When Elmer W. Bunker was born on 10 April 1857, in Lena, Stephenson, Illinois, United States, his father, Thomas Jefferson Bunker, was 53 and his mother, Nancy Jane Lobdell, was 26. He married Mariah Abigail Tyrrell in 1878, in Jo Daviess, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Wards Grove Township, Jo Daviess, Illinois, United States for about 30 years and Kent, Stephenson, Illinois, United States in 1920. He died on 24 June 1935, in Rockford, Winnebago, Illinois, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Willwood Burial Park, Rockford, Winnebago, Illinois, United States.
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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.
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