Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameBeatrice MEEKS
Birthabt 1894
Spouses
1John NUNNS, 3C2R
Birth25 May 1892, Horsforth, Leeds, Yorkshire, England
Baptism19 Jun 1892, St. Margaret, Horsforth, Yorkshire
Death29 Nov 1917, France and Flanders
BurialYpres, Belgium
OccupationSoldier
FatherJames NUNNS (1862-1950)
MotherElizabeth Ann BLACKBOURN (1870-1948)
Marriage11 Apr 1915
Notes for John (Spouse 1)
Parish Records St. Margaret, Horsforth, Guiseley, Yorkshire
Born May 25 1892, baptized June 19 1892, John Nunns, parents James and Elizabeth Ann Nunns, of Feather Bank, Horsforth, father is a tenterer, ceremony by G. R. W. Pearson

In the 1901 census Carlton Mount, Yeadon, Otley, West Yorkshire
Head James Nunns, age 38, piece dyer’s labourer, worker, born Horsforth, Yorkshire
Wife Elizabeth Ann Nunns, age 30, born Leasingham, Lincolnshire
Daughter Mary Lavinia Nunns, age 10, born Horsforth, Yorkshire
Son John Nunns, age 8, born Horsforth
Daughter Ethel Nunns, age 6, born Yeadon ,Yorkshire
Daughter Margaret Nunns, age 3, born Yeadon
Daughter Louise Nunns, age 1, born Yeadon

In the 1911 census 63 Rose Terrace, Horsforth, Yorkshire
Head James Nunns, age 48, married, cotton dyer labourer, worker, born Horsforth
Elizabeth Ann Nunns, age 40, married 20 years, 8 children born alive, 7 still living, born Leasingham, Lincolnshire
John Nunns, age 18, single, woollen dyers labourer, worker, born Horsforth
Ethel Nunns, age 16, single, woollen mill piecer, worker, born Yeadon, Yorkshire
Margaret Nunns, age 13, dye works stamper, worker, born Yeadon
Louie Nunns, female age 11, born Yeadon
Harry Normington Nunns, age 8, born Halifax, Yorkshire
Eric Nunns, age 5, born Horsforth
The home has 6 rooms.
[Unusually, no relationship to the head of the family was stated. Very Probably Harry and Eric are sons of James and Elizabeth Nunns.]

Parish Records St. Margaret, Horsforth, Yorkshire
Marriage Aprill 11, 1915
John Nunns, age 23, bachelor, soldier, address 63 Rose Avenue Horsforth, father James Nunns, tenterer and
Beatrice Meeks, age 22, spinster, Town Street, Horsforth, father George Meeks (deceased), green grocer
by Licence by Robert Garrad
In the presence of Harold Meeks and Vera Knight

UK Soldiers Died in the Great War
John Nunns, Sergeant Regimental Number 780972, Royal Horse Artillery and Royal Field Artillery, Battalion Territorial Force
Born Horsforth, Yorkshire
Killed in action November 29 1917, France and Flander, Western European Theatre

Global Find a Grave Index
Serjeant John Nunns
Died November 29 1917
Vlamertinghe New Military Cemetery, Ypres, West Flanders, Belgium

WWI Medal Index Cards
John Nunns, Royal Field Artillery, Gunner then Sergeant, Regimental number 476 later 780972
Victory Medal, British Medal, 15 Star
Theatre of War First served in (1) France
Date of entry therein April 16 1915
Killed in action November 29 1917
[Thus he was married 5 days before going to war in France]
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