DUNGEY

These are my Dungey ancestors. Please let me know if you have any additions or corrections to any of these people. I will make additions when I find or receive them. Have any Dungey stories or history? I would like to tell them.

Contacts!! I have made contacts. Somehow in a very round about way my name was given to a very nice lady in Austrailia. She straightened my Dungey research out in a hurry!! I wish this lady was on the internet so I could keep in touch better. Also there are real live Dungeys on the East Coast of the US and now I have met several in England who have been most helpful. Here are several bits of e-mails I have received that have been very interesting.

"Baron Van-Dungey of Joppa

The Van part of the name comes from Holland and goes back many Centuries when the title was awarded by Richard the First (Richard the Lionheart) during the Crusades at the battle of Acre.
The Van was dropped by some of the family during the second world because it was easily confused with Von (German).
Dungeness in Kent was named after the family who settled there before the Crusades, at one time the family owned vast tracts of land in Kent. Many more came from Holland because of the religious persecution and were also joined by the followers of King William of Orange, who of course became King of England (King Billy)."
Thank you Baron Van-Dungey. Many of us would like to know further history.

"Dear Maggi, When I was searching information about my family I saw that the name of your family was at first the same as my name. "van Donge". This is a Dutch name. It means that people who left the village Dongen in the province of Brabant and went to live in another town of village where called van Dongen or van Donge that means "from Dongen". The name Donge is the name of a small river in the surroundings of Dongen.
First of all when I examened our familytree it became obvious to me that we are no relatives. The first ancestor we traced was called Adriaan van Dongen and was born +/- 1720 he lived in Maassluis, a village near Rotterdam and he was a fisherman. The family moved to Scheveningen a fisherman's village near the Hague at the borders of the North Sea.My great grandfather was born there, he was the first they called " van Donge" in stead of "van Dongen". In 1985 we went to the village of Dongen for a familyreunion. More then 5000 van Donge(n) attended that meeting. There I found out that all the people from Dongen who moved to another town where called " van Donge(n)" from Dongen. The exact name of the province is "Noord-Brabant (North Brabant) Dongen is to be found somewhere between the cities of Tilburg and Breda. I also found a interessingwebsite
"gemeentearchief.tilburg.nl"
this site is partly in English."

Henri van Donge
Thank you Henri for sharing that piece of Dungey history.

June 2000

Thanks Nancy R

THE DUTCH CONNECTION

"Every so often co-incidences arise that raise doubt in researchers minds of the accuracy of their methods and of the recording of historical facts. This is borne out with this experience.
1. While researching my maternal Grandmothers family - the Dungey's - an anomaly was discovered that did not fit any picture that family historian's had heard of. The Dungey's were direct descendants of a Dutch family - the van Donge - who came to this country with William and Mary, settled in the Cranbrook area and married into local families. Gradually the name changed to Dungey. Over the next two centuries there are several instances of marriages between Kitney's/Kidneys and Dungeys.
Later, while looking through old books in the Library, looking for information on the Medway area of Kent, and on mention of the Kitney/Kidney name, I came across an entry that predates the van Donge's of Cranbrook by 50 years. Mention was made of a Dutch Prisoner-of-war who was left ashore when the Dutch ships retreated following the battle of the Medway in 1667 and who around 1670 married a local girl - one Mary Kidney. My notes at the time shows that several Dutch prisoner-of-war were left behind when the Dutch Fleet retreated from the Battle and who later settled in the area. The one whom married Mary Kidney was named as van Donge (or van der Donge), the wedding was believed to have taken place at Chatham. No other information or records can be found to verify these facts.
2. Mr. Maurice K. of Gillingham has told me that before the last war his father asked the Headmaster of the school in Orchard Street to trace his family history for him, and as a result of the research by Mr. Smith, he always understood his family was descended from the Dutch. It would seem that from the research findings, two P.O.W.'s came ashore from the Dutch ships and eventually one went ot Wouldham and the other to Rainham. Again no facts can be traced to substantiate these events.
3. A telephone call from a Mrs Celia S., whom I had written too at the suggestion of another Kitney contact, informed me that her Grandmother, who was a Kitney before her marriage, always maintained they were related to a Dutch Officer who changed his name to that of his bride. No other information was known outside these few basic facts.
4. Mrs. E. K., from Cornwall, in giving details of her late husband's family states their family have always asserted that the Kitneys came from Holland in the Dutch invasion where two Brothers - Albert and George landed here. Albert moved to Waldon while George stayed in Rainham.
The similarity between these stories is remarkable, but as yet I can find no verification of these statements.
Unfortunately I cannot trace the original book my facts came from, and the librarians seem to think it has been disposed of through wear and tear. Can anyone throw any light of these events? Did a Dutch P.O.W. marry a local girl around the turn of the period 1690-1700? Did he change his name to that of his bride, and if so why? Was there any relationship between the van Donges' of Cranbrook and this earlier van (der) Donge?
The list of Questions goes on and on. Can anyone solve the mystery? Does anyone know where records are likely to be held listing P.O.W.'s from the Battle of the Medway, and has anyone any knowledge what book my research reading might have come from?"

