Grace was born in 1843 in Bideford Registration District, daughter of Samuel & Betty Dunn.

Name: Grace Dunn
Registration Year: 1843
Registration Quarter: Jul-Aug-Sep
Registration district: Bideford
Parishes for this Registration District: View Ecclesiastical Parishes associated with this Registration
District
Inferred County: Devon
Volume: 10
Page: 55
Source Information
England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.
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1851 England Census
Name Age
Samuel Dunn 47
Betty Dunn 46
Elizabeth Dunn 14
Grace Dunn 7
Hannah Dunn 5
Name: Grace Dunn
Age: 7
Estimated birth year: abt 1844
Relation: Daughter
Father's name: Samuel Dunn
Mother's name: Betty Dunn
Gender: Female
Where born: Woolfardisworthy, Devon, England
Civil Parish: Woolfardisworthy
County/Island: Devon
Country: England
Street address:
Occupation:
Condition as to marriage:
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Registration district: Bideford
Sub-registration district: Bideford
ED, institution, or vessel: 1b
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 22
Piece: 1895
Folio: 480
Page Number: 7
Household Members:
Source Citation
Class: HO107; Piece: 1895; Folio: 480; Page: 7; GSU roll: 221046
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1861 England Census
Name Age
Thomas Phillips 62
John Phillips 32
Thomas Phillips 27
Henry Phillips 20
Richard Phillips 15
Jane Heal 28
Grace Dunn 18
Harry Ley 10
Name: Grace Dunn
Age: 18
Estimated birth year: 1843
Relation: Servant
Gender: Female
Where born: Woolfardisworthy, Devon, England
Civil Parish: Buckland Brewer
County/Island: Devon
Country: England
Occupation: House Servant
Registration district: Bideford
Sub-registration district: Parkham
ED, institution, or vessel: 3
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 27
Piece: 1504
Folio: 33
Page Number: 7
Household Members:
Source Citation
Class: RG 9; Piece: 1504; Folio: 33; Page: 7; GSU roll: 542823
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Grace Dunn's sons, William, Augustus and Edwin were born in Buckland Brewer, Devon, England.

Buckland Brewer, Devon, England Anglican Parish Register baptisms in the year 1870, page 134.
No. 1069 Jan 5th Augustus (2 years old) son of Edwin & Grace Prouse - Bilsford - Farmer - James Colwill, Curate
No. 1070 Jane 25th William (5 years old) son of Grace Dunn - Bilsford - _ - James Colwill, Curate

Edwin Prouse, son of Edwin & Grace Dunn Prouse was born in 1867 in Bideford, Devon, England married Alice Adair
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Edwin & Grace Dunn Prouse arrived in Canada 27 April 1870 on the ship the "Austrian" which departed from Liverpool and arrived in Quebec, Quebec. Edwin listed his age as 40 and Grace was 26. They had children: William, aged 5, Augustus, aged 2 1/2 and Edwin, an infant, with them.
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Grace & Edwin's children born in Oakwood, Mariposa Township, Victoria County, Ontario, Canada:

1870 Nov 09 born Elizabeth Ann Prouse, died 1872 Apr 04

1872 Sep 05 born Anne Louisa Prouse married Albert E. Cameron and James Anderson Thorndike

1874 Dec 01 born John Wesley Prouse married Leah Agnes Adair

1876 Nov 8th born George Henry Prouse

1878 Jul 25 born Harriet Isabella "Bella" Prouse married Angus J. Campbell - Find A Grave Memorial# 118143638

1881 Jan 29 born Mabel Gertrude Prouse married Charles Frederick Farley - Find A Grave Memorial# 137361236

1883 May 21 born Albert Henry Prouse married Minnie May Martindale

1887 Oct 09 born Mary Stella Maude Prouse married Raymond Gardner

1890 Jul 03 born Ethel Beatrice Prouse

1890 Jul 03 born Christina Pearl Prouse