The surname Gunstone was first found in Cheshire where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor. The Saxon influence of English history diminished after the Battle of Hastings in 1066. The language of the courts was French for the next three centuries and the Norman ambience prevailed. But Saxon surnames survived and the family name was first referenced in the year 1184 when Bigod de Goneston held estates in that shire. Eustace Gunson later held in Cambridgeshire in 1279. Gunstone is a hamlet in Staffordshire and dates back to at least 1186 when it was listed as Gonestona.
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Early History of the Gunstone family
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Gunstone Spelling Variations
Spelling variations of this family name include: Gonson, Gunson, Gunston, Gonston and others.
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Early Notables of the Gunstone family
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Gunstone migration to Australia
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Emigration to Australia followed the First Fleets of convicts, tradespeople and early settlers. Early immigrants include:
Gunstone Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century
Mr. John Gunstone, (b. 1815), aged 22, English convict who was convicted in Somerset, England for life for stealing, transported aboard the "Emma Eugenia" on 2nd November 1837, arriving in New South Wales, Australia1
Gunstone migration to Australia 
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