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Martha Griffiths must have cursed the day she set eyes on a Funnell. Worse, she must have grown to hate our family name. Martha was only eighteen and already obliged to make commerce of her virtues, when in 1825 William Funnell stumbled across her path. Martha was plying her charms in the infamous Whitechapel area […]

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Was Mary Unstead’s name really Hokum? These are two questions asked by Christine Brookes who sent in an email to query research on the “Funnells from Chiddingly” tree. If anyone can confirm, infirm or comment, please do so using the comments form – click on “Comments” at the bottom of the article. Mary Harmer (person […]

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George Stephen Funnell served in the military, and was decorated for bravery. He joined the London police force [1] at the age of 26. Seven years later, he was still a constable, badge n° 261J, plodding the beat in the neighbourhood of Victoria Park. Shortly after one o’clock on the morning of Friday 22nd of […]

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It seems we have a controversed ancestor in the person of William Funnell who gives his account of a round the world voyage in this text first published in 1707. Captain Dampier, who is mentionned in the text, came home later than William and his crew in a “prize” (ie. stolen) ship. Upon arrival, he […]

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Un air de famille

The other day I did a Google image search for Funnells. After scrolling through a few pages, looking at the odd Funnell squeezed in between pictures of Pippa, I started thinking they resembled each other. I don’t know much on genetics, DNA and all that but could it really be that after centuries of interbreeding, […]

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Funnell coat of arms

Of course, I always knew it ! Us Funnells are of noble descent. At least… those of us from the UK (obviously, for the Aussies, it’s a different story, lol). How could it be otherwise? Our looks, physique, genetic traits… all indications of our thousand year family history taking us way back to times when […]

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Arthur Funnell’s Canada

Our Family, consisting of my father (Henry) Thomas, a carpenter, my mother (stepmother) Minnie (Moore) and four brothers, Walter a horticulturist, Bert (Herbert) a printer, Arthur a civil servant in the Middlesex Guildhall, and Tom who was apprenticed to a trade (plumbing) were living together in Epsom, Surrey, England. In 1903 Walter went out to […]

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