Comments on: 1851: Edward Funnell made the world’s smallest watch

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Funnell’s Wood » A turret clock by Edward Funnell — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 15:29:54 +0000

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Funnell’s Wood » A regulator clock by Edward Funnell — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 17:03:38 +0000

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Funnell’s Wood » Another Edward Funnell clock — Sun, 31 May 2009 16:58:49 +0000

[...] to Lynn and John Gale for sending in the link to this clock made by Edward Funnell held by The British Museum. The technical description is as [...]

By: Jeff Funnell

Jeff Funnell — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 08:10:27 +0000

Hi Andy,

George FUNNELL of 2 Market Street, Brighton was my grandfather. Born 26 May 1881 in Brighton, the son of George FUNNELL and Emily, formerly REDMAN. George Senior had a hardware shop in Ditchling Road. George Junior trained as a watchmaker at a shop known as Hookers at 32 Bond Street, Brighton (a different shop now, next to the stage door of the Theatre Royal) eventually becoming a journeyman. After his marriage to Louise GOULD, 7 Jun 1904, they lived in the flat above the shop. My father, William George FUNNELL, was born there. Then George Junior set up on his own in Market Street and moved house to Heston Avenue in Patcham when those bungalows were first built in the 1930s. In 1941 he moved the business to Hurstpierpoint High Street and lived in Semley Road, Hassocks. He died in 1964, just 3 days after his 60th wedding anniversary and his son Donald (known as Jim) took over the business. The shop was still there in the 1990s, but has now gone. George is of the line back to Samuel FUNNELL who married Dorothy AVERY at Little Horsted in 1687 – via Henry FUNNELL of Ranscome, b 1823 – and is not therefore directly related to Edward.

Regards
Jeff

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Funnell’s Wood ? Blog Archive » One of Edward Funnell’s clocks… — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 13:32:07 +0000

[...] up on a comment left on the story of Edward Funnell the clock and watchmaker, I’ve been in touch with Adrian De’Ath, a UK antiques specialist. [...]

By: Adrian

Adrian — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 09:20:04 +0000

Hi all.

You have every right to be very proud of your ancestor. I have just purchased a large clock made by him, and the workmanship and quality is superb.

It has been very interesting reading his history. Adrian

By: Lynn Gale

Lynn Gale — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 10:19:35 +0000

Hi Andy , thank you very much for your reply.
You have just confirmed everything that was been handed to us this week by a good friend of ours who has been helping us with the problem. We too cannot get our heads round why in 1891 they were NAPPERS and LIDIARDS,yet no marriage records can be found and, in 1901, they all revert to FUNNELLS.Very odd. We did wonder if it was something to do with Edwards death that occured around the same time.
We have ordered a copy of DOROTHY’s birth cert so hopefully a fathers name maybe revealed ,but we doubt it.

Will let you know when it arrives.

We hadn’t thought of them being Non Conformists so maybe that will help ,thanks.

Also, please note I just realised I made an error in my original comment. EDWARD was my Great Great Grandad, not Great Great Great.
Thanks again.We are off to Brighton today to take some pictures of known abodes.

Regards,

Lynn

By: Andy

Andy — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 22:38:02 +0000

Very intriguing. Found the 1891 census. I should think Susannah Lidiard is Louisa H. Funnell’s sister. But where are their husbands?

Piece: RG12/802 Place: Brighton -Sussex Enumeration District: 3
Civil Parish: Brighton Ecclesiastical Parish: St. James’s
Folio: 63 Page: 25 Schedule: 174
Address: 5 Camelford St
NAPPER Louisa H. | Wife | M | F | 34 | Dressmaker (Notem) | Sussex – Brighton
NAPPER Dorothy M. | Dau | – | F | 2 | Sussex – Brighton
LIDIARD Susannah A. | Sislaw | M | F | 29 | Dressmaker (Notem) | Sussex – Brighton
LIDIARD Violet M. | Niece | – | F | 1 | Sussex – Brighton

Also found a birth registered in the June quarter of 1889 for Dorothy Mabel Funnell (Brighton 2b 206).
Maybe non conformists… Have you checked the Baptist records, Countess of Huntingdons, etc. ?

But in 1901, both mothers and children are listed as Funnells.
Sorry, that’s not very helpful, is it?

By: Lynn Gale

Lynn Gale — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 22:09:42 +0000

I have just been given a link to this website by a friend who is helping us resarch my family history. We have just discovered my Great grand mother appears to be Louisa Funnell mentioned above , born around 1856. If this is the case then Edward Funnell is my great great great grand father.
I wonder if anybody can help with a mystery that we have ? Louisa had a daughter called Dorothy who was born in 1889. She is my grand mother. On her death certificate it was recorded that her maiden name was NAPPER. We believe birth certificate was registered as Funnell. Louisa certainly was known as NAPPER on the 1891 census but we can find no marriage certificate.

Any ideas please?

Lynn Gale

By: Gail Pillay

Gail Pillay — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 08:36:37 +0000

Hello Andy, Very interesting story about the watch. Is he from your (our) family tree? Au revoir Gail