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Hi, My family are from Croydon, Surrey and surrounding areas. I have an accurate family tree back to the mid-1700s. If anyone needs information for this side of the family I would be pleased to help.

Jonathan (b. 1970) and Jacqueline Dumville are proud to announce the birth of their second son, Alexander Luc Dumville. He was born in Bristol, England on the 25th July.

Baby Alex, brother to Sean (b. 2006), has David John (b. 1942) as grandfather and Eleanor May (b. 1922) as great-grandmother.

I have just come across your site whilst researching ships from north-east ports lost during WW2. I would just like to tell you that Edward Dunville, who was lost on SS Creofield in 1940, will be remembered on my site. This won't be for some time as I have to get right through to 1945 - but he will be remembered.

As a burgeoning young genealogist, I found this wonderful site a few years ago, and have periodically browsed through it ever since. Then just recently, I found an older entry in the guestbook from a distant relative [17 January 2008] …

My great-grandfather was Cyril Domville, brother of Wilfred, Len, Sid, and Enid… I know the family spread out quite a bit but my grandfather still maintains correspondence with some of his cousins - just not sure which ones! I know Cyril worked on ships - possibly the White Star Line - and made several transatlantic trips before finally emigrating, but I'd love to hear about the other members of the family!

I found your site yesterday and what a breakthrough that was! I had spent fruitless hours trying to find the ancestry of Martha Dumbwell, also called Dumville, born 5 October 1732 in Marston by Congleton, Cheshire. She was my 5x great-grandmother. She married George Corner on 9 June 1754 in Chelford, Cheshire and had nine children.

Martha, her husband and at least five of her children (not daughter Elizabeth who is my 4x great-grandmother) emigrated to America, where she died in 1803. Martha is an ancester on my mother's side of the family and until fairly recently the descendants of Elizabeth Corner, her daughter and husband Thomas Snelson, seem to have lived in Cheshire.

I'm so sorry to hear of Jill's death. She made a difference in so many lives. My condolences to her family and friends.

It's been a while since I looked at your site and I'm delighted to see many names that I recognize from my childhood in Kentucky. I'm the daughter of Ralph Emerson Dunville and Thelma Dees Dunville. Your information is fascinating, especially since I lost touch with many of my relatives when we moved away at the age of 12. I'll be checking back more often!

Thank you for operating this wonderful site. I am Michael D. Dunville, son of Martin Dunville. My father spent twenty years researching the Dunville, Domville, Dumville families from 1971-1992 before suddenly passing away. I am just becoming interested in the history of my family. I sort of became bored with the subject watching him spend about four hours a day and all weekend doing research. I watched him write all the time to many family members. I participated in trying to figure a way to log all the information in a manner that made sense. There were a lot of issues to take into consideration.

One of the interesting moments was when we found out that we were related to the Dunville's Whisky family. I see that one of your articles mentions that Martin Dunville gave or donated family material to Austin State University in Texas. I never knew that. I have all the material that my father generated. I am willing to share any of his research with anyone that is interested. I am sure that I might be able to get answers to a lot of questions that family members have. Thanks for your site.

I am looking for information on an ancestor, Mary Dumville, who married John Hall Thorpe around 1830 and they lived near Manchester in the UK. Her father was (possibly) Peter Williamson Dumville, and may have been a doctor. A large number of Mary's children emigrated to New Zealand in the 1860-1870s, I am on that branch.

The family still has some English silver, engraved with D, we call it the Dumville silver. Where did it come from?! In our family Dumville still occurs as a Christian name, for example it was one of my father's names.

Mary Dumville (christened 1805) was a daughter of Peter Williamson Dumville of Knutsford (christened 1778) and Mary Dumville née Bond, and a great-granddaughter of William Dumville of Chelford (1722-1779).

My great-grandmother was Jane Augusta Dumville and she married Sidney Plumb October 6, 1886 in North Adams, Massachusetts. My grandmother, Helen Plumb, was born on August 9, 1887 in North Adams. She passed on handwritten notes about her mother and aunts. I found your site as I was looking for my great-great-grandmother, Jane Martin, married to Thomas Dumville, son of Benjamin Dumville, born April 18, 1768 in Olney, Buckinghamshire, England. Jane Martin according to my grandmother was from Ireland, perhaps coming over as a result of the potato famine?

I had fun reading your site as it confirmed much of my grandmother’s handwritten notes. I do not have much on the Dumville family and thinking that they were French, I was surprised with the Buckinghamshire births.

Ward E. Hobby is a great-great-great-grandson of Benjamin Dumville (1768-1830). Three of Benjamin Dumville's sons, Benjamin (1807-1887), Thomas (1813-1871) and William Edmund (1816-1884), emigrated to the USA in 1827.

I knew William Dumville when I was a child. He lived in Appleton Road, Middlesbrough. I remember him being wounded and getting the M.C. I think it was at Dunkerque for rescuing someone under enemy fire. I think he was wounded in the leg. He was a Major in the Green Howards at the time. This is a famous North Yorkshire regiment.

He owned a large brown Mastiff dog and we all called him Bill. I was nine at the time.

My name is Sally Joanne Roy. I am the daughter of Anna B Haagensen and granddaughter of the late Nahja Dees (Dunville) Haagensen. After my grandmother's death I began to research my family's history and this site is what I found. I'm very honoured to be a part of this family. There is so much background on this site. Thank you so much for sharing. Thank you very much!

Very interested to read about Mobberley Brickworks, I assume on Small lane, Mobberley, and the several Dumvilles employed there. The brickworks closed in 1935 but Wood lane is only just around the corner, and still very rural!

John Dumville (b 1842) [145M] and his sons Joseph Dumville (b 1871) [196M] and Alfred Dumville (b 1873/74) [197M], son and grandsons of John Dumville of Mobberley (b 1806/07), worked at the brickworks.

This is a tribute to Edward (Ted) Legg, the author of The Clock and Watchmakers of Buckinghamshire, who died early this year of Motor Neurone Disease. I knew Ted all of my life, until his death, when I was just 37, and my father was a lifelong friend of his and executor of his will. Ted had no family apart from ours and I wish that readers of this site realise his kindness, generosity and utmost dedication to give in his life, more than he ever received.

My name is Brandy Dunville. My husband is Matthew Dunville, the youngest son of Robert E. Dunville Jr. We have 3 boys: Matthew Jr. (9), Memphis (5), and Mathias (2). We were so happy to find this web site. Now we can show our boys where their family is from and who their relatives are.

I very much enjoyed your website. Ancient family seat is Lymm Hall, Lymm, in Cheshire. It still stands but no longer occupied by Domville/Dumbills. Many Dumbills (my relatives) remain around that part of Cheshire. So far as I can see my family lived in villages/towns local to Lymm for centuries. I left Cheshire on leaving University – and finally broke the mould.

On view in Lymm Hall and in the church at Lymm is the coat of arms of William Dombille of Lymm 1687. Motto on Arms is: QUI STAT CAVEAT NE CADAT. I discovered that this is taken from Corinthians, I, 10 (12): "Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall."

Admiral Sir Barry Edward Domvile quotes the motto in the Preface of his book 'From Admiral to Cabin Boy'.

I am the granddaughter of William Gustavus Dunville (1900-1956). My grandfather passed on in 1956 in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada months before my birth of October 23/56. My mother was Shirley June Dunville and her sister was Avis Pamela Zoe Dunville. Both daughters had children as follows: Avis gave birth to Michael William Clifford Daynard and Shirley gave birth to myself, Kirsten Young, Lori Desjardin, Erin Lawrence and Tylar Thorkilson.

Although I never had the opportunity to know my Grandpa Bill, I hear numerous stories of him and I did know my grandmother Ivy Evelyn Dunville extremely well. I spent numerous hours with her as a child until she passed on July 24th, 1967. She was such a lovely person and I am so pleased to say that I have Dunville history in my family.

I am from Canada but am visiting in London, England with our daughter Tarina (great-granddaughter of William Gustavus Dunville) and son-in-law who just on July 13th delivered a beautiful baby girl named Freya, who is a great-great-granddaughter to William Gustavus Dunville. Another great-great-grandson to William Gustavus was born on May 17th, 2008 to Trevor Daynard and Sarah Taylor, his name is Isaac William Michael Samuel Daynard.

I would like to hear from other Distillery Line Dunvilles (I have had the opportunity to meet with Miles Holroyd on my husband's and my last visit to England in 2007) as I believe myself and my sisters and brother may be one of the closest living distillery line descendants to John Dunville Dunville (my great-great-grandfather). Any thoughts… would appreciate any information. Thanks so much!

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Hello there! I was very pleased to come across your website. So interesting and such a help too.

