Go to transcription of Robert's Will.

This will dated 14/2/1805, approved 17/4/1821.

Thomas Tunaley Snr

b. 1772.

m. Elizabeth Potter,

16-10-1795.

Thomas d. Derby, 10 September, 1848.

1846: Edward working as a cabinet maker in George St., Derby (Bagshaw's Trade Directory 1846)

1857: now at St. Helen's St. Derby (Whites' Directory).

Both addresses could have been Edward's workplace rather than residence (see bottom centre panel).

Eliza: shown as informant on Edward Tunaley's death certificate in 1865.
Eliza shown to be living at Park St., Derby prior to marriage 1869.

Edward Tunaley

(Carpenter)

b. Derby, 1806, c. 14/1/1807, All Saints, Derby.

m. Mary Ann Coxon, 1842, Sheffield (Mary b. 1813, Derby, d. 1856,

Derby).

Records indicate that Edward married Mary Ann only after the birth of their sixth child (see also Thomas Tunaley Jnr. who also fathered three children before marrying their mother). See also below.

Edward d. 9-3-1865, Derby.

It seems as the law stood at the time, "fathers of illegitimate children could be committed to jail unless they made arrangements to indemnify the parish for the upkeep of the child" (click here). See also the first family of John Tunaley (b. 1813).

In the book "The History and Directory of the Borough of Derby

(Intended As A Guide To Strangers Visiting the Town)"

By Stephen Glover