George Blunt (1844-1923)

George Blunt (1844 - 1923)

Biography
George Blunt was born in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire in 1844. His parents were Daniel Blunt (1818 - 1885) and Eliza Cook (1818 - 1907). George married Caroline Shaw in 1866. In the 1881 census, George is listed as a shoe machinist, and his wife as a shoe fitter. Also living with them is Ann Bromhead (1810 - 1882), listed as George's mother-in-law, who was working as a housekeeper. George and Caroline had the following children:
 * Alfred Thomas Blunt (1872 - after 1901), born in Wellingborough, Journalist (1901), married 1895 Emma Alderman (1871 - after 1901)
 * Jessie Elizabeth Blunt (1877 - after 1902), born in Wellingborough, Book Fitter* (1901), married 1902
 * Edith Emily Blunt (1879 - after 1903), born in Wellingborough, Boot Machinist (1901), married 1903
 * Listed as book fitter in the 1901 census site, however likely to be boot fitter.

Alfred Thomas Blunt had the following children:
 * Elsie Edith Blunt (1896 - after 1918)


 * George Sydney Blunt (1898 - after 1901)


 * Donald Henry Blunt (1900 - after 1901)

George Blunt died aged seventy-nine in Wellingborough in 1923. His wife Caroline Blunt (1845 - 1917) also died in Wellingborough.