Publications
Never Believe Anything without Checking Twice! Thunder Family, by Mrs. G. M. Bedingfield, published June 1984 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 6 no. 2, article, pp.60-62) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9788] & The Keep [LIB/501258] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.
A Sorry Saga of Victorian Times, by Gillian Bedingfield née Thunder, published December 1987 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 7 no. 7, article, pp.282-283) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10461] & The Keep [LIB/501259] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.
Preview:George and Elizabeth Thunder had two sons, Nahum and George. They were in and out of the workhouse. George deserted the family and Elizabeth spent time in jail for thievery. Young George emigrated to American. Nahum stayed in Sussex. Article covers the years 1849 - 1866 in the parish of Hailsham