Prewer family of Whepstead

In March 1861 Azariah Prewer and Sarah Nunn married in a village church in Suffolk, England. They had 15 children and only one is known to have died before adulthood. Fourteen children were born at home on Winson's Farm at Whepstead. Most were baptised at St...

Dudley Mervyn Nunn, coal miner’s son

Dudley Nunn was the 15th and second longest-lived member of one of Ipswich's many coal-mining families. His father Sid was one of the first generation of the Dinmore Nunn family that started in 1858 when David and Rachel Nunn arrived from Suffolk, England and settled...

International games

Newspaper reports that mention Gordon David (Bunny) Nunn in games for Australia at football (soccer) Competition Team Date Article identifier Bunny goals Final score Notes International v NZ Australia 4-Sep-54 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article133675169 2 Australia 4...

Club games

      Newspaper reports that mention Gordon David (Bunny) Nunn who represented both Queensland and Australia at football (soccer) Competition Team Date Article identifier Bunny goals Final score Notes 1st Division Premiership St Helens 22-May-43...

Napoleon Nunn

A short, tragic life Napoleon Nunn, who was born in 1831 to an unmarried mother in Chevington, Suffolk, lived an eventful, tragic life and died young. Napoleon was obviously named for the French revolutionary Napoleon Bonaparte. His young mum must have imagined a...

Campbells from Scotland to Queensland

The Campbell connection starts in Scotland where in 1874 David Campbell married Mary Campbell at Bothkennar, Stirling, west of Edinburgh. Despite sharing the same surname, it's not known whether David and Mary were closely related. Whatever the case, on 10 August 1874...

Alex Campbell and coal mining

Scottish influence in Central Queensland ventures The Rockhampton Historical Society holds the following document written by an un-named person who interviewed Alex Campbell (pictured) about coal mining in Central Queensland. Alex, his father David, along with...

Lillian Ethel Cooper (1891-1928)

Lillian Ethel Cooper (1891-1929) married William Birdseye and they had only one child who lived to adulthood.  These are their known children: 1. Edna May BIRDSEYE,   b. 2 Dec 1920, Queensland, Australia,   d. 28 Apr 1991, Queensland, Australia. 2. Beryl Violet...

Mum’s 90th birthday

Our mum turns 90 About 50 family and friends gathered in Rockhampton on Thursday, 10 June, 2021 to mark June Nunn's 90th birthday. It was wonderful to see the love, well-wishes and support that our Mum received. We five surviving siblings; Don, Denise, Warren, Kevin...

Nunn surname has deep roots in Suffolk

How we can track where we come from There's no doubt that the Nunn surname emanates from the English county of Suffolk. I've long held the view that it's likely that most of we Nunns are related, some more closely than others, of course. It would be the same for many...

My Dad, Gordon David Nunn

A life cut short Gordon was the second child born to George and Winnie Nunn; his mother affectionately called him "Dumpling" because of his love of that food. Along with his siblings he grew up in Margaret St, Rockhampton, apart from a time spent in Longreach which is...

Newspapers give vital clues in tracing family lines

Newspapers often provide information in tracing family lines, particularly when relatives are mentioned in events such as funerals. When Mrs J. Outlaw  attended George Avis's funeral in Chevington, Suffolk, in 1915, she was described as his sister. George was the...

William Avis, the Pear Tree publican

Nearly 50 years at same alehouse When newspapers record details of a funeral, it greatly helps family researchers to identify more than one generation. When a publican named William Avis died in Whepstead, Suffolk, England in 1941, it ended his 50-year association...

Percy Nunn, a Suffolk cousin and friend

When I first went to Suffolk, England, in 1998, I met a distant cousin named Percy Nunn. I was just starting to trace my Suffolk connections and, when I reached Chevington and started asking after anyone with the Nunn surname, I was directed to Percy's place in...

Obsessed older man pursued vulnerable teenager

There is no way to describe this situation other than creepy. It's the uncomfortable account of an older man who pursued a vulnerable young girl. That young girl was Rosemary Violet Nunn, my fourth half cousin, once removed as well as my sixth cousin, once removed....

Chance discovery uncovers love story

Those who research family history love to collaborate with like-minded people because, as it is with so many other things in life, the more you give the more you get in return. Without such widespread generosity, people who find items such as war medals, may never be...

Gordon David (Bunny) Nunn, family man and extraordinary athlete

(First published 8 Jan 2015; updates—21 November 2015, 30 January 2016, 5 April 2016, and 2 September 2022). Bunny Nunn was one of Australia’s leading sportsmen of the 1940s and 50s. He excelled at the highest level and left a lasting legacy.  Born in Ipswich,...