Robert Dumville was my great-great-great-great-great- (5!) grandfather from my mother's side, my mother's maiden name being Morton (born in Ripon in Yorkshire). I have been doing a great deal of family history research recently and discovered how very addictive it is. I, like my father, was born in Wales and so I have a wide variety of ancestry to go at!

Congratulations on all the research you have done - and good luck for your future efforts.

Hello, Congratulations on an excellent site… organized, informative and interesting! I believe Robert Dumville was my great-great-great-grandfather. The pathway is:

My great-great-great-grandfather: Robert Dumville 1767-1857
His son, my great-great-grandfather: James Dumville 1824-1887
His daughter, my great-grandmother: Elizabeth (Dumville) Pearson 1860-1930
Emigrated in 1883 to Smiths Falls, Ontario Canada
Her daughter, my grandmother: Jennie (Pearson) Rogers ?-1930
Her daughter, my mother: Bessie (Rogers) Thomas 1915-1983
Me: Martyn Boyd Thomas 1946

Hello! What a wonderful site to see! I am of the Kentucky Dunvilles! I am the great-granddaughter of Robert Anderson Dunville and the granddaughter of Robert (Bob) Murphy Dunville. My grandfather grew up in Kentucky and had a flair for vaudeville! He moved to Richmond, Virginia where he married Glenyce and had four children of his own: Robert Murphy Jr., Carol Dunville Carpenter, David Anderson Dunville and then John Emerson Dunville. John Emerson is my father. He married Linda Frasia Wright and went on to have two children. First born was a girl, Frasia Morgan Dunville and then second was my little brother, William David Dunville a.k.a. Beau. The majority of our family is still easily found in Richmond, Virginia, however I have relocated to the Charlotte, North Carolina area and would love to meet any other Dunvilles in the area!

Thanks so much for putting together such a wonderful site… I will be sure to share this with the rest of the Robert Anderson Dunville family!

We are descendants of Susan Jane Jackson (granddaughter of Richard A. Dunville, Sr. and daughter of Jane Dunville and Charles King Jackson). Susan Married William Massilon Henry. We are trying to find out something about her side of the family. Do you know anything about her?

Very interesting site, thanks. My mother was Enid Veronica (Brice-) Bennett (née Domville), daughter of Mary Domville (née Kenny). Uncles included Wilf(red), Len, Cyril, Sid… Some I believe went to the USA… I worked with Wilf for a short while before his retirement from Liverpool Corporation in the mid 1960s.

Today while taking another trip down my family tree I noticed that the last name Orton shows up in the Dunvilles of Kentucky. I grew up in the small town of Onton in Webster County, Kentucky, where many, many Dunvilles have lived and farmed, several still do. My dad once told me that our town was named after someone by the last name Orton, but when the name was sent in to be registered with the state the lower case r looked like an n, which is totally feasible to me, and so the town was named Onton instead. Nothing particularly ground breaking here, but a neat little tid-bit nonetheless.

In addition Martin Dunville, who provided much of the research and information available on a lot of the Dunville family history, was a good friend of my grandfather, Benjamin Dunville, who died in 1980. The story I've been told behind that is that Martin, who at the time lived in Michigan, was told by either his mother or aunt that he had family in western Kentucky, and so he traveled south to search for them. He wound up in Webster County and the first Dunville he found in the phone book was my grandfather. The two met up and talked for hours, became good friends, and went on to organize many annual family reunions. I only wish I had been able to know them both! I hope someone will find this at least a little interesting, as I love to read other people's stories about the family.

Rev. Charles Compton Domvile was Rector of our church (St. Mary's, Nettleton) in the late 19th century, and we have graves of two family members Capt. John Russell Compton Domvile and Eva Kathleen Domvile in our churchyard. We are keen to restore their memorials, which should cost maybe £100-£200, and would very much like to hear from living family members willing to contribute. Such costs are formally the responsibility of relatives, although we may be able to provide something from our very limited church funds.

In the meantime, we would welcome visits from interested family members, and would like to put anything anyone can tell us about the late Rector in our church guidebook.

Reverend Charles Compton Domvile (1816-1898) was a great-grandson of Christopher Pocklington (d 1766). Captain John Russell Compton Domvile (1856-1893) and Eva Kathleen Domvile (1868-1897) were two of his children. See also a photograph of the memorials and information on the project to restore them on the page titled Domvile Family Gravestones.

My father is Harvey Clayton Dunville and my grandfather was Wilfred Leslie Dunville, great-grandfather was George Robert Dumville, then great-great-grandfather was John Dunville and great-great-grandmother was Ann Baldwin Dumville.

As a child I grew up a stone's throw away from the Dunville house in Redburn. We were always mystified by the building, and of the stories that went with big empty houses. The Dunville family have always intrigued me, and wherever possible I look for things about them, from the Victoria Cross which is in the Church of Ireland on Church Road, to the cemetery in the Old Priory. I have read through the site and have enjoyed it, and thank you for making this site accessible.

Hello, My grandmother was Clara Dumville, born in Salford, 1895 - 1997, daughter of Edward Dumville 1870, granddaughter of William 1845 and great-granddaughter of Peter. There used to be a Dumville Street in central Manchester which she insisted was named after her grandfather. Does anyone know who it was actually named after? Incidentally, it is quite amazing how many Dumvilles actually lived in Dumville Street!

Many thanks for a fantastic site. I came across it while looking into my grandfather's history. He was a traveller (sales rep) for Dunville's Whisky. I live close to the site of the distillery and, apart from Dunville Park, had no idea the influence the family had on Belfast as a whole.

I knew that the above-named married my great-great-great-grandfather, William Pearson, in 1817. Your website has provided me with information relating to Susannah Dumville's parents, Robert and Margery Dumville (née Smirthwaite) and William Pearson's father. Thank you.

If anyone has any further information relating to William and Susannah Pearson's daughter, Eleanor Pearson (c1817-1902) (my great-great-grandmother), or is a descendant of hers, I shall be pleased to hear from them.

Hello, I happened upon your website by chance. I am a Foxton and the rest of the (large) Foxton family lives in North Yorkshire (and my grandfather bears considerable resemblance to your piccies!). Not sure if we are any relation but will be doing a bit of homework tonight as it seems a coincidence.

Hello! I am Steve Sikkenga, son of Louis Robert and Dickey (Dunville) Sikkenga. My mother was one of two sisters of Marty Dunville who did a lot of research on the Dunvilles, particularly the Dunvilles of Kentucky. It is great to see a lot of his research kept on this site. My mother also kept copies of much of Marty's research, and I have found great joy in now possessing some of that research. For your records, my mother, Dickey Marie (Dunville) Sikkenga passed away on February 19, 2006 at the age of 75. Of her four other siblings, only Jeanette (Dunville) Marshke survives. Dickey is also survived by myself, Steve Robert Sikkenga of Apple Valley, MN and daughter, Nancy Jeanne Hutchison of Milford, MI. Thank you for this great site and source of information.

This is so totally impressive! We just hear of families and long time ago generations but to see pictures and hear stories make it a reality. It is my pleasure to know a Dunville and he's immensely proud of his heritage and it's evident that the person who started this is to be commended. It has been a delight reviewing these pages.

I am a maintenance supervisor. I found a grandfather clock at work next to the trash dumpster, about to be crushed by my grounds keeper! As it turned out he could not pick it up by himself. This is where I come in. It was a snowy day so I had to go in to work early!! 5:00 am!! I walked by the dumpster and I saw this beautiful clock! I said to myself, "It must be broken." Well let me tell you, it was in GREAT shape! It is signed John Dumvile Macclesfield.

I have done some research, which is how I came across this guestbook. The clock has never been cut and it has the original finials, crank and pendulum. I believe the clock may be from the 1750s, if not from the father of John Dumville of Alderly, John of Astle. If anyone can shed any light on the origin of the clock or can tell me which Dumvile may have built it, I would really appreciate it. If I get any responses, I would be happy to send some pictures.

Hello there everyone, just browsing one day and I found your site. My name is Peggy Dumville from Prince Edward Island, Canada. I have a daughter named Lilli Ann Charlotte Dumville. We are the daughter/grand-daughter of Kenneth Roy Dumville of O'Leary, West Point, son of the late Charles Dumville and his mother Mary Dumville of West Point, PEI. My father has 10 brothers and sisters as well. I can't wait to show my father this site. I expect he will have a lot more info to add… especially regarding how his father came to PEI.

