Grace Ellen Dunklee

Brief Life History of Grace Ellen

When Grace Ellen Dunklee was born on 29 October 1871, in Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Nathan Sargent Dunklee, was 52 and her mother, Martha Elmira Warner, was 46. She married Charles Edwin Sawyer on 10 October 1893, in Melrose, Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. She lived in Melrose Highlands, Melrose, Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States in 1920 and Melrose, Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States in 1930. She died on 29 September 1937, in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 65.

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Family Time Line

Charles Edwin Sawyer
1852–1939
Grace Ellen Dunklee
1871–1937
Marriage: 10 October 1893
Mildred Warner Sawyer
1897–1974
Dr. Geraldine Wheelock Sawyer
1905–2003

Sources (10)

  • Grace E Sawyers in household of Charles E Sawyers, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Grace Ellen Duncklee, "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1841-1915"
  • Grace Ellen Dunkle in entry for Clyde Vanvleck Nutten, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910, 1921-1924"

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Name Meaning

Altered form of Dunkley .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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