Brief Life History of Samuel
When Samuel Bunker was born on 28 July 1828, in Rusagonis, Lincoln, Sunbury, New Brunswick, Canada, his father, Samuel Bunker, was 40 and his mother, Rebecca Thomas, was 25. He married Dorothy Stennix Wood on 2 November 1855, in French Lake, Burton, Sunbury, New Brunswick, Canada. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Blissville, Sunbury, New Brunswick, Canada in 1871 and Gladstone, Sunbury, New Brunswick, Canada in 1881. He died on 18 January 1899, in Tracy, Sunbury, New Brunswick, Canada, at the age of 70, and was buried in Tracy, Sunbury, New Brunswick, Canada.
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- Samuel Bunker, "Canada Census, 1881"
- Samuel Bunker, "Find A Grave Index"
- Samuel Bunker in entry for Unknown and Unknown, "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921"
Spouse and Children
1828–1899 Male
1828–1924 Female
Children (10)
1853–1959 Female
1856–1931 Female
1859–1937 Female
1860–1891 Male
1862–1862 Male
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1788–1872 Male
1802–1880 Female
Siblings (10)
1822–1901 Female
1824–1868 Female
1826–1885 Male
1828–1899 Male
1830–1879 Female
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World Events (2)
1867 · British North America Act
Age 39
1869
Age 41
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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