Hi, I am the daughter of Thomas I'Anson (born in Victoria, Canada) the 3rd, and granddaughter of Thomas I'Anson (born in Scotland) 2nd, and the great-granddaughter of Thomas I'Anson, son of William I'Anson. I am looking for details too. My grandfather's horseracing life (a chain of 15 to 20 horses and an Alberta Derby Win) led me to the William I'Anson chain, (my father and grandfather were silent on the issue of their relatives), and I beleive that my brother, Richard Mark I'Anson, is the last in that chain, as he had no children due to health issues. I have a daughter. My father and grandfather are deceased. Hope this helps!

Hi there, My name is Amanda Nicole Koski, granddaughter of Arthur George Royal Dunville and Nadia Nadine Wettick.

I'm very glad I stumbled upon this website, and I know that Chanel, Madison and Paige (daughters of Shannon Lee Dunville) have also been to visit this website, so if this is the place to send additions to the tree, it would be very nice to see all of our names on it!

I spent many long hours playing in the ruins of the Dunville mansion as a child, fond memories that will remain with me always.

Hello, This is a fantastic web site. I stumbled across it doing a Google search for my family tree. I am the granddaughter of Martha Keturah Dunville Tuck, who was born on Prince Edward Island. I am really looking forward to my vacation this year as I will be traveling north to visit with my second cousin, Ruth Kinley Gibbs Dwyer (daughter of Jessie Jean Dunville Gibbs) and then continuing on to visit our other cousins on the Island. I'll return to this web site often.

Hi there, Just visited the Dunville's Whisky collectables site. Nice site and interesting info on the collectable, advertising products. I looked it up just out of interest as we have a brown enamel tray with the name DUNVILLE'S WHISKY and VR, as shown on your site, but we don't think of it as a collectable. It was in general use by my wife's grandmother, then her parents, and now we use it daily to carry our tea cups etc in from the kitchen. So it's still in in regular use, and has been since new, about 100 years ago.

Hi, my name is Sharon Lelonek, granddaughter to George Dunville, Northwich, Cheshire.

Sharon Lelonek is a great-great-great-granddaughter of John Dumville (b 1806/07) of Mobberley, Cheshire.

Having been in contact with Miles and having seen the e-mail from Roy and Judith, from Florida, I have seen some of his relations about a year ago. I am the grandson of Edward Dunville of Sunderland who was the brother of Thomas Ernest, who was Roy's Grandfather. I used to walk to and from the docks at Sunderland with both of them on occasions and I was employed by the same company where he worked as a Coal Trimmer/Teemer.

One day, the two of them supposed to have a dispute and they decided to "have it out on the top of the Coal Drops at 5 o'clock". Quite a crowd congregated to see the Battle. When both of them started to "spar up" they got hold of each other and started dancing. What a wind up. Always game for a laugh. Here's wishing all of the relations and friends, all the very best of the Season.

Hi, just visited your website after about three years, it is nice to see my daughters Claire and Sarah have both signed your guest book. It is nice to see there are lots of Dumvilles out there and the site has got so big.

Shelby Leigh Dunville's husband Brennan is a great-great-grandson of Richard Lee Dunville.

A few years ago I was travelling by car from Destin, Florida to Kansas City. Having read on the internet about a Windes/Dumville family cemetery near Bayou Chicot, Louisiana, I made it my purpose to find the site. It is truly off the beaten path, remote and isolated, but I was happy to succeed in locating it. I would like to spend more time there on a future trip.

Hi everyone, It was overwhelming to find so much on the Dunville/Dumvilles. My grandmother was Margaret Ellen Dumville married to William James Baines. My Dad, William Henry Baines, came to Saskatchewan, Canada as a young man and became a successful farmer. I have all the children of Wm. James Baines and Margaret Ellen and must send them to you, Jill. Thank you for the work that you've put into this site.

What a delight to find this site. My memories of Redburn House came flooding back as I recalled the happy days of my childhood playing in the grounds of the house during the late 1950s. I remember with sadness the night that the house was destroyed by fire as we watched from our bedroom window. I also remember the gamekeeper's house and the area in which the private zoo had been, also the stories of Bruno the bear. It was indeed a magical place and only rarely did we as children gain access to the interior of the house as it was well protected by a local man who was caretaker. Many thanks for a great website.

Jonathan (b. 1970) and Jacqueline Dumville are proud to announce the birth of their son Sean Presley Dumville. He was born in Bristol, England on the 13th August and weighed in at 8lb 9oz.

Baby Sean has David John (b. 1942) as Grandfather and John (b. 1923) as Great-Grandfather.

I was astounded to find your wonderful website and enjoyed reading through the research you have all done. Thank you!

I would love to be able to add my Dumville family to your site - if appropriate.

Mary Elizabeth DUMVILLE (Knutsford, Cheshire, England 1852) is my 2nd great grandmother.

Mary Elizabeth married John Dooley WALKDEN (1852-1882) in Manchester, Lancashire, England (1872) before their immigration to South Africa. John Dooley WALKDEN died at a young age leaving Mary Elizabeth DUMVILLE his wife a widow with two young children to rear. She was a brave and courageous woman who can be considered a true pioneer in the British Colonies.

I would be most excited to hear from cousins who are interested in sharing further research on this "twig" of the family tree.

"As far as we can discern the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being" Carl Jung

This is the greatest find I have ever had on the internet. I am the great-granddaughter of Sarah Elizabeth Dunville (née Tongue) (1853-1921). My grandfather was Thomas Craighead Dunville (Toby) and I am the daughter of his son Thomas Dunville (Tommy) and Mary Catherine (Reeves) Dunville. My father was the only child of Grandpa's marriage to Hazel Woolsey and Agnes Gertrude van der Maden was my step-grandmother. My father died in March of 1980 and my mother in February of 1998. I have had so many questions that I wanted to ask and no answers since everyone is now gone. I came across this site and started looking and as I was scrolling through all of the information I was thinking "oh, it's probably some other family" and then there was a picture of my Great-Grandmother! This has been so much fun and so informative. Although I am not personally aquainted with the makers of this site, I appreciate all of the hard work I know it takes to maintain so much information. I have two daughters and five grandchildren of my own and this will help me to pass on my heritage.

Hello. My name is Danica Mary Dunville. I am the daughter of William Dunville. I liked your website.

Have just spent a couple of the most informative hours reading up on the ancestors! Brilliant website, your efforts are most appreciated. As the son of David John Dumville (b. 1942) it appears that I'm the great-great-great-great-great-grandson of Robert Dumville (c1767-1857). My wife, Jacqui, is expecting a baby Dumville (our 1st child) in August. I shall keep you updated on this new generation of Dumvilles!

We are the only Dunville family from the the north-east of England who have lived in Sunderland, in the north-east, for the last few hundred years, although we (Roy and Judith Dunville) are living in Florida for the time being. I don't know if there is any connection to the Belfast family, although I would think that there probably is. Roy's father Alfred John sadly died four weeks ago. He was the last of his generation and was the youngest of four brothers, James, William, Ernest and Alfred. Their father was called Thomas Ernest and was married to Margaret Christian and he was born in Sunderland in 1886 and died in 1971.

There is of course a whole new generation of Dunvilles and it is quite a large one, all one family and all connected. They live mostly in the north-east, Sunderland, but a few are scattered in Australia and South Africa, and of course our family, now in Florida.

We have researched the name, Dunville, and as far as we know it originates from French fishermen, who landed in Ireland, hence maybe Dunville's Irish Whisky. Some may have travelled to Sunderland which was a huge port and used to be the biggest shipbuilding city in the world.

We would love to hear from whoever you are to see if there maybe is a connection in the name. We know that there are other families in England, in Manchester, Liverpool and Devon, and we have spoke to them and again the families are definitely connected.

The Dunville family of Sunderland are descendants of Thomas Dumville (1822-1878), and of Robert Dumville (c1767-1857) of Hunton, north Yorkshire. One of Thomas Dumville's descendants was Thomas Ernest Dunville, born in 1889 in Sunderland. Could he be Roy Dunville's grandfather?

I have been trying to trace my Domville roots, my grandmother Jane Ann Domville being born in the north-east of England. Her father was Joshua born Darlington 1849 and his father John Domville born about 1831.

My father did remark during his lifetime that we were related to Compton Domville and now retired I have finally got to grips with the family tree. Any help with this would be gratefully accepted.

Thanks for a great website - I really enjoyed reading the information on the Dumville family. I am a direct descendant of Elizabeth Dumville and William Ray. I'd be very interested to know if anyone had further information on William's ministry at the New Jerusalem Church.

My husband is a descendant of John McIntosh and Ursela Mikell. We found your site while looking for information on Society Hill for a trip we are planning to learn more about his heritage.

Thank you so much for your information on the Windes family. This has proven most interesting and has likely led me to more of my ancestors. It is very well written. I have sent an e-mail describing my interest in this family.

