Extract from Cornucopia : "During the mid- to late-19th Century the mechanised boot and shoe industry began to grow in importance. Although Northampton is synonymous with the manufacture of footwear, Leicester was on equal terms in the mid-19th Century, especially for the cheaper end of the market. In the 1860s the Leicester manufacturers patented ‘Leicester welting’, which was machine-applied steel staples for cheap mass-produced footwear. The headquarters of Stead & Simpson, Freeman, Hardy & Willis, Timpson’s and Equity are still in Leicester."

With the dyeing trade in the town of Derby having died out, Samuel moved to Leicester where the mechanised boot and shoe industry had taken off 1850's.

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Henry Tunaley b. 1870

John Albert Tunaley b. 1872

Mary Tunaley b. Leicester, 1875.

Thomas Tunaley b. Leicester, 1876

Elizabeth Tunaley b. 1879.

Samuel Tunaley b. 1882

Ellen Tunaley b. 1886 m. Leicester, 1924, John J. Ford.

Hilda Tunaley b. 1889, m. 1910, Leicester.

1881 Census Samuel Jnr. living at 47, Andrewes St., Leicester, St. Mary.

1901 Census: Samuel living at same address in Leicester -
occupation shown as Boot Riveter.
Andrewes St. (this is the correct spelling), where Samuel and his family lived still stands and is located close to St. Nicholas Circle, Leicester city centre.

Patience Page

b. 1811, Burton, Staffs.

m. Samuel Tunaley, 27-5-1833.

Patience d. 1857, Derby.

Samuel Tunaley

b. 1810 Derby

m. Patience Page

27 May 1833

d.1916 Chesterfield

Samuel Tunaley

b. 1810 Derby

m. Patience Page

27 May 1833

d.1916 Chesterfield

Samuel Tunaley

b. 1845, Derby.

m. Elizabeth Jeffries 1869, Leicester.

(Elizabeth b. Derby 1847, d. Leicester 1912, aged 65)

Samuel d. 1924, Leicester. .

 

Samuel Tunaley

b. 1810, Derby.

m. Patience Page,

27, May, 1833.

Samuel d. 1881, Derby.

The Tunaley Family History

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