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NOTES AND QUERIES. [io* 8. i. MARCH 19, 190*.


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MK. and MRS. TDNSTALL.

John Tunstall, 1782-1850. Married Frances Partridge, 1807.

John Partridge Tunstall, 1815-1882.

Can any of the Tunstall Family identify the Portraits and give any information regarding the Family to

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