Emma Edith Bunker

16 September 1872–17 April 1942 (Age 69)
Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States

The Life of Emma Edith

When Emma Edith Bunker was born on 16 September 1872, in Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States, her father, Theodore Alfred Bunker, was 29 and her mother, Emma Edith Thompson, was 24. She married Alfred Edward Pyne on 8 February 1891. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Islip, Suffolk, New York, United States in 1910. She died on 17 April 1942, in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States, at the age of 69.

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Family Time Line

Alfred Edward Pyne
1865–1934
Emma Edith Bunker
1872–1942
Marriage: 8 February 1891
Alfred Edwin Pyne
1891–1953
Catharine Emma Pyne
1895–

Spouse and Children

MARRIAGE
8 February 1891
Brooklyn,Kings,New York
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World Events (8)

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

Age 3

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

Age 3

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

Age 24

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

1 English: nickname, of Norman origin, for a reliable or good-hearted person, from Old French bon ‘good’ + cuer ‘heart’ (Latin cor).2 German: variant of Boenker .

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

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Sources (3)

  • Emma Pynes in household of Alfred Pynes, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Emma Ryne in household of Alfred E Ryne, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Emma Pyne in household of Alfred Pyne, "United States Census, 1920"

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