[Peter Libra]

Not much to offer on my part, but I searched my genealogy websites including subscribed ones. Surnames do fascinate me. It seems that the name BOUNEL is very, very sparse, if at all. I searched multiple census records for England and United States, perhaps I missed some.

I do find the name BOUNELL very much in evidence in my native country England. The 1880 census for the USA records this:

John M Bounell. 31 years old.
Born England about 1849.
Iron Merchant
Wife. Emily. 27 years old.
Born Ohio.
Son. Joseph F. 3 years.
Son. Hugh B. W. 4 months.

They live in Cook County. Chicago. Illinois. Back tracking I find that a plethora of lawyers, doctors, merchants are their neighbours. Upscale indeed.

Not much here, but of some interest.

[charlene4]

So is it possible that John Bounell could be HJ Bounel and they also are part of the Land Trust?