From M.P. in Denmark

"My grandfather was Ernest Walter Dungey who lived at Pattenden in Goudhurst, Kent, England. He was one of 11 children born to Walter Dungey and Ellen Corke in Goudhurst.
Walter was born in Cranbrook, Kent, on 11 Apr 1833 and his parents were William Dungey and Mary Potten."

PATTENDEN

From Don P.
Thank You Don

My purpose in writing you is to share the story of a handmade sampler that we purchased in 1963 in El Paso Texas while browsing a used building materials outlet. Besides genealogy my wife and I have a passion for home remodeling and consequently we make a practice of visting what we lovingly call "Architectural Salvage Yards" looking for items we can use.
This sampler has the name "Louisa Dungey Febry 18 1824" embroidered at the bottom. The rest of the sampler is typical of the day and has the alphabet and numbers at the top. A little poem that reads "In Books or Work or Healthful Play, Let My First Years Be Past, That I Give For Every Day, Some Good Account At Last". The rest of the sampler has outlines of trees and plants. The word for February is written FEB with the abbreviation ry in smaller letters in what is called an "ascendor" in word processing these days - that is half size and at the top of the line. It was typical that young girls about ages 10 to 13 created these samplers and often a date entered would be their date of birth.
At the time we visited this salvage yard many homes of splendour built from about 1880 to 1925 were being demolished to make way for businesses, newer homes and road projects. I suspect this was hanging on the wall and it's possible it was brought to El Paso by relatives.We had it framed and have always found a wall in our home to display it and once a year we celebrate Louisa's birthday and wonder who she was. It is in very good condition considering it is now almost 200 years old.

What wonderful stories of the past! If you like these bits of information and have some of your own you would like to share, Please e-mail me.

Thanks, Maggi

imamaggi2@yahoo.com

My great grandfather Walter H. DUNGEY

Walter H. DUNGEY

b.12 Mar 1862 Tunbridge Wells, Kent England - d. 14 Mar 1941 Gold Hill, Oregon US - married 1880 in England to Charity TOMSETT
CHILDREN: Edith May b.1883 - William Henry (Pete)b.1885 - Myrtle b.1886 - Ivy b.1888 - Daisey b.1890 - Elmer b.1897 - LeRoy Alfred b.1889 - Ruby

Parents of Walter DUNGEY (1862):

William DUNGEY

b.14 May 1819 Cranbrook, Kent England - married 1848 to Ann Elizebeth LEFERVE b.1827
CHILDREN: Charles b.1848 - Henry b. 1850 - Catherine b. 1852 - Thomas b. 1857 - Edward b.1861 - WALTER b.1862 - Amy b.1865 - Rebecca b.1867 - Sussanna b.1869

Parents of William DUNGEY (1819):

Charles DUNGEY

b.1789 Cranbrook, Kent England - married 1810 to Ann Durrant b.abt 1790
CHILDREN: WILLIAM b.1819

Parents of Charles DUNGEY (1789):

Edward DUNGEY

b.1763 Cranbrook, Kent England - married 1784 to Elizabeth Reader b.abt 1760
CHILDREN: James b.1784 - George b.1786 - Charles b.1789 - Ann b.1791 - William b.1793 - Elizabeth 1796

Parents of Edward DUNGEY (1763):

Thomas Van Dongy

Cranbrook, Kent England - married 1744 to Mary Tyrell

Parents of Thomas Van Dongy:

John Van Donge

Cranbrook, Kent England - married 1716 to Francis Russell

Parents of John Van Donge:

John Van Donge

Cranbrook, Kent England - married 1692 to Anne Chainey b. 1679

STORIES AND HISTORY

Walter Dungey(b.1862) left England around 1881 for Texas where his brother was already working. They worked on a big ranch owned by an Englishman, herding cattle and wrangling horses. Walter did get his naturalization in Kerr County, Texas. Thomas'(b.1857) wife was sickley and the doctor told them that the Colorado Mountains would be good for her. They set off for Colorado only to find out that her health hadn't improved. Hearing about Oregon they thought they would try their luck there. The two brothers settled in a small town called Gold Hill to raise their families. Here many Dungeys have stayed, married and raised families.

The following picture was left to me so I could share it with any Dungeys that are related to John Dungey b. 1874.
Descendants of John Dungey (son of Charles Dungey b. 1848 Who was the brother to my greatgrandfather Walter)
John Dungey b: August 1874 in England Married Mary Maude Lewis b: 1874 in Indiana
Children are Julia Margaret Dungey b: 1896 - Charles Milton Dungey b: 1898 - Anne Westgate Dungey b: 1900 - Joseph John Dungey b: 1902 - Lewis George Dungeyb: 1909 - Lora Ethel Dungey b: 1912 - Jeanne Murial Dungey b: 1916

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