Whitwood colliery cricket team

Nunn brothers of Dinmore, Queensland, Australia What follows is research into several Nunn brothers in an image which refers to the winners of the Ivett Trophy for a cricket competition in Ipswich, Queensland in 1895. However, I believe the image to be from 1894 and...

Annette Margaret Nunn

Annette Margaret Nunn was born on 19 January 1958 at Gladstone, Queensland, Australia and died on 9 October 1978 in an electrical accident at Biloela, Queensland, Australia. She was the fourth child, and second daughter of Gordon David Nunn and Norma June Dobbs. This...

Various images connected to the Dinmore Nunns

These are images from Dinmore, Ipswich, Queensland, Australia and most likely from Nunns' Paddock which is the area on which the Dinmore Meatworks now stands. The following images have been obtained from various sources and some are of the property where David and...

Painful sickness ended Les Deakin’s life

The unfortunate details of Les Deakin's short life is noted in an army file that records the illness which cut short his life aged 21. Les took ill in July 1945 and was diagnosed with chronic nephritis on 9 August. He did not respond to treatment and died in...

Work accident claims life of David Campbell jnr

Just a month short of his 13th birthday, David Campbell junior was fatally injured in an accident while working at the Dinmore Brick and Tile Works near Ipswich in Queensland. As was the case for most youngsters in the 19th Century, work at such a tender age was a...

George Nunn, Chevington carrier

The following is a transcription of a newspaper report of this George Nunn's suicide attempt. He is described on census records as the grandson of Josiah Nunn but just who his parents were has not been established. It seems possible George Nunn was the base child of...

William Cooper (1857-1941)

William Cooper, (1857-1941 son of Richard Cooper and Hannah Bancroft) and Eleanor Evans (1857-1918 dau of George Evans and Ann White) married in Wales, moved to Australia and had five children who survived to adulthood. They came on the Duke of Westminster which...

Ambrose Cooper (1790 – 1848)

Ambrose COOPER (1790 - 1848 son of Richard Cooper and Anne Pocock) was a butcher in Bath, Somerset. He married Sarah Jones and they had the following children: 1. Mary Ann COOPER,   b. Abt 1827, Somersetshire, England, UK,   d. 1 Jan 1915, Twerton, Bath, Somerset,...

Richard Cooper (1830-1889)

Richard Cooper (1830-1889 son of Ambrose Cooper and Sarah Jones) was a butcher (as was his father before him) living in Bath, Somerset. He married Hannah Bancroft (1830-1868) with whom he had nine children. About three years after her death, he remarried to a Mary Ann...

Thomas Nunn (1656 – unknown)

Thomas Nunn and Elizabeth Clark hold the key to the Nunn families at the neighbouring Suffolk villages of Chevington and Hargrave. More research needs to be done, but I have established they had at least four children. At least two were born at Brockley and one a few...

Thomas Nunn (1684-1729)

Thomas Nunn was baptised at Brockley and died in Chevington. He married Anne Steed from Brockley and they had at least 13 children, all born in Chevington. 1. Thomas NUNN,   b. 13 May 1710, Chevington, Suffolk, England, UK,   d. 14 May 1710, Chevington, Suffolk,...

John Nunn (1715-1777)

John Nunn married Martha Rutledge, lived in Chevington and had the following family: 1. Martha NUNN,   b. Abt 1738, Denham, Suffolk, England, UK,   d. UNKNOWN 2. Ann NUNN,   b. Abt 1739, Chevington, Suffolk, England, UK,   d. UNKNOWN 3. John NUNN,   b. Oct 1743,...

John Nunn (1743-1822)

John Nunn, like his son Abraham, lived in Chevington. He had two marriages; firstly to Mary Copsey and, secondly, to Mary Flack. His family with Mary Copsey was: 1. John NUNN,   b. Oct 1769, Chevington, Suffolk, England, UK,   d. UNKNOWN 2. Mary NUNN,   b. Sep 1771,...

Abraham Nunn (1797-1881)

Abraham Nunn was the father of the David Nunn who came to Queensland in 1858 thus starting a new branch of the Suffolk Nunns in Australia. Abraham married Martha Gilby and lived in Chevington all his life. Their family: 1. John NUNN,   b. 16 Oct 1818, Chevington,...

