Brief Life History of James
When James Bunnell was born on 14 February 1818, in Wyoming, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Solomon Bunnell, was 25 and his mother, Eleanor Place, was 25. He married Mary Ann Luce from 1838 to 1840, in Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Auburn Township, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, United States for about 10 years and Braintrim Township, Wyoming, Pennsylvania, United States for about 10 years. He died on 28 May 1884, in Laceyville, Wyoming, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Lacey Street Cemetery, Laceyville, Wyoming, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Jas Bunnell, "United States Census, 1850"
- James Bunnell, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"
- Bunnell, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
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.
1820 · Making States Equal
The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
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:
habitational name from Bunwell in Norfolk. The placename is from Old English bune ‘reed’ + wella ‘spring, stream’. Old forms of the surname suggest a second, non-habitational source.
(of Norman origin): possibly from French Bunel, a shortened form of Busonal, a nickname derived from buson ‘buzzard’ used for someone considered simple, silly.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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