Looking for any information/photographs pertaining to RAAF Pilot  Warrant Officer later Pilot Officer later Flying Officer Bobby Bunting. Awarded Deistinguished Flying Cross and US Distinguished Flying Cross. Serial # 409075

Whilst the obituary is not a normal item of information we normally print on the web page, Laverne Bunting Hayes , an American Member, rightly has drawn our attention to the matter Malcom dealt with on behalf of our Society, which only she knew about.

Join us to explore the roots, lives and times of the Buntings and to discover the beauty of Cheshire.

When? Saturday 9th October 2010

Where? Abbey Gate College, Saighton, near Chester, Cheshire, CH3 6EN. See map on this link.

Who is it for? All are welcome! You do not have to be a member of The Bunting Society.

I am looking for anyone who can trace their Bunting family to Bonsall, Derbyshire. Apparently there were 28 Bunting families in Bonsall in the 19th century.  I am looking for the ancestors of Benjamin Bunting born around 1810.

Samuel and wife Mary Ann Barber sailed to Rockhampton , Queensland in the Alexandrina as free passengers.  Sadly, Samuel died childless (as far as I can ascertain) in 1879, and Mary Ann remarried in the same year to one George Wareham, who had survived an horrendous voyage in the "Suffolk"in 1874 during which many infants died, including one of his own; (nearly 13 % of infants died during the voyage according to research), only to lose his wife in 1878, after the loss of another two of his children. I am nearly sure that another of Samuel snr and Mary Ann Bird's sons , John, travelled out to Queensland and dies there in 1944.

Well lets begin as my dad  has not had much contact with any of his family...... this is all i know.

Does anyone have any idea what happened to Samuel (b. 1846) and wife Mary Ann Barber after the 1871 Census? I'm wondering whether they may have emigrated, as his sister Ellen went to Queensland after her marriage to Alfred Anderson. Any info would be much appreciated. Fran

This video features four short extracts of Basil Bunting reading from his long poem BRIGGFLATTS, from Peter Bell's 1982 film portrait of Bunting. Basil Cheesman Bunting is in our 'DBY Heanor' tree