Brief Life History of Charles
When Charles Bunker was born on 4 March 1833, in Rusagonis, Lincoln, Sunbury, New Brunswick, Canada, his father, Samuel Bunker, was 45 and his mother, Rebecca Thomas, was 30. He married Elisabeth Caroline Smith on 6 June 1861, in Rusagonis, Lincoln, Sunbury, New Brunswick, Canada. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Lincoln, Sunbury, New Brunswick, Canada in 1881 and Queens, New Brunswick, Canada in 1901. He died on 23 March 1903, in Rusagonis, Lincoln, Sunbury, New Brunswick, Canada, at the age of 70, and was buried in Rusagonis Station, Lincoln, Sunbury, New Brunswick, Canada.
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- Charles Bunker, "Canada Census, 1881"
- Charles Bunker, "Find A Grave Index"
- Chas Bunker in entry for Herbert Noble and Ida Bunker, "Canada, New Brunswick Provincial Marriages 1789-1950"
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1867 · British North America Act
The British North America Act or Constitution Act of 1867 caused three British colonies, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Canada to be united as one under the name Canada. Until this point New Brunswick had been the British crown colony.
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1871
British Columbia joins the confederation.
Name Meaning
English: nickname, of Norman origin, for a reliable or good-hearted person, from Old French bon ‘good’ + cuer ‘heart’ (from Latin cor).
German (Bünker): variant of Bönker (see Boenker ).
History: Bunker Hill in Charlestown, MA, was named as land assigned in 1634 to George Bunker of Charlestown, who had emigrated from Odell in Bedfordshire, England.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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