Hi there. What a wonderful site. I was on your site a few months ago and was wondering if anybody had any photos of the house dating back to 1970 or thereabouts. Be nice to them as I was born close to the house as a child in the 60s. Thanks again for your site. Keep up the good work.

Very interesting website! I am very distantly related through the Lawson family of Elizabeth Dumville.

I love your website and often have a 'further read'! I was born Margaret Dunville in Newark, Nottinghamshire - daughter of John Dunville and Lucy Toynbee. Frederick Dunville - born 1880 in Sunderland and married to Margaret Dono was my Grandfather. I now live at Bingham near Newark and was interested in an entry from Lee Dunville who lives in Farnsfield and believes he is the 'last senior' Dunville in the area. I was born in 1933 so perhaps he is not alone! I would love to hear from him. Thank you for the fantastic website.

Margaret Tomlinson née Dunville is a great-great-granddaughter of Thomas Dumville (1822-1878). Lee Dunville sent a message to the Guest Book on 15 March 2005. We tried to contact him but the e-mail address we have for him is not correct. Could you please contact us Lee?

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I ran across your website while trying to do a little genealogy research on my grandfather, Lloyd Lavern Ross, to have a commemorative plaque placed at our AmVets Building showing his WW I Army Air Corps Service in England and France, since it appears his official military records were lost in a fire at the St. Louis, Missouri storage facility.

Your website came up on my google search since he married my grandmother Harriet Dumville of O'Leary, PEI, where we still go for family reunions including one coming up this summer.

About ten years ago I also spent quite a bit of time developing family tree information and entering it into Family Tree Maker Computer Program. I have been idle in that department for the past ten years, but my brother and sister-in-law did a lot more research last year, and I hope to do more research within the next year or two. Your website should prove helpful.

I have some information from a cousin of my mother, regarding the Lidstone family tree which we may branch off, and the cousin's records from England show us going back pretty much to William the Conqueror if I am able to tie it all together.

Have just come across your site, it's great and informative. My grandfather Thomas Lusby married Emily Dunville in June 1897. They had a son Thomas born June 1898. Unfortunately Emily died in childbirth and granddad was left to bring up Tom on his own (with great help from Emily's family!). When Tom was nine years old, granddad married my grandmother, Margaret Bradley, and went on to have three more children, Jennie (died at 21 from pneumonia), Charles and my father Arthur who is a sprightly 91. My dad has often said that the Dunville family took to my nana and she was made to feel part of the family.

Tom grew up in Sunderland and married a lovely lady called Mary. They had one daughter Carrie who is now in her eighties and residing in New Zealand.

I hope this info can be added to your site and if you want any further info, don't hesitate to get in touch.

The first wife of Kath Hughes' grandfather Thomas Lusby was Emily Dunville (1875-1898), who was a granddaughter of Thomas Dumville (1822-1878).

It's so good to see the history of our family and name displayed as it is on this website, and I'm so glad I've found it! Not to mention my dad, Benjie Lee Dunville, who loves keeping up with our family history as well. Best wishes to all!

A search for Joseph Moxham found your guest book. I don't think the Joseph Moxham I am related to (he is my grandmother's uncle) is related to your family, but he may be the one referred to by Rose Moxham Aaserude on 15 January 2005. I have a letter written by Joseph Withey Moxham to my grandmother in 1913 when he arrived in Montreal from England. There is also a detailed account of the journey of the family (Joe, his wife Clara, and daughters Doff, Ciss and Nora) from Caerwent in Monmouthshire where they lived to Birkenhead and their voyage as 2nd class passengers on the S.S. Laurentic.

Alice Moxham (1779-1848) married Benjamin Dumville (1768-1830). Rose Moxham Aaserude contacted Julie Gibbon. Julie's grandmother's uncle Joseph Withey Moxham is Rose's great uncle Joe. Rose met his daughters over thirty years ago in Montreal.

I have the good fortune of being the daughter of Nahja Dees (Dunville) Haagensen and granddaughter of Ralph Emerson and Thelma Dees Dunville. They are a wonderful, kind and generous clan. This site was a marvelous find.

My mother-in-law was Annie (Nance) Dunville. She and her parents lived in Sunderland around 1930. Her father William Dunville was born about 1878. My husband John William Bennett was born in her parents' house in 1934. This house was in Briary Vale (Road?). I think number 10.

I would be most grateful for any information on this branch of the family, i.e. if there is a connection.

Lesley's husband's grandfather was John William Dunville (1878-1964), who was a grandson of Thomas Dumville (1822-1878).

Hi. My name is Tashia Lilla Milligan. I would be the daughter of John Lloyd and Sandra Adele (née Dumville) Milligan. The granddaughter of Edsel Ford and Mary "Thelma" (née MacNevin). The great-granddaughter of Benjamin Beer and Helen Isabelle (née MacDonald). The great-great-granddaughter of William Caloway Francis and Alice Susannah (née Kinley) Dumville. I find your site very interesting and helpful to help me research my family history for my own children. Thanks so much!

It was great to come across your site. I am thinking about creating my family tree and thought I would check and see if I could find any information about my family name. At the present time I don't have a lot of information on this subject. All I have is where the name came from. I was told it also came from England. I will visit your site again.

What a wonderful site this is. I stumbled across it while looking up the famous 'Dunville's Whisky'. Anybody visiting these parts must travel to 'Holywood Co. Down' and visit Redburn Country Park (where the Dunville mansion once stood). It's got great views over Belfast Lough.

I stumbled across the website - simply out of curiosity and as a 'long shot' having entered the word 'Dunville' for my search. Why? Well I am now 44 years old and recalled my time in Northern Ireland, when my father was serving in the army at 'Palace Barracks', Holywood.

At the tender age of seven I would go for walks in the nearby woodland and pass the 'Haunted House', known as Dunvilles'. The year would have been 1968 and I was at the time served all manner of scary tales by older children about the house and its contents.

I left Holywood in 1970 and didn't return until I made a brief visit in the early 1980s. The house was my first port of call and I was saddened to see that it had been demolished - The 'BP Social Club' occupying some of the site. Despite the passing of several decades, I have vivid recollections of the House and Grounds and foremost recall:

The empty cages, from the long defunct zoological collection.
The Game Keepers House - Which was derelict by this time.
The headstones of past, family pets.
An ornate waterfall.
The walled garden (and that many fruit plants still grew, amongst the undergrowth!).
The Coach House and Stable Block - I recall that there were the remains of a large number of 'willow pattern' plates and what appeared to be the decayed remains of a carriage…

The Main House was in a poor condition and I was for some time afraid to enter it - due in part to the lurid stories. When I did so, my main recollections are of the Grand Staircase and being impressed by its scale (particularly given my stature at the time!) and of ornate plaster work and faded colours. The house enchanted me and then and since filled me with a deep sense of sadness and many unanswered questions - mostly as to how it ended up in such a tragic condition.

The website has done so much to inform me and to 'fill in the blanks' - Until this evening I didn't know that the correct name of the property was 'Redburn House'.

I hope my recollections are of interest - Even if they are of a period well after the golden years of Dunville's Whisky and the family itself.

I saw your website with some interest, having researched Cheshire DUMVILLEs a bit myself over the last year or so. My ancestor, Betty Dumville (b Chelford 1760, d Stockport 1847), daughter of Nathaniel (husbandman of Over Peover) was married to Thomas HALDERN of Astbury. Her brother, John, was married to Thomas' sister, Martha Haldern. Both couples were married in Astbury, Cheshire in 1780.

Thomas and Betty moved first to Over Peover, where two sons were born, and thence to Stockport, where they had 4 more children.

John and Martha lived in Over Peover and then also to Stockport around the same time, having 4 children (the eldest named Nathaniel). Martha died in 1792, and was buried in Chelford. John remarried and had other children in Stockport.

I can only assume the two couples were in touch with their presumed relative Nathaniel Dumville, watchmaker of Stockport, although I have yet to work out the exact connection.

I first learned some about my history in 1978, but just recently started research. I would love to hear from anyone who has information or would just like to say hello. ty.

I am at my daughter Cheryl Ann's (I do not have a computer) & we visited your website, it is great to see all the family names. I wanted to wish my cousin Clifford (Aunt Emily & Uncle Ed's son) & all of his family, Holiday Greetings from me and daughter Cheryl Ann and grandsons Sean & Ryan Conklin.

Thank you for the Dumville Chronicle, I really enjoy reading about all the coming and goings of your family.

Just a note to let you know the '53 Corvette Harry owned and installed a V8 for racing is still running. My dad purchased it in about 1964 and is still in the family and driven in the summer on nice days. Thanks for the web site and the information on Harry.

