later achieved distinction in 12 and 24-hour races. The Club 12-hour Championship Cup and Trophy events are named after him.
We later became the Chippenham & District Wheelers in recognition of the wider area from which members came. In 1968 we amalgamated with the Chippenham Coureurs, a local school cycling club, with Dick Bond as the General Secretary for most of the time over the next 25 years.

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Birth:
Wiltshire, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1916
Name: Jack Edson Nunn Baptism Date: 23 Mar 1913
Baptism Place: Derry Hill, Christ Church, Wiltshire, England
Father: Harry Ernest Nunn Mother: Lilian Louise Nunn
DOB 23 Feb 1913 from father's military record.

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Census:
1939 register for Shoddesden Villas, Hillview, Pewsey, Wiltshire,
Jack E Nunn Married, born 23 Feb 1913, upholsterer.
Vera B Nunn 19 Nov 1919 Female Unpd Domestic Duties Married

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Died:
England & Wales, Death Index

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Jack married Vera Beatrice CARPENTER in Apr 1938 in Chippenham, Wiltshire, England, UK. Vera was born on 19 Nov 1919 in Chippenham, Dorset, England, UK; died in UNKNOWN in England, UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Ruth Thomson was a life-long friend of Geoffrey's. She said she met Geoffrey and his dad, Jack, on the Isle of Man in the 1960s. They were on a cycling tour. She worked at the hotel. Geoff visited her in to Scotland. After Ruth married, she kept in touch with Geoff. He visited Ruth and her family in Canada and corresponded with her over the years. Ruth recalls when she visited the Nunn family, grandfather Harry would cook large dinners. Ruth said Geoff had a 1,000 CC motor cycle with large side car. He enjoyed taking it apart and re-building it. Wherever he went people often gathered around to admire the machine.

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The following is a report of Geoffrey's passing:
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/quiet-village-stunned-mans-body-7829780
Quiet village stunned as man's body found badly decomposed in his bedroom
The picture-perfect village of Rowde is mourning one of its 1,000 residents who had to be identified by dental record
A rural English village with just 1,000 residents is in shock after one of its residents was found dead in his bed - having been there for at least a month.
Sweet picture-postcard Rowde, near Devizes, Wiltshire, has been rocked by the discovery of the pensioner , who was so decomposed that he had to be identified by dental records.
Not only was Geoffrey Nunn, who was 76, unrecognisable when he was found, but it has so far been impossible to ascertain the cause of his death,
Police broke into Mr Nunn's home on April 5 after the alarm was raised by his landlord.
The inquest at Salisbury was told that the decomposed body had to be identified by dental records, with cause of death impossible to identify.
Rowde Parish Council chairman Stephen Mundy, who used to live opposite Mr Nunn, said:"I will be looking into this at once - this is very unusual.
"He was a long-standing Rowde resident who will be tragically missed - it is so very sad.
"I think this is a great shock and very sad for all the people in Rowde.
"This seems to be endemic at the moment in the UK - there are several cases where people just disappear and are not noticed for some time.
"He kept himself to himself - he was quite a lonely man and did not have a lot of visitors."
Another shocked villager added:"It seems he was lying there for over a month."
Wiltshire Police said: "We are not treating the death as suspicious."
The inquest was adjourned to a date to be fixed.

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https://www.unclaimedestates.com/estates/geoffrey-michael-nunn-439471

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Birth:
England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916-2007
Name: Geoffrey M Nunn* Registration Date: Jul 1939
Registration district: Devizes Inferred County: Wiltshire
Mother's Maiden Name: Carpenter
Volume Number: 5a Page Number: 200
*Personal correspondence from a family friend confirms he was born Geoffrey Michael Nunn on 8 Jul 1939.

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Died:
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/quiet-village-stunned-mans-body-7829780

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