Brief Life History of John
When John Bunker was born on 13 December 1810, in Sedgwick, Hancock, Maine, United States, his father, Thomas Bunker, was 36 and his mother, Patience Eaton, was 32. He married Roxinda Chandler on 22 November 1835, in Penobscot, Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. He lived in Atkinson, Piscataquis, Maine, United States in 1850 and Nevada, United States in 1870. He died on 13 April 1898, in Placerville, El Dorado, California, United States, at the age of 87.
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- John Bunker, "United States Census, 1870"
- John Bunker, "Maine, Births and Christenings, 1739-1900"
- John Bunker, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915"
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1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
1820
Maine is the 23rd state.
1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
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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