When Catherine Dunbar was born on 18 March 1811, in Lorne, Pictou, Nova Scotia, Canada, her father, William Dunbar, was 55 and her mother, Amelia Emma Rose, was 36. She married John MacKenzie on 1 January 1836, in Pictou, Nova Scotia, British North America. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 25 September 1903, in Trenton, Pictou, Nova Scotia, Canada, at the age of 92, and was buried in Alma, Pictou, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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Scottish: habitational name from Dunbar, a place on the North Sea coast near Edinburgh, named with Gaelic dùn ‘fort’ + barr ‘top, summit’.
History: A family of this name were granted the lands of Dunbar by Malcolm III (1058–1093), and later acquired the earldoms of Dunbar and March. These earldoms were then withdrawn from the family by James I in 1434.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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