Brief Life History of Sarah Eleanor
When Sarah Eleanor Bunting was born on 25 March 1860, in Edwards, Illinois, United States, her father, John Bunting, was 40 and her mother, Martha Virden, was 33. She died on 29 June 1861, at the age of 1.
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- Sarah bunting in household of John bunting, "United States Census, 1860"
Parents and Siblings
1819–1870 Male
1827–1912 Female
Siblings (9)
1850–1943 Male
1850– Female
1852–1867 Male
1855–1914 Male
1857–1900 Female
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1861 · Simple life to Soldiers
Age 1
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: nickname from Middle English bunting ‘corn bunting’, perhaps used of a short, plump person. Compare Bunt and Scots buntin ‘short and thick’, Welsh bontin ‘rump’, bontinog ‘large-buttocked’.
History: Sarah Bunting (1686–1762), born in Matlock, Derbyshire, became a noted Quaker minister in Cross Wicks, NJ. It is believed but not certain that other members of her family, including her father, John Bunting, came with her to NJ sometime before 1704, when her marriage to William Murfin is recorded.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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