I found your site while researching my ancestor, Col. Abel Culp (Kolb). My mother is a Culp, and I am a direct descendant of Abel. Thank you for the information.

Hello, My name is Dawn Louise Williams. I am Donna Helen Dunville/Williams' daughter. My grandparents are Laurence Joseph Dunville, born in Moosomin, Saskatchewan, and Elva J McDonald/Dunville, who were married in 1936 in Winnipeg. They had four kids Donna Helen Dunville, Joan Marie Dunville, Douglas James McDonald Dunville, and William (Bill) Campbell Dunville. Donna Helen Dunville/Williams has two kids Michael Laurence Williams and Dawn Louise Williams. William (Bill) has three kids, Tammy, Rhonda and Billy Dunville. Douglas James Dunville has two kids, Toni and Doug Dunville.

Thomas Smirthwaite (c1720-1790) was the first father-in-law of Robert Dumville (c1767-1857). We received messages for the Guest Book from Geoff Smirthwaite on 15 August 2004, from Jason Smirthwaite on 18 September 2004, from Tracey Smirthwaite on 14 December 2004, from Robert Smirthwaite on 14 January 2005, from May Walker, who is also researching the Smirthwaite family, on 28 April 2005, and from Mark Smirthwaite on 30 April 2005.

What an interesting site! Some really interesting tidbits of life in the early years of our family history. My brother Kyle has done some pretty extensive research on all of this but since he's the retired one I let him handle it! I'm very proud to be descended from a long line of people who were confident and curious enough to look beyond their comfort zone and discover a whole new life. I believe our branch of the family is descended from William Windes, the circuit riding preacher. But if you know something I don't, please enlighten me. Thanks for having this interesting site.

William Windes, from whom Sue believes her branch of the family is descended, was a son of Enoch Windes (1765-1834) and Sarah Windes née Dumville (b c1775). The history of Enoch and Sarah Windes and their descendants was researched and provided by George Windes.

I have just come on your board, and notice in October 2004 Greg Davy from Canberra asked questions about the Moxham Family of Longford. I am a descendant of them and have a considerable amount of info. Also I am organising a family reunion here in Sydney early next year. I was hoping Greg may see this and get in contact with me or maybe someone may know his email. We would love to see him at the reunion.

Adele has made contact with Greg. The only person on the website with the surname of Moxham is Alice Moxham (1779-1848), who was born in Berkshire and married Benjamin Dumville (1768-1830).

My husband was James Allison Domville, the only son of Walter James Dumville who changed his name to Domville. I have been looking over your site and found all of this information and some of the similarities to our descendants. I felt compelled to write.

Walter James was born in Prince Edward Island and there is a lot of information on Google about his ancestry. If anyone is interested you can go to Google and type in James Allison Domville. There is a wealth of info there.

James Allison Domville was born in Lockport, Nova Scotia. Graduated from the University of New Brunswick with a BSc. He was a civil engineer who was well respected in his field. Most of his work was done in the province of Nova Scotia. Member of the Association of Professional Engineers. We do have a lot of family history available in places.

He has a sister in Fredericton, New Brunswick who is still living. If you are interested in finding out about this line I will do my best to try to help you.

Good Afternoon. My name is Paula. I currently reside in Canada. I am doing research on my family history and I found your website. Andy Moore the Head Gardener for the Redburn Estates is my great-grandfather.

Joe Windes may be a descendant of Enoch Windes (1765-1834) and Sarah Windes née Dumville (b c1775).

Excellent website! Job well done. My name is Tim Milligan and originally from PEI, I joined the military in 1996 but still go back to the island often. I'm son to Sandra Milligan, née Dumville, and grandson to Edsel Dumville. I've spent time researching my own surname but never got to my mother's maiden name as of yet. Your site is great and I'm sure I'll be checking in often.

My grandfather's sister Inez married a Dumville, Reverend Charles Benjamin Dumville (1915-1976). I may have met him when I was little, but I don't remember him. He did perform a marriage service for my grandfather back in 1941 while he was in boot camp before the war. Inez is doing well; she visits my grandfather occasionally.

Richard Martin Dunville (Marty as we called him) was my Grandfather … father to my Mother, Dianne Marie Paisley. My Grandmother, June, was Marty's wife. I'm very pleased to see so much great historical information regarding this part of my family tree, including the origins of those from Belfast who started the Dunville Distillery in the early 1800s.

Michael Paisley is a great-great-grandson of Benjamin Harry Dunville (1859-1896). Michael Paisley's grandfather, Richard Martin (Marty) Dunville, did an enormous amount of research into the Dunville and Dumville families.

I've just started looking at my family tree and found your site when looking for infomation about Hunton. I am (I think) a direct descendant of Elizabeth Dumville (born 1830). She is my great-great-grandmother. Thank you for sharing your information. I will read all your pages with great interest.

Hi, I've been reading your web site with great interest. I was born a Dumville, my father being Alan Richard Dumville and his brother Barry. Dad now lives in Plymouth and Barry is in Littlehampton, West Sussex. Both their parents passed away when they were very young and I don't really know of any other family. So if you think you might be related it would be great to hear from you.

Claire is a great-great-granddaughter of George Dumville (1835-1875) and a fifth cousin of the compilers of this website!

While searching in Google I found your interesting website. I have never thought that a similar name existed in the UK, at least with the same sound. The name of DONVIL exists in Belgium but they are not very numerous. So far our name has never been traced, but my father always told me that this name was Spanish or from the south of France. By the way, in Normandy there is a small village called Donville (just type the name in www.viamichelin.com to see the map*). Reading in your site that this name could date back to the Middle Ages it can always be possible that it is a kind of French dialect. Don is a Spanish word meaning "Lord" and Vil can have something to do with Ville (city or village) or villa (house). Does DONVIL comes from the Spanish conquistadores or has it more to do with Normandy? Anyway it is fine to know that there are Dumvilles in the UK.

* Type Postcode: '50350' and City, area: 'Donville', select 'France'. The scale of the map can be adjusted on the left side.

I was searching Google and I came upon this site when entering my husband's name and birthplace. I was really excited about it and ran off seven pages of ancestry. I am going to continue reading through the whole site.

Hi, I have researched my side of the Smirthwaite family in Yorkshire and have reached up to 1804.

Thomas Smirthwaite (c1720-1790) was the first father-in-law of Robert Dumville (c1767-1857). We received messages for the Guest Book from Geoff Smirthwaite on 15 August 2004, from Jason Smirthwaite on 18 September 2004, from Tracey Smirthwaite on 14 December 2004, from Robert Smirthwaite on 14 January 2005 and from May Walker, who is also researching the Smirthwaite family, on 28 April 2005.

I am researching history of Smirthwaite House, Methley and the Smirthwaite and Wigin families who lived there. Would like to know more about the Smirthwaites of Bridge Farm and Hazel Farm please.

The web site is most interesting. Until viewing the web site I never realized there were so many Domvile "cousins" living abroad especially in Canada.

The family may be small but certainly has its share of characters. Stories on the Domviles are very entertaining.

Hi, my daughter Taffy Milligan told me about your site. Nice to be here. There are not many of us around. Like to hear from any of you.

Sandra is a daughter of Edsel and Thelma Dumville. Edsel Dumville was a son of Benjamin Beer Dumville (1890-1952) and a grandson of William Caloway Francis Dumville (1854-1933). Taffy Milligan sent a message to the website on 28 March 2005.

Fantastic site. My grandfather was the Dunvilles' head gamekeeper at Redburn and my father was brought up on the estate.

Taffy Milligan is a granddaughter of Edsel and Thelma Dumville. Edsel Dumville was a son of Benjamin Beer Dumville (1890-1952) and a grandson of William Caloway Francis Dumville (1854-1933).

Just stumbled across the site - wow!! Very interesting to say the least. I've not really studied my family history in any detail but would love to learn more. I would happily like to provide more information for your records if this would in some way help?

My immediate family are located around the Nottinghamshire area of England (Very close to Sherwood Forest - But not related to Robin Hood!) As far as I'm aware, I am the only surviving senior Dunville now as my Father recently passed away and his Father passed away about 5 years ago. I have 3 sons - Samuel, Alexander and William but no senior relatives.

Hope this helps in some way but as I mentioned earlier, I would be more than happy to delve deeper if it will help with your research.

Hi, can anyone help me? I have found a full bottle of Dunville's Irish Whisky. It has a reddish label and a lead seal on the top. It has a date of 1900. Can anybody give me a history of my find and is it worth anything?

You may be interested to read a copy of a newspaper article about tests which were carried out on some antique bottles of whisky.

Just visited the site for the first time, really great site. My grandmother's maiden name was Clara Dumville, who married a Robert Wall, born in Droylsden, Manchester in 1899. Her father was called Joseph, not sure where he was born.

