When Charles Harvey Bunker was born on 10 December 1872, in Illini Township, Macon, Illinois, United States, his father, Oliver Dearborn Bunker, was 40 and his mother, Christie Caroline Law, was 33. He married Bessie A. Hutson on 18 February 1902, in Manchester, Delaware, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Greene, Butler, Iowa, United States in 1915 and Macon, Illinois, United States in 1920. He died before 1968, in Illinois, United States.
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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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