Christie Caroline Law

Brief Life History of Christie Caroline

When Christie Caroline Law was born on 12 July 1839, in Muscatine, Muscatine, Iowa, United States, her father, Anson Law, was 28 and her mother, Sarah Charlotte Cole, was 21. She married Dearborn Oliver Bunker on 20 December 1855, in Louisa, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Illini Township, Macon, Illinois, United States in 1870 and Warrensburg, Macon, Illinois, United States in 1900. She died on 14 March 1908, in Macon, Illinois, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Illini Cemetery, Illini Township, Macon, Illinois, United States.

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Family Time Line

Dearborn Oliver Bunker
1832–1912
Christie Caroline Law
1839–1908
Marriage: 20 December 1855
Rose Belle Bunker
1856–1936
Sophronia Lillian Bunker
1859–1941
Frank Delaskie Bunker
1865–1909
Susie Florence Bunker
1868–1884
George Roberts Bunker
1870–1935
Charles H. Bunker
1872–1968
Oscar Law Bunker
1878–1938
Bessie A. Bunker
1879–

Sources (23)

  • Christie C Bunker in household of Dearborn Bunker, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Christ Law, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
  • Christy Caroline Bunker, "Illinois Deaths and Burials, 1749-1999"

World Events (8)

1841

Historical Boundaries: 1841: Macon, Illinois, United States

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

Name Meaning

Scottish and northern English: from a Middle English personal name Law(e), a short form of Lawrence .

Scottish and northern English: topographic name for someone who lived near a hill, northern Middle English law (from Old English hlāw, which generally became low in the south and law in the north). Compare Lowe and Lew .

Chinese: variant Romanization of the surname 羅, based on its Cantonese pronunciation, see Luo 1.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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