Denise's grandmother Clara Wall née Dumville was a great-granddaughter of John Dumville (1806/07).

If any other relatives are out and around and reading this infomation, I would love to hear from them! I'm Thomas A. Brooks, grandson of William Carroway Francis Metherall Dumville. Son of Sarah Martin Brooks (née Dumville). Please e-mail me any comments or questions!

I am so very pleased to have all this wonderful site. For many years I have longed to find out what happened to the family that were so highly thought of around Holywood Co. Down.

I grew up on Redburn estate which was built in the grounds of Redburn House. I spent my childhood wandering through the grounds, climbing trees, going on long walks up to the top of the hill behind the house with my father and spending many hours looking over Belfast Lough watching sunsets and sunrises. I can still see that magnificent house as it was in my childhood, so majestic. I was lucky enough to see the inside of the house. It was almost as if the family had just left and it was waiting, patiently, I cannot say what for, but I remember standing in the great hall closing my eyes and the house came to life. I could imagine myself gliding down the grand staircase in a beautiful Ball gown and into the ballroom, which to me at the time seemed to go on forever.

I still to this day cannot believe that someone in all their wisdom decided to have Redburn House demolished. I feel it's a tragedy to lose something of such historical value but I am so grateful for the wonderful memories of the House and grounds in which I spent my childhood.

Once again thank you for all the hard work you have put into this site and for bringing so many memories flooding back.

A message from an ex "Huntoner". My family and I moved to Canada almost eight years ago. We lived at a small farm a little north of Hunton called Wyvill Grange. I remember when I was small that the mole man used to walk the fields. Maybe he was another descendant. Hunton is a beautiful little village. For all that have never been, you really are missing out. My family and I miss it very much.

I was looking at the photograph of Hunton and for a moment didn't believe it was my Hunton, but for anyone who knows Hunton will realize that it is a shot of the ford, the beck looking on the Bremners' house and to the side where the field is, is where Green acres is now.

I was born in Zimbabwe in 1955 - my father is Ronald George Exelby from Yorkshire and my mother is Barbara Exelby née Sheperdson - also from Yorkshire.

Do you know if there is an Exelby Society or something similar to help people trace their family history - alternatively, perhaps you have some information about the Exelbys that you would like to share.

The 1881 census recorded Charles Dumville (1826-1885), a mole catcher, and his family living in Exelby. Some of his family were born in Exelby: his son George in 1848, his daughter Jane in 1858, his granddaughter Leila Jane in 1874, and his grandson George (surname Ianson) in 1888. Exelby is shown on the map of the towns and villages of the Dumvilles in north Yorkshire. We do not know of any ancestors or relatives with the surname of Exelby.

Jeremy, we tried a couple of times to send you a reply but your e-mail service provider would not accept them. Do you have another e-mail address?

I was just noticing info on Joe Moxham as being French. My great uncle, Joe Moxham, came from England and stayed in Montreal. My dad's name was also Joseph Moxham, son of Alfred Moxham, brother to Joe Moxham who stayed in Montreal when they landed in Canada. Just wondering if there is any connection here ... are we related?

Alice Moxham (1779-1848) married Benjamin Dumville (1768-1830). On 16 October 2004 we received a message for the Guest Book from Greg Davy of Canberra, Australia, asking for information on the Moxham family of the Granard area of County Longford. On 10 December 2004 we received a response to that message from Ed Molloy of Granard, County Longford.

Just came across guest book. I'm from South Wales. My grandparents are from Cardiff and my great-grandparents are from Bath. Grandparents' names are Leighton and Nancy. Great-grandfather is called Laurie and my great-grandmother is Margarie.

Robert, we do not seem to have your correct e-mail address. Could you please send a short message to us at JillandMiles@Dumville.org so that we can receive it again.

I was from the Dumville family that resided on the Gaspe Coast in the province of Quebec. We were raised in a small community on the Gaspe Coast called Fleurant Point. It is now called Escuminac and a few Dumvilles remain there to this day.

My father was Raymond Dumville who was born in 1908 and passed away in 1976. There were six in our family and four of us have moved out of Quebec. I moved to Moncton, N.B. in 1969 and have remained here. My mother, Gladys Dickie Dumville, still resides in Escuminac and was born on July 3, 1919.

I am the step-daughter of Kenneth Charles Dumville. My mother, Margaret Luella Dodds, married Kenneth on July 9, 1962. I also have a brother Patrick Wayne Boyd of Viabank, Saskatchewan. I have four step-brothers, Kevin, Richard, Trent, and Lynn.

It has been a long time since I checked out this web site. I am very impressed. A lot of work has gone into this. Great job.

I was looking up our family name (Smirthwaite) when I came across your site. It was most interesting to see a posting from a Jason Smirthwaite (also my brother's name - but the posting wasn't from him) on Sept. 18, 2004. I'm not sure if we are related … our whole family moved to Canada in 1976. If you could send him this message maybe we could be in contact.

I live in Granard but have very little information on the Moxham family, except to say that they are of French Huguenot stock and also there is a street named after them still in Granard. The family were carters, e.g. horse-drawn vehicles, also they owned property and land. The street was named after them in 1809. I'll try to find out more from some local historians and will let you know the results as soon as I get anything of value. Granard is one of the oldest inhabited towns in Ireland and can be accurately dated back to a document called "The Annals of the Four Masters", which goes back over three thousand years. Its history is very chequered, having being razed to the ground on at least two occasions, moved from its original location to its present location some five hundred years ago. I think its central position allowed it to become a good trading area from the four corners of the country in bygone days, but also this made it an area prone to attack from rival forces etc. I'll research as much as possible, as soon as possible.

Through researching my own family history I found this site. My Auntie is married to Richard Dumville who is Great Great Great Great Grandson of Robert Dumville (c1767-1857). Interesting site!

I think this web page is fantastic - my friend, Andrew, is also a Dumville and very surprisingly is lovingly nicknamed 'Moley'!

I'm sure he'd be most interested to read through his family history so I shall be forwarding him this page and perhaps I shall get him one of the charming mole mugs for Xmas!

I am the great-great granddaughter of Richard Lee Dunville who lived on and farmed the land in Onton, Kentucky. My father, Jerry Dunville, is still farming that same land. I would be glad to help you update the Dunville family tree and give some insight on points you addressed on your website.

Been looking around your site and found it very interesting. My father's name is Alan Richard Dumville of Plymouth.

Hi There - I read with interest a connection with an I'Anson family with Hunton. I'm doing my family tree which has got me back to Hunton. And looking for a William I'Anson born in Hunton apparently in 1705. But we don't think his parents married until 1710. Unless it was a different marriage. Or second one. Just thought I'd try. Thanks for any help I get.

Jane Dumville (b 1858), a daughter of Charles Dumville (1826-1885), married John Ianson (b 1856/57). We received a message for the Guest Book from Cheryl Ianson on 9 March 2004.

I am researching the Moxham family of the Granard area of County Longford, Ireland. Anyone having any knowlege of this family would greatly be appreciated.

The only person on the website with the surname of Moxham is Alice Moxham (1779-1848), who was born in Berkshire and married Benjamin Dumville (1768-1830). We do not know where her parents came from. On 10 December 2004 we received a message from Ed Molloy of Granard, saying that there is a street in Granard named after the Moxham family and that he would do some research.

I am a descendant of Robert N. Orton from Kentucky. He was my great-grandfather. I find your site very interesting as it relates to the Dumville family. Eleanor Dunville was my great-great-grandmother. If you would like to contact me regarding my tree, please feel free to do so. I would be happy to hear from you.

Can you give me information on the children of Jessie Jean Dumville and James Nelson Gibbs? I have been told their daughter's name was Ruth after a daughter James Nelson Gibbs lost from his first marriage. The information I found in Charlottetown said they had two sons also.

A Big Hello to fellow Dunvilles. My grandfather is the son of George Robert Dumville. Grandfather's name Wilfred Leslie. My father's name Lawrence Leslie.
So very nice to find this web page.
Please keep up the good work.

I've been a Smirthwaite ever since I was born, but have had no family since I was 15 and am now 26. I'm just trying to find out as much information about my ancestors which is possible. Please please e-mail me back .

Thomas Smirthwaite (c1720-1790) was the first father-in-law of Robert Dumville (c1767-1857). We do not know of any recent Smirthwaite descendants, other than possibly Geoff Smirthwaite, from whom we received a message for the Guest Book on 15 August 2004.

Hello as you can see I to belong to the long tree of Holroyds. My grandfather was Fred Holroyd born in Liverpool. He then went on to live in Northern Ireland were I was born. Would you by any chance know of this family?

