Brief Life History of George Washington
When George Washington Dunham was born on 19 December 1788, in Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States, his father, David Squire Dunham, was 43 and his mother, Mary Dunn, was 40. He married Phebe Vail on 11 April 1812, in Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Plainfield, Union, New Jersey, United States in 1860 and New Jersey, United States in 1870. He died on 22 June 1876, in Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Scotch Plains Township, Union, New Jersey, United States.
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- Geo W Dunham, "United States Census, 1860"
- George W Dunham, "Find A Grave Index"
- George W Dunham in entry for Clarkson C Dunham and Jane E Jones, "New Jersey, Marriages, 1670-1980"
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1789
George Washington elected first president of United States.
1790 · Trenton - State Capital
Trenton, New Jersey officially became the state capital in 1790. The first state governor would be William Livingston.
1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of the places called Dunham (Norfolk, Nottinghamshire, Cheshire). Most are named from Old English dūn ‘hill’ + hām ‘homestead’. A place in Lincolnshire now known as Dunholme appears in the Domesday Book as Duneham and this too serves as a source of the surname; here the first element is probably the Old English personal name Dunna. Dunham is often difficult to tell apart from Downham .
History: John Dunham (1590–1668) was a Puritan linen weaver who came to Plymouth, MA, via Leiden, the Netherlands, in 1633. He had many prominent descendants.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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