Winifred Violet Cooper (1900-1989)

Winnie Nunn (nee Cooper). Winifred Violet Cooper (1900-1989) married George Alexander Nunn and had 11 children. She has my maternal grandmother.

Thomas Stewart Cooper (1889-1957)

Stewart Cooper. Thomas Stewart Cooper (1889-1957) married Jessie Swanson and they had three children. He was known as Stewart Cooper. These are their children:   1. Thomas Douglas Hector COOPER,   b. Abt 1913, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia,   d. 18 Jul 1980,...

James Henry Cooper (1887-1963)

James Henry Cooper (1887-1963) married Gertrude Pike (1880-1969) and they had four children. He was known as Harry Cooper. These are their children:   1. Dorothy Gertrude COOPER,   b. 28 Jan 1911, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia,   d. 7 Mar 1975, Rockhampton,...

David Campbell

David Campbell (1851-1932) married Mary Campbell (1856-1883) and Christina Abel (1855-1932). Only two of the children from his first marriage survived to adulthood. After his first wife died, he remarried and only one of the five children born to this union survived...

Jane “Jeannie” Campbell (1886-1970)

Jeannie Campbell's birth certificate. Jeannie Campbell (1886-1970) was the only surviving child of David Campbell's second marriage. Jeannie married John Peter Carr and they had four children.   1. John Alexander David CARR,   b. 12 Feb 1909, Queensland, Australia,...

Helen Rutherford Campbell (1875-1956)

Helen Rutherford Campbell. Helen Rutherford Campbell (born 11 Dec 1875, Skinflats, Bothkennar, Stirling, Scotland, died 8 Aug 1956, Rockhampton, Qld, Australia) married Arthur Nunn and they had six children. According to a couple of her grandchildren, she was a fairly...

Nev Deakin on Arthur and Ellen Nunn

Nev Deakin on his Nunn grandparents, his mother’s siblings and fishing on Rockhampton's Fitzroy River.   Nev Deakin Nev Deakin, the second son of Fred Deakin and Arthur and Helen Nunn’s eldest daughter, Annie, remembers clearly when his grandfather took ill and died...

Arnold Nunn on grandparents Arthur and Ellen Nunn

By Warren Nunn Arnold's memories of grandfather Arthur Nunn Arnold Nunn (1923-2021). Arnold Nunn has fond memories of his grandfather, Arthur, who was born at Dinmore, Ipswich, Queensland. The Nunn family property was situated on the Bremer River not far from its...

Emily Myrtle Nunn

Emily Myrtle Nunn (1905-1996) married Albert Newsome and they had one child. They moved to Townsville where they lived at 54 Sheriff St. Their son Rex has written extensively about growing up in North Queensland and about their rail trips to Rockhampton. Rex was an...

Jessie Helen Nunn

Jessie Helen Nunn (1902-1975) married David Collins and they had four children. They lived at 43 Kinmond Ave, Wavell Heights, Brisbane and later at 55 King St, Woody Point, Queensland.

George Alexander Nunn

  Winnie Nunn (nee Cooper). George Alexander Nunn (top left) and his 11 children in birth order from left. George (1899-1975) married Winifred Violet Cooper in 1923. George was a fireman and driver for Queensland Railways and the family lived  at 37 Margaret St,...

Annie Nunn

Annie Nunn (1898-1983) married Fred Deakin and had four children. Fred died in 1938 and Annie remarried to a widower, Robert Reaney, on 7 Aug 1942 at the Rockhampton Registrar's Office. In 1947, the marriage ended in divorce.

Rex Newsome on his grandparents Arthur and Ellen Nunn

Rex Newsome looks back on visits to his Nunn grandparents Rex Newsome. Rex Newsome, (1932-2013) the son of Emily Nunn and Roy Newsome, recorded memories of his grandfather, Arthur Nunn, in an autobiographical book, Up The Stares, published in 2000. Rex, a doctor of...

Christina Mary Nunn

Christina Mary Nunn (1896-1982) married Eli Peters but they did not have children. Chrissie, as she was known, lived at 20 Inwood St, Wooloowin in Brisbane. After she married Eli Peters, they moved to Dohles Rocks Road in the Petrie area. Before she moved to Brisbane,...

Desmond Holland

Desmond Holland. ONE of David and Rachel Nunn's descendants, Desmond Holland, became the victim of foul play in 1991 when he was murdered at his home at Dinmore, not far from where his great grandparents first lived. A bit of a loner, Desmond was a regular at a pub a...

