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