Brief Life History of George Townsend
When George Townsend Brunk was born on 6 March 1852, in Pike, Yamhill, Oregon, United States, his father, Harrison Brunk, was 39 and his mother, Emily Carter Waller, was 31. He lived in Oregon, United States in 1870 and Eola, Polk, Oregon, United States in 1920. He died on 7 December 1929, at the age of 77, and was buried in Forest Grove, Washington, Oregon, United States.
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Sources (3)
- George T Brunk, "United States Census, 1920"
- George T Brunk, "Find A Grave Index"
- George Brunk in household of Harrison Brunk, "United States Census, 1870"
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World Events (8)
1859 · Oregon Becomes a State
Oregon became the 33rd state admitted to the Union on February 14, 1859.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
German: variant of Brunke .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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