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I am presently researching Martin and Elizabeth DUNN, married in Devon abt 1838
who emigrated to Victoria. All their children were given the middle name of Nankivell.
This is where my interest lies. Where did it come from?
So any possibilities.
Dianne
:-S

hi dianne
its a cornish name

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nankivell

just google the name nankivel

some off my lot have the name nankivel

hi
do you have the marriage cert ?

for fathers name

Marriages Dec 1838 (>99%)
ARTHUR Richard Tavistock 9 570
DUNN Martin Tavistock 9 570 xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
NICHOLLS Elizabeth Tavistock 9 570
TRUSCOTT Mary Tavistock 9 570

1871

Name: Marten Dunn
Age: 56
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1815
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Elizabeth N Dunn
Gender: Male
Where born: Petertavy, Devon, England
Civil Parish: Ashburton
County/Island: Devon
Country: England
Registration district: Newton Abbot
Sub-registration district: Ashburton
ED, institution, or vessel: 2
Household schedule number: 6
Piece: 2080
Folio: 12
Page Number: 1
Household Members:
Name Age
Marten Dunn 56
Elizabeth N Dunn 52 Born Marytavy
Thomas Dunn 21
William H Dunn 63
Florance Dunn 5
Ellen Chiswell 10


Name: Martin Dunn
Death Date: 22 Dec 1875
Death Place: Devon, England
Probate Date: 8 Jan 1876
Registry: Exeter

Probate to widow, Elizabeth

Burial

First name(s) Martin
Last name Dunn
Age 63
Birth year 1812
Death year 1875
Burial year 1875
Burial date 27 Dec 1875
Denomination Anglican
Burial place Ashburton
County Devon
Country England
Archive reference 2141A/PR/1/31
Archive South West Heritage Trust
Record set Devon Burials

Name: Elizabeth Dunn
Age: 64
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1817
Relationship to Head: Lodger
Gender: Female
Where born: Mary Tavy, Devon, England
Civil Parish: Plymouth St Andrew
County/Island: Devon
Country: England
Street address: 7 Hoe Street
Marital Status: Widow
Occupation: Independant Means
Registration district: Plymouth
ED, institution, or vessel: 29
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 2201
Folio: 103
Page Number: 46
Household Members:
Name Age
Edward Rawle 60
Tabitha Rawle 65
William Rawle 20
Kate Rawle 16
Elizabeth Dunn 64
Florence Dunn 18
James Fisher 56
Elizth.W. Fisher 63
Mary E. Fisher 26
John O. Fisher 20

1861

Name: John Mankivolle Dunn
[John Nankivell Dunn]
Age: 21
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1840
Relation: Son
Father's name: Martin Dunn
Mother's name: Elizabeth Dunn
Gender: Male
Where born: Maytang, Devon, England
Civil Parish or Township: Bersham
County/Island: Denbighshire
Country: Wales
Registration district: Wrexham
Sub-registration district: Wrexham
ED, institution, or vessel: 4
Household schedule number: 63
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 4284
Folio: 51
Page Number: 13
Household Members:
Name Age
Martin Dunn 48
Elizabeth Dunn 44
John Mankivolle Dunn 21
Elizabeth Ann Nicholls Dunn 20 ******************NOT a transcription error
Mary Jane Dunn 18
James Dunn 16
Thomas Dunn 11
William Henry Dunn 5
Ann Ellis 20

Marriage

Name: John Nankeville Dunne
Registration Year: 1865
Registration Quarter: Apr-May-Jun
Registration district: Great Boughton
Inferred County: Cheshire
Volume: 8a
Page: 481
Records on Page:
Name
John Nankeville Dunne
Mary Jane Stear


From a tree on Ancestry
Spouse: Mary Jane Stear
Father: Martin Dunn
Mother: Elizabeth Nankivell
Children: John Nankiville
Birth: 10/1839 Devon England
Death: 1930 Ballarat Victoria Australia
Residence: 1861 Holne Devon England*******wrong!


Of course, the info about the mother's name is inaccurate - unless she changed to Nicholls at some stage before her marriage

Name: Mother's Maiden Surname:
DUNN, JOHN NANKIVILL NICHOLLS
GRO Reference: 1839 D Quarter in TAVISTOCK UNION Volume 09 Page 455 Order



DUNN, ELIZABETH ANN NANKIVILL NANKIVILL
GRO Reference: 1841 M Quarter in TAVISTOCK UNION Volume 09 Page 491

DUNN, JAMES NANKWILL NANKWILL Order
GRO Reference: 1845 M Quarter in TAVISTOCK UNION Volume 09 Page 525


You pays yer money, you takes yer choice!!!!!!!!!

I suggest that getting the marriage cert would be useful - for her father's name

IF this is the right baptism, perhaps her mother married a Nankevill at some stage

Name: Elizabeth Nicholls
Gender: Female
Baptism Date: 8 Sep 1817
Baptism Place: Marytavy,Devon,England
Mother: Jane Nicholls
FHL Film Number: 916858

Connected?

Name: Francis Reginald (Regniald?) Nankavill Dunn
Death Date: 2 Feb 1910
Cemetery: O'Neill's Point Cemetery
Burial or Cremation Place: Belmont, Auckland Council, Auckland, New Zealand

Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985
DEATH, BURIAL, CEMETERY & OBITUARIES
Record information.
Name
Geo Nankivell Dunn
Mother
given name surname
Father
given name Dunn
Birth
abt year
Death
location 1932
Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985
DEATH, BURIAL, CEMETERY & OBITUARIES
Record information.
Name
Jno Nankiville Dunn
Mother
given name surname
Father
given name Dunn
Birth
abt year
Death
location 1930