Violet Nunn

Violet Nunn's birth certificate. Violet Nunn (born 7 Aug 1878 Ipswich, Queensland, Australia, died 23 Nov 1959 Queensland, Australia) married George Johnson (born Abt 1876, Franklin Vale, Ipswich, Queensland, died 30 Dec 1947, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia) and gave...

May Emma Nunn

May Emma Nunn's birth certificate. May Emma Nunn (born 6 Nov 1876 Ipswich, Queensland, Australia, died 26 Oct 1931 Ipswich, Queensland, Australia) married James Neilson (born 8 May 1873, Ross, Wesland, New Zealand, died 21 Nov 1941, Frederick Town, Riverview, Qld,...

William Nunn

William Nunn and his wife Emily Scarborough standing with their son Stanley possibly about 1930. Inset images either side of them are of Emily and William with their children (from left margin downward) Vera (whose married name was Geddes), Stanley and Reginald. Then...

Sydney Nunn

Sid Nunn (inset) in family photo taken after his passed away in 1919. Standing back from left are: Eric Ronald, William Everard, Norman Edward, Sidney Garnet. Next row from left, Esme Edna, Bertram Royal, Evelyn Alice, Dudley Mervyn, Sid's widow Rose (Selina Rose...

Arthur Nunn

1. Christina Mary NUNN,  b. 10 Oct 1896, Ipswich, Queensland, Australia,   d. 15 Jan 1982, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia  (Age 85 years) 2. Annie NUNN,  b. 22 Feb 1898, Ipswich, Queensland, Australia,   d. 22 Feb 1983, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia  (Age 85...

David “Dick” Nunn

David (who was known as Dick) Nunn pictured top left with some of his children including (from left) Lily Jane (married name Statham), Arnold Ernst, Mary Ellen (married name Bott), Cecil Colvin (known as Bunny a nickname by which his nephew Gordon David Nunn became...

Walter Nunn

Walter Nunn (born 19 Jul 1866 Ipswich, Queensland, Australia) died 25 Apr 1940 Qld, Aust) married Elizabeth Ann Thompson (born 11 Apr 1864, Qld, Aust died 4 Dec 1942) and fathered 8 children (see below). 1. Maud Rachel NUNN,   b. 22 Feb 1887, Queensland, Australia,...

Phoebe Nunn

Phoebe Nunn and her husband James Roberts with their children. All the girls are identified on image. Eldest son Norman is standing back between his parents. Youngest son Sid is sitting with his father and Arthur is reclining beside his sister Elsie. Below is extract...

Albert Nunn

Albert Nunn's birth certificate. Albert Nunn (born 11 Sep 1862 Ipswich, Queensland, died 24 Oct 1931 Qld, Aust), married Jane Tutin (born C1865, died 26 Nov 1940, Queensland, Aust) and fathered two children (see below).   1. Mary Elsie NUNN,   b. 24 Apr 1895,...

George Nunn

George Nunn (top right) with son Gordon George. Below that is Evelyn May Elizabeth (whose married name was McQuilty), Gordon George, Edith Maud (whose married name was Wise) and Fredrick George. Below is an extract from George's birth certificate.     George Nunn...

Amos Nunn

Amos Nunn, left, and several of his children. Colour image is of David Nunn (1886-1970) and his wife Marion Thomson (1901-1981); below them is Isabella Nunn (1889-1980) on her wedding day in 1909 to William James Walker (1888-1967). At top right are sisters Ruby...

Elisha Nunn

Elisha Nunn (left) and his daughter Rose Jane on her wedding to Gwilym Howell in 1916. At right is another daughter Ivy May whose married name was Holland. Rose's daughter Gladys McMillan (nee Howell) also identified the person at left as Sid Roberts. Elisha's sister...

David Nunn

A young couple's journey from Suffolk, England to Queensland, Australia David Nunn (born 15 Mar 1827 at  Chevington, Suffolk, England, UK, died (10 Jan 1900 Ipswich, Queensland, Australia) moved to Australia in 1858 with his wife Rachel and son Elisha. The family...

Early Suffolk

Chevington All Saints church in which many of our Nunn ancestors spent time for some reason either to be baptised (note the font inset image), married or for a funeral service. Photos: Warren Nunn 2004. Suffolk forms part of the East Anglian plain and consists almost...

Off to Australia

David and Rachel Nunn and son Elisha arrive in Moreton Bay A young couple and their baby arrived in a new country and there began a new branch of the Nunn family from Suffolk, England. February 1858: David and Rachel Nunn sailed into Moreton Bay aboard the Irene. The...