BUGDEN-MAYS of TRUNCH
The first mention of a Bugden in Trunch that I have come across was Cornelius from Thorpe Market who married Elizabeth Clarke in Trunch in 1730. Another Cornelius was born in 1785 in Skeyton, a village a few miles away. In 1819 he married Rhoda Thompson, from Paston, in North Walsham. By the time they had their daughters Rhoda and Ann they were living in Hunworth.
Skeyton Goat pub
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Cattle grazing in Hunworth
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Their daughter Rhoda married Henry May in 1842 and shortly after this Cornelius moved to Trunch and he was on the electoral register as a £50 occupier of a property in the Mundesley Road. In the 1851 & 1861 census he was farming 40 acres at the Tee Farm until his death in 1862.
Meanwhile Cornelius' daughter Rhoda and Henry May were living in Sharrington where they had 4 children and another 4 after they had moved to Field Dalling. Their eldest son Henry Bugden May was living with his grandparents and working on their farm at Trunch Tee in 1861 and 1871. It was here that he must have met Virtue Buck from Trunch and they were married in late 1871.
By 1881 Henry Bugden May had his own farm of 150 acres in the Mundesley Road in Trunch and he was employing 4 men and 3 boys. Altogether Henry and Virtue had 10 children, but two of them died before 1911. In 1901 and 1911 Henry and Virtue were living in Ivy Farmhouse and also in 1901 Henry's mother Rhoda was living in a farmhouse in Trunch. Meanwhile their son Arthur was a farmer in Trunch living in the White House in 1911. Click here for photographs of the Bugden May farms
Another son of Henry and Virtue, Charles Norman, was apprenticed to Chamberlins in Norwich who had a department store on the Guildhall Hill and some textile factories. Later he was in the army and served in Southern Rhodesia and in World War One.
Frederick Horace May and then his brother, Henry Randall both emigrated to become farmers in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada and they and their siblings crossed the Atlantic by ship several times for visits. I came across the postcard below which was sent from Canada in 1913 by Kathleen Mabel May to Mary Powell, who was the 9 year old daughter of Frederick Powell, who farmed at the Manor House in Brewery Road at that time.
Meanwhile Cornelius' daughter Rhoda and Henry May were living in Sharrington where they had 4 children and another 4 after they had moved to Field Dalling. Their eldest son Henry Bugden May was living with his grandparents and working on their farm at Trunch Tee in 1861 and 1871. It was here that he must have met Virtue Buck from Trunch and they were married in late 1871.
By 1881 Henry Bugden May had his own farm of 150 acres in the Mundesley Road in Trunch and he was employing 4 men and 3 boys. Altogether Henry and Virtue had 10 children, but two of them died before 1911. In 1901 and 1911 Henry and Virtue were living in Ivy Farmhouse and also in 1901 Henry's mother Rhoda was living in a farmhouse in Trunch. Meanwhile their son Arthur was a farmer in Trunch living in the White House in 1911. Click here for photographs of the Bugden May farms
Another son of Henry and Virtue, Charles Norman, was apprenticed to Chamberlins in Norwich who had a department store on the Guildhall Hill and some textile factories. Later he was in the army and served in Southern Rhodesia and in World War One.
Frederick Horace May and then his brother, Henry Randall both emigrated to become farmers in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada and they and their siblings crossed the Atlantic by ship several times for visits. I came across the postcard below which was sent from Canada in 1913 by Kathleen Mabel May to Mary Powell, who was the 9 year old daughter of Frederick Powell, who farmed at the Manor House in Brewery Road at that time.
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Virtue and 3 of her children are buried in the churchyard and her son Arthur and his wife Helen are buried in the new cemetery, as are Alice, Salie, Henry Randall, Kathleen Mabel and Roger Henry. However I have been unable to find the grave of Henry Bugden May himself so far.
Click here for more detailed notes about the Bugden-May and MAY family
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