My ancestors are by all accounts from North Cape P.E.I. I was looking on your web site and found John and Ann Dumville who are the names of my great great grandparents. Ann bears a striking resemblance to my now deceased father James Allison Domville, son of Walter James Domville and Ella Pearl Hudson Domville. According to any research I have done, my grandfather Walter changed our family name back to Domville (I guess it's obvious why). Any chance they are the same John and Ann?

I am researching the Moxham family, Shrivenham and would love to confirm that 'my' Alice Moxham is the correct one that married Benjamin Dumville in 1802. I am not convinced! If anyone can help I would really appreciate it.

I have quite a bit on the children of Benjamin and Alice. I live very near to Olney and have been through all the parish records. Have taken a photo of the very well preserved headstone at Olney for Edmund and Pattee.

As the Northern Irish owner of Bladnoch Distillery in South West Scotland (a short distance as the drunken crow flies from Belfast), I have been interested to see on the distillery's title deeds the references to Dunville's who owned Bladnoch between 1911 and 1937. I managed to acquire a few of the original bottles of Dunville's Whisky, (not for sale) and they do come up from time to time at auction www.mctears.co.uk in Glasgow. Pictures on our website www.bladnoch.co.uk

If you are ever visiting Belfast there is a Dunville's lounge bar up near Stormont owned by Russell Bros. It has a lot of Dunville's pub memorabilia and is well worth a visit, as is Bladnoch.

Hello,
I'm just re-signing the guest book for 2004. I'm of Kentucky Dunvilles, being Martin Dunville's brother Harry's Grandson. My father Larry and I own the business Harry, Martin and Austin Dunville started in 1947.
Best wishes to us all -

I am the GGGgranddaughter of Jane Dunville. She was married to Charles King Jackson. Thanks for all the information on the Dunvilles.

I am a Smirthwaite and the 100th male in line from Richard Smurfit of Wakefield b1635 - the next generation changed the name to Smirthwait and also Smurthwaite and Smirthwaite. I have a family will - 1750 for Richard Smirthwaite of Outwood Side in the Township of Stanley in the Parish of Wakefield. He was the brother of a Methley Smirthwaite and I have now found evidence of a Richard Smithwaite, yeoman of Bottomboat leaving a Will dated 4 April 1648 yet to be confirmed, so the Smurfit/Smirthwaite is being further investigated. My direct family lived in Methley and were farmers. They lived at Bridge Farm (Methley Bridge 1700s) then Hazel Farm (Family Bible 1842) and in 1861 owned Park Farm all in Methley. I have a painting of the Dairy House on the farm in the 1860s. All these farms are still in use today.

If anyone has any ideas or information about the possible link please contact me. I will be pleased to pass on any information I have to hand.

Richard Slaton Dunville was my step-father and a fine man, born December 6 1906, died November 25 1987. He had brothers younger than himself. Ashby and Cooney I believe were their names.

I see that Alan Domville is considering issuing a reprint of the book 'We Came With The Conqueror'. I would like to know if the errors will be corrected before the reprint? My photo appeared toward the end, but was credited as being that of my aunt Enid. It was the 'usual' family photo at Donville-les Bans with my grandfather Sidney. I was about nine years old at the time. I have recently sent my copy of the book to Enid's daughter Mary, and would like to replace it.

Hi there. Great grandson of Benjamin. Grandson of Hubert. Son of John. Married to Helen and have 3 sons - Benjamin, Dominic, Jonathan and one daughter Bethany. Belong to Olney side of family I believe.

As a kid I remember hearing Robert Dunville's name being mentioned from time to time around the house back in Hamilton, OH. My father was Joseph Cella, who worked at WLW in Cincinnati as Director of Publicity and Promotion from 1957 until shortly after Mr. Dunville's death. Mr Dunville's successor, John T. Murphy, apparently purged the ranks upon taking the helm and my father was a victim of that action. I remember my mother telling me how much my father liked working for Mr. Dunville.

I had been going through some memorabilia of my father's and ran across a few internal WLW publications from the 1960s and decided to check the web for a few names. Robert Dunville is in a few of them.

Could you please advise the correct spelling of the family name.
As a member of the Royal Dragoons (now disbanded) I was always lead to believe that John Spencer Dunville was a Dun not a Dum or Don ville.
The exellent web site you have shows Dumville as being the most common version.
If Dunville is not correct then our Regimental History books need to be changed and I am willing to help in that way if I can.
As a member of the band we often played a fanfare called John Spencer Dunville VC.

This is part of our reply: Yes, the spelling of John Spencer Dunville's surname was with an 'n'. In earlier generations there was a variety of spellings of the name, and the spelling of the name was changed by some branches of the family.

What fun! I came across this website just by Googling my mother's name. I am the daughter of Allie Glee Dunville Nance, the granddaughter of Clarence W. Dunville of Onton, Ky., who was the grandson of Richard A. Dunville and Sarah Ellen Morris, who are listed on your site. I remember Martin Dunville from the family reunions he organized in Kentucky when I was a young girl.

I am one of the direct descendants of old Edmund, the hatmaker, of Olney.
I mailed off copies of everything I was able to find about the Dumvilles of Olney to this site ... perhaps you will see the material posted some day soon.
My compliments to you on your fine work on this web site.

We have started to add Jim Dumville's information on Edmund Dumville (c1701-1762) and his descendants to the website.

I enjoyed perusing your web page. Are the family originally from North East England?

We received another message from Roger Norris, not for the Guest Book, asking for information on Marion Bolton and her husband Walter Howard Dumville. Walter Howard Dumville was a grandson of William Dumville (1840-1907).

I have been looking for information about the Dumvilles. This is what I was looking for. I will be back often. Thanks

Hello Dumvilles, especially any in the line of Charles Dumville m Jane Pearson, daughter Jane b 1858 Exelby and married to John Ianson of Carthorpe.

According to George I'Anson's m/c his parents were John Ianson and Jane Dumville. At times he has a middle name Pearson.

I have not been able to find sufficient details to obtain a b/c. He is not listed on Dumville page Charles Dumville (1826-1885), however information above leads me to believe I have the right family.

Thankyou for such a clear page of details - as soon as I can prove my George Ianson is definitely a child of this marriage I will be thoroughly into the Dumville page. If anyone can assist please email.

Clifford Dumville found the reference for the 1888 birth certificate for George I'Anson. We have added details of the birth certificate to Charles Dumville (1826-1885): Source Documents.

I am trying to identify the father of Frederick James Domville of Detroit (1885-1959).

Alan Domville, author of We Came With the Conqueror and Mary Percy Ross-Ross (deceased) of Ancaster Ontario have both suggested that Frederick was likely the son of one of the sons of Alderman Charles Kellock Domville (1857-1940) of Wolverton, Cardiff, Belfast, Hamilton Ontario and Woodstock, New York.

Frederick's name doesn't surface in any of the information on that line of Domvilles but there were suggestions that he had been disowned for marrying below his station thereby explaining the lack of information.

He reportedly had a sister Milly and brothers Charles and Herb. The closest fit we can see is Alfred Edward of Hamilton, Philadelphia and Woodstock (1863-1944).

The photograph has been removed to reduce the download time of the page, but it can be reinstated if required.

I am a direct descendant of Andrew W Hancock and Elizabeth Claiborn Hancock and am interested in any info anyone has on them or any other of my direct descendants. My direct descendant is also their son Louis Hancock.

Kevin Hancock is a descendant of Major Hancock, who married in 1765. Three great-great-granddaughters of Major Hancock married descendants of the Dunville family of Kentucky.

I am researching my family tree and have a marriage certificate for the parish of Whitwoodmere, in the county of York. On searching the Internet, yours was the only reference to this place!

The marriage took place in 1876, but the place does not appear in any modern maps. Do you have a location for this parish? I can only guess it will be near Leeds or Pontefract, as this is where this branch of the Jacksons came from.

This is part of our reply: On 28 December 1886 Arthur Dumville (1861-1947) married Jane Beedle (c1862-1940) of Whitwoodmere at the Parish Church of Whitwoodmere in Yorkshire, in the registration district of Pontefract. Whitwood is three and a half miles north-west of Pontefract. Mere means a lake or pond, and so Whitwoodmere could have been by a lake or pond near Whitwood. Whitwood is now adjacent to junction 31 of the M62.

I wonder that because of some spelling mistake on a birth certificate the Dumville name was changed to Domville or did we really come with William?

