Rebecca (Gunning) Lanfear (1834 - 1875)

Born 1834 in Warminster, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Wife of Joseph Lanfear — married 1862 (to 1875) in Warminster, Wiltshire, England

Died 1875 at about age 41 in Westbury, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

Rebecca (Gunning) Lanfear was born in England.

Rebecca (Gunning) Lanfear was born in Wiltshire, England.

Rebecca Gunning was born in about 1834 and was baptised on 12 October 1834 at Christ Church, Warminster, Wiltshire^[1]. She was the daughter of James Gunning and his wife Sarah Unknown.

1841 UK Census
Diltons Marsh, Westbury, Westbury & Whorwelsdown, Wiltshire, England:

By the time the 1861 England Census was enumerated on 7 April 1861, Rebecca Gunning (aged 26, single and an Assistant Cook) was recorded in the household of her brother Aaron Gunning (34 and a Pastry Cook) in Mark Street, Trowbridge, Wiltshire. Also in the household was one servant.

At the age of about 27 Rebecca married widower 25 year old Joseph Lanfear in 1862 in Warminster, Wiltshire^[2]. They went on to have two daughters.

1871 England Census
Dilton Marsh, Westbury, Wiltshire, England:

On 23 May 1872, Rebecca Lanfear was baptised at Westbury Leigh, Wiltshire. A note next her baptism entry reads "Wife of Joseph Lanfear Junr. Received by Letter of Dismission from the Baptist Church Bethesda Trowbridge."

Sadly she passed away in 1875 at the age of 39, her death being registered at Westbury, Wiltshire in the 2nd quarter of that year^[3].

Sources

1. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JWV6-1PK : 30 December 2014), Rebecca Gunning, 12 Oct 1834; citing CHRIST CHURCH,WARMINSTER,WILTSHIRE,ENGLAND, reference ; FHL microfilm 950,246.
2. ↑ "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2DVM-R68 : 13 December 2014), Rebecca Gunning, 1862; from “England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005,”
3. ↑ "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2JKH-KP6 : 31 December 2014), Rebecca Lanfear, 1875; from "England & Wales Deaths, 1837-2006,"

See also:

• "England and Wales Census, 1841," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M73L-H9Y : 30 October 2015), Rebecca Gunning in household of James Gunning, Warminster, Wiltshire, England; from "1841 England, Scotland and Wales census,"

• "England and Wales Census, 1851," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SGZC-8R9 : 24 July 2016), Rebecca Gunning, Warminster, Wiltshire, England; citing Warminster, Wiltshire, England, p. 21, from "1851 England, Scotland and Wales census,"

• "England and Wales Census, 1861," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M7VV-69P : 6 April 2016), Rebecan Gunning in household of Aaron Gunning, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England; from "1861 England, Scotland and Wales census,"

• "England and Wales Census, 1871", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VFJ9-VLY : 24 July 2015), Rebbecca Lanfear in entry for Joseph Lanfear, 1871.