When John Dunkley was born on 29 December 1819, in Middlesex, England, United Kingdom, his father, Benjamin Dunkley, was 43 and his mother, Sarah Briggs, was 39. He married Ann Harriet Knapp on 9 July 1843. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in London, England for about 10 years. He died on 13 February 1872, in Chelsea, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 52, and was buried in England, United Kingdom.
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English:
(Northamptonshire): habitational name from Dinckley in Lancashire, recorded as Dunkythele in 1246 and Dinkedeley in 1258, probably arising from an old British name, composed of elements meaning ‘fort’ + ‘wood’, with the addition of Old English lēah ‘woodland clearing’.
in the South Midlands perhaps a variant of Dingley .
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Possible Related NamesWritten by K. Wright Dunkley and published in his book "Joseph Dunkley Ancestors and Descendants", 1963, p. 22 John Dunkley was a block copperier and paper hanging manufactory. He died February …
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