Henry Dunbar

1826–11 March 1909 (Age 83)
New York, United States

The Life of Henry

Henry Dunbar was born in 1826, in New York, United States. He married Lucy Jane Poole on 11 December 1856, in Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Abington, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States in 1860 and Massachusetts, United States in 1870. He died on 11 March 1909, at the age of 83, and was buried in Abington, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States.

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Family Time Line

Henry Dunbar
1826–1909
Lucy Jane Poole
1833–1861
Marriage: 11 December 1856
Henry Alton Dunbar
1861–1945

Spouse and Children

    Henry Dunbar

    Male1826–1909Male

    Lucy Jane Poole

    Female1833–1861Female

MARRIAGE
11 December 1856
Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
children

(1)

    Henry Alton Dunbar

    Male1861–1945Male

World Events (8)

1827 · Slavery Becomes Illegal in New York State

Age 1

During the years 1799 to 1827, New York went through a period of gradual emancipation. A Gradual Emancipation Law was passed in 1799 which freed slave children born after July 4, 1799. However, they were indentured until 25 years old for women and 28 years old for men. A law passed 1817 which freed slaves born before 1799, yet delayed their emancipation for ten years. All remaining slaves were freed in New York State on July 4, 1827.
1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Age 4

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
1863

Age 37

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

Name Meaning

Scottish: habitational name from