Brief Life History of Haze Katherine Alice
When Haze Katherine Alice Bunker was born on 26 April 1880, in Vinalhaven, Knox, Maine, United States, her father, Francis Augustus Bunker, was 31 and her mother, Ada Jane Crockett, was 23. She married Richard Merriam on 10 November 1902, in Auburn, Cranston, Providence, Rhode Island, United States. She lived in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States in 1900. She died on 5 January 1952, in Belfast, Waldo, Maine, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Morrill Village Cemetery, Morrill, Waldo, Maine, United States.
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- Katherine A Bunker in household of Ger* Blu*R, "United States Census, 1900"
- Katherine Alice Bunker, "Rhode Island, Marriages, 1724-1916"
- Katherine A. Bunker Merriam, "Find A Grave Index"
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1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1895 · College Hall Catches on Fire
On January 27, 1895, College Hall catches on fire and is fully consumed within one hour. During the fire, many students and faculty work together to save many of the items in the building. Some of these are library books. They save the books by piling them onto the rugs and dragging them out of the burning building. College Hall is then later rebuilt and renamed Davis Hall after Governor John W. Davis.
1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
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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