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Alphonse so disliked his name he changed it to Joseph ("Joe").

The name Joseph appears on his marriage certficate.

It is possible the name Alphonse is connected with Alphonse Baresse, the trainer of the horses of the then late Robert James Tunaley the jockey.

Indeed, Alphonse Baresse may have been a godparent.

Joe, who served in the Royal Engineers during the Great War, pictured on horseback. Photograph courtesy of Rob Carman - click on picture to enlarge.

Thomas Roch Tunaley

b. 1860, Wymondham, Norfolk.

m. Charlotte Elvin.

Tom d. Forehoe, Norfolk, 27/1/1928.

Charlotte Elvin

b. 1863, Wymondham, Norfolk.

m. Thomas Tunaley.

d. 1939, Newmarket, Suffolk.

Judith Tunaley

b. Thetford, 1927. ___________________________

Roger F. Tunaley

b. Thetford 1931.

d. 2001, Bury St. Edmunds.

Alphonse (later Joseph) Tunaley.

b. 27-7- 1897.

m. Hylda Mary Holmes, Thetford, 1925.

(Hylda b. 17-7-1897, d. 1976, Bury St. Edmunds).

Joe d. 1972, Newmarket.

 

The Tunaley Family History

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