Bonnells & Bunnells of Note (And a few Burnells & Burrells for Good Measure), by Charles E. Bonnell

As readers of this blog know, it is the descendant of the Bonnell-Bunnell Family Newsletter. 

We are delighted to write that former editor Charles E. Bunnell (Charlie to his friends) recently compiled Bonnells & Bunnells of Note (And a few Burnells & Burrells for Good Measure). He kindly gave permission for us to share it with the world. He has spent decades researching the many branches of Bonnells and Bunnells, corresponding and exchanging information with innumerable people.

His book is a “collection of stories about and biographies of Bonnells, Bunnells and a few Burnells whose lives were at least slightly, and sometimes greatly, different from those of their contemporaries. Most, if not all, of these stories have appeared in the Bunnell/Bonnell Newsletter over the course of its 28 years of publication. Over those 28 years material was provided by many people: subscribers of the newsletter, those who edited and published the newsletter and others who simply provided information to me and prior newsletter editors. 

“Most of the people described in here are not famous heroes, aren’t discussed in history classes and in fact most have only been heard of by a few persons living today. Some had their “15 minutes of fame” in a commercial, some worked to help others in foreign lands. But they were all people who made a difference in the lives of those around them, their descendants or in history itself. And they deserve to be remembered.”

This blog will share each story individually, in a series of posts.

The complete work is available on Internet Archive at this link: Charlie Bunnell's Bonnells & Bunnells of Note  

Please join us in thanking Charlie, not only for the incredible work he did over the years, but for taking the time to write it up and share it with us all. He is incredible.

If you know of a Bonnell, Bunnell or Burnell who should have been included, feel free to write up the story and send it for posting on this blog. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if we honored Charlie’s great work by create a virtual Volume 2?