DUNBAR
Parents
William DUNBAR = Anne MATHEW
William DUNBAR:
Born 1793
At son Williams marriage in 1862 was landholder resident at 17, Buccleugh Place Edinburgh
of Thomastown, Tipperary,
or Cork
Anne MATHEW:
Born 1797
Link to Ancient Mathew Ancestry and Notes
http://www.btinternet.com/~niccoleman/treedata/mathew/mathewnotes.htm
(was left money in will of Lady Elizabeth Mathew of Thomastown, Golden, Co.Tipperary)
Children
Elizabeth Ann DUNBAR = George Alexander FRASER > Family
Married 6 June 1857, St Georges, Southwark
Elizabeth Ann DUNBAR:
Born 1832, Ireland
Died 4 June 1892
1857 marriage cert, was at 17 Doddington Grove, Newington, father William Dunbar, gentleman
1881 census living in London
At Maude's wedding in 1904 were guests Mrs Dunbar, and Mr and Mrs Hume-Dunbar (Home Dunbar?)
George Alexander FRASER:
Born 1825, ireland
Died AFT 1904
1851 census was clerk in customs, living with father at 3Doddington Grove.
1857 marriage cert. was still clerk in Custom House, living at 3 Doddington Grove, Newington with father Alexander F., Officer in the Custom House also, and mother Elizabeth Anne.
1861 census at 45 Minories,Aldgate, London City. manager of tobacco/snuff factory.4 servants
1871 same adress, tobacco warehouses, a tobacco merchant.4 servants.
1881 same address, Occupation Cloth Merchant. 4 servants.
1891 was at Inverness House, Raynes Park, Merton,as a merchant.2 servants. (note that a Mathew family is neighbour?Charles m.?) Byrnes and Lynchs' are neighbours.
1895 are at Palace Rd Surbiton (Herberts letter)
Family then moved to Ballantyre Hall Dundrum Ireland, where Maurice Coleman was born.
His boys all educated at Beaumont College (Jesuit)
In Ireland home was Ballintyre Hall, Dundrum
William Mathew, Colonel DUNBAR = Hannah Margaret Lorain GEDDES > Family
Married 10 July 1862, Newington, Edinburgh. Episcopalian.
William Mathew, Colonel DUNBAR:
Born 21 October 1833, Cork Ireland
Died 15 April 1900, 52 GeorgeSq. Edin. (seen Will)
At marriage in 1862 in Edinburgh was lieutenant in the 34th(signature looks like HW Dunbar)
Gentleman-at-arms to Queen Victoria from 1882 to 1890 and Colonel in the 24th Foot. (this is confirmed by St James's Palace) Col
address, maybe late in life, Whitehall Lodge, Harrogate.
Crimea Medal with clasp Sebastopol
Turkish Medal
Indian Mutiny medal with clasp 1877-8-9.
Info from Museum of Royal Regiment of Wales Brecon, which has his travelling chest from the Anglo-Zulu campaign.
Crimea from 55, incl attack on Redan and siege of Sebstopol.
Indian Mutiny incl. Cawnpore 57, capture of Lucknow and fort at Gunge, relief of Azinghur, victory at Brotwul and affair at Bowhanie.
Commanded 1st Bn 24th Reg second advance into Zululand.
London Gazette 28/11/1879.
Commanded 1st Bn 1880
South Africa 78-80
Kaffir War 77-78
Zulu War 79, at Ulundi 4/7/79.
Colonel William Dunbar
Hannah Margaret Lorain GEDDES:
Born 7 July 1834, Edinburgh
Died AFT 1901, (LDS give death 11 sep 39, can't be right)
At marriage in 1862 and husbands death in 1900 lived at 52, George Square, Edin. This was her fathers home in 1854 (testament in 54 by Col Geddes at death of a Miss Margaret Lorraine, who was she)
Family
Who were Anna and Emily Dunbar
(sponsors in bible of bapt.???