This is part of our reply: The Dumvilles and Domvilles do seem to belong to the same family, with the spelling of the surname in the family varying over the centuries, using 'u' or 'o', 'm' or 'n', one 'l' or two 'l's, one 'e' or no 'e's, and so on. There is a well-documented line of Dumvilles and Domvilles from Cheshire, which descends from Hugh of Avranches (near Donville, Normandy) and Oxton. He came to England with William the Conqueror in 1066. Descendants of this line migrated from Cheshire to other parts of England and to Ireland.

I am interested to know if there are any Dumvilles living in the New Malden area where I was born in 1955 to Alan and Elizabeth Dumville who both died in the early 1960s.

Since we received this message, we have found that Alan Dumville is a great-grandson of George Dumville (1835-1875).

I did a search and was surprised at how many Dumvilles there are. Your site is very interesting.

Enjoyed your website very much. I'm a direct descendant of Enoch Windes (1765-1834) and his wife, Sarah Dumville. They traveled with her parents from Society Hill, SC to Grainger County, Tenn., and finally on to Ste. Genevieve County, Mo. in the decades around 1800. "Dumville" was then used in the Windes family as a given middle name for two generations. Our published family poet was Robert Dumville Windes Jr (1830-1911).

Regarding Paul, I'm from the greater Manchester area, Bolton. My dad is Paul and grandfather John.

Hello. I am Paul Dumville, son of Arthur and grandson of the late Arthur. We are British and from the north Manchester area. Are there any other Dumvilles from these parts or any funny stories?

I am of the KY Dunville family, now at Yale for graduate school. I came across this website during a Google search. It's really amazing! I'm fascinated by the work of our cousin Martin Dunville, which traces a lot of the KY family's roots. It's great to see so much history from the old country!

There were nine in Dad's family. Not too sure how many brothers or sisters Granddad Dunville had. They were from Gaspe, Peninsula, Quebec. Granddad's name was William Dunville. I will present you with further information when I find out. PS. I didn't really know all the Dunvilles or Domvilles or Dumvilles but I guess there are lots. My son found this site out when he was on the internet and it's very interesting to me.

Oh this is amazing! I'm only 19 and have not known any other Dumvilles. Just at university messin about when I saw this. It's really cool!

Just dropped by your page for another visit. I will have to surf back again to see it all, but I'm looking forward to it. Keep up the great work!

As you can see I have the same surname and know nothing of the history so all this is very interesting for me. To find out some history is great.

Hi,
Just letting you know that I know most of the George Robert Dumville (Dunville) (1865-1938) tree branch. Actually I know the entire Wilfred Leslie Dunville branch b/c he is my great grandfather, and I have been given the task of taking care of the family tree.
Any questions I'll try to answer.

Well, I think I better sign this guest book as I am the subject of one of the photos on the site! Thanks very much for compiling all of this information on our wonderful family.

Hi there, great site! Miss you all back there. Hope to see you all Christmas 2003!

Just signing in.

Larry

S. Lawrence Dumville
Attorney at Law
Norris & St.Clair, P.C.
Virginia Beach, VA.

I stumbled onto your website quite by accident last evening while looking for history on the Flying Control School at Grand Bend.

Enjoyed your biography immensely and remembered you quite well as the epitome of an officer and a gentleman.

I have not kept in touch with anyone from those bygone days and often wondered where some of the more colourful ones are today. In particular, the SATCO F/L Al Deller, Sgt Bob Young, ex Typhoon pilot and Sgt Harold Smith, ex Air Gunner with two tours of Ops, both unflappable GCA controllers and great mentors.

I was fortunate when l joined up in that many of my colleagues were ex aircrew with wartime experience and so of course were looked up to with a considerable degree of awe. In retrospect, as an 18 year old kid from Saskatchewan, l looked at most people in a uniform with awe and respect. Although l didn’t appreciate it at the time, their influence and example were to remain with me throughout my career.

For my part I was privileged to spend a total of 38 years in the RCAF/CAF, 17 of those years in Europe. My last tour as the BWO in Baden-Soellingen. subsequently retired as the ATC Other Ranks Career Manager in 1991. Like yourself l went to work for Transport/Nav Canada until 2000 when we finally called it quits, bought an RV and took to the road. We now spend most of the winter in the southern US and the rest of the year here in Ottawa and travelling in Canada.

It was most enjoyable reading of past events and even more so when the main character is someone that you have worked with.

Hi there,
I had stumbled upon the website one afternoon as I delayed my homework and was amazed by all the information. Obviously you all have been doing your homework. I have always felt that it is important to know who you are and where you come from, and I couldn't be more proud to have come from the Grand Old Molecatcher, Robert. So many wonderful stories, my favorite, however, was the one on the "Black Sheep" of the Dumville family. Also a note for your family tree, actually not so much a note as it is a correction, but anyway, my birthday is September 8th, and you have me listed as the 11th. Anyway, I have to admit, it takes a lot to impress a college kid and I couldn't have been more excited to find this site! Thanks so much for what you have done here!

This is a splendid website packed with information. Had the internet been invented when I started my research things might have been a little easier! As it was we didn't even have photo copiers back in the 1960s! Hopefully, when I get some time, I will be able to add all the Domville family trees to yours.

What a fantastic website. Stumbled across it when I was searching for information on Irish Whiskey. I am the great-great-great-great grandson of Richard A. Dunville as referenced in "The Dunville's of Kentucky USA" on your website. I have visited both his and his son's grave at the Old Salem Cemetary in Webster County, KY on numerous occasions. There is a wonderful book, The Haydays of Onton, that gives a great description of the Dunville family in Onton, Webster County, KY. Martin Dunville was instrumental in providing much information for that book as well. I will visit often. Thanks again for putting together such a comprehensive site.

Have not completed my tour of your site, what I have seen is VERY interesting. Clifford Dumville referred the site to me after seeing one of my postings. ( not sure if on GenForum, Ancestry, or Rootsweb as I have listings all over the place.)

I descend from Thomas Dunville and Sarah Tongue by way of their eldest child, Mary Elizabeth (Lizzie) Dunville Craighead (b 1872/1873 MO d Oct 5, 1945 MO. (Have not gotten a death certificate for her as of yet) Lizzie's Married John Thomas Craighead on Apr. 27, 1892 in St. Louis; their elder son Thomas Gorman (aka Gorman) Craighead(b 5/16/1895 St. Louis MO d Mar 14?, 1941 in New York state) was my grandfather.

I do have death certificates for Thomas Dunville and Sarah Tongue. Thomas' certificates gives "unknown" as parents' names. I know that Thomas was from Leeds, England but do not know if he was born there. Sarah Tongue was born in Brantwood (or Brentwood?) England. Her father was James Tongue, according to Thomas Dunville.

According to the death certificates, Thomas was born on Sep 25 1842 in Leeds England and died Oct 27, 1925 in St. Louis. [I believe the date of birth was not correct, 1880 census he was 34; 1900 census he was 54; 1920 census he was 76?] (informant was his son Walter) Sarah, according to the death certificate, was born Oct 12, 1852 and died Jan 5, 1921 in St. Louis. (informant was Thomas Dunville, her husband)

I have more descendants than listed on your web site, Sarah gave birth to 9 children; 8 were surviving in 1900 (according to the census). I will send those in a later email. The Thomas Craighead Dunville listed on your web site was also my step grandfather. (TOO long a story for here.)

An anxious to see if my Thomas Dunville ties into your Dumvilles. I had hit a huge brick wall in my research of the Dunvilles.

I enjoyed your website very much. My name is Diane Morgan, daughter of Fredrick Edward Dumville (1925-1997), granddaughter of John Edwin Dumville, niece of Clifford Dumville of Ottawa and Elaine Burrett (nee: Dumville) of Vancouver. I have always been very proud to be a Dumville - I grew up in such a splendid family!

Edward Alan Domville's book "We came with the conqueror" suggests that he has not been able to confirm linkage between Domville / Domvile and Dumville. The book is a difficult read and I must go through it again to try and follow more clearly.

I am the only son of Frederick James of Detroit, only son of Frederick, of Detroit and Canada who is believed to have been disowned by his family in England. I'm trying to match family from the couple of photos we have of my great grand father and the few photos contained in Edward Alan's book. I will forward photos once retrieved from my elder sister Joan.

My name is David Arthur Dumville, born 1964 in Pudsey, Doncaster, I think!! I am now married to Dawne Wilson and live in Kimberworth, Rotherham. My father is Arthur Dumville who was born in Bradford and is 66 years of age and he married Marjorie Loxam, also from Bradford. I also have a sister (Kathryn Dumville) who is now married to Gary Parnham. They have two children, Nicole 15 years and Daniel 13 years. That is about as much as I know at the moment but I shall return with more!!!

What a wonderfully informative and interesting site!
The amount of information collected is staggering and shows an immense dedication to providing a concise history to all the Dumvilles and their relations.

Great work!

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