Brief Life History of Susan Eliza
When Susan Eliza Bunker was born on 23 March 1873, in Thomaston, Knox, Maine, United States, her father, Thomas Bunker, was 21 and her mother, Eliza Ann Grant Sutherland, was 18. She married Edward Carleton Moran on 25 April 1892. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She died on 21 January 1955, in Rockland, Knox, Maine, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Rockland, Knox, Maine, United States.
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- Susan E Moran in household of Edward C Moran, "United States Census, 1930"
- Susie E Bunker, "Maine, Marriage Index, 1892-1966, 1977-1996"
- Legacy NFS Source: Susan Eliza Bunker - Individual or family possessions: death: 21 January 1955; Rockland, Knox, Maine, United States
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World Events (8)
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.
1875 · A New Civil Rights Act
During the response to civil rights violations to African Americans, the bill was passed giving African Americans equal treatment in public accommodations, public transportation, and to prohibit exclusion from jury duty. While many in the public opposed this law, the African Americans greatly favored it.
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
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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