Jeremiah Bunker

Brief Life History of Jeremiah

When Jeremiah Bunker was born on 10 July 1807, in Groveland, Livingston, New York, United States, his father, Stephen Mapes Bunker, was 24 and his mother, Anna Acker, was 19. He married Mariah Marsh in 1828, in Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Warren, Illinois, United States in 1840. He died on 7 November 1840, in Monmouth, Warren, Illinois, United States, at the age of 33, and was buried in Monmouth, Warren, Illinois, United States.

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Family Time Line

Jeremiah Bunker
1807–1840
Mariah Marsh
1810–1897
Marriage: 1828
Mary Ann Bunker
1829–1830
Eliza Ann Bunker
1831–1916
William Marsh Bunker
1833–1884
Adeline Bunker
1835–1916
Baby Bunker
1837–1837
Marsh
1837–1837
Erinia Bunker
1838–
Henry Harrison Bunker
1840–1918

Sources (10)

  • Jeremiah Bunker, "United States, Census, 1840"
  • Jeremiah Bunker, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
  • Jeremiah Bunker, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1808

Atlantic slave trade abolished.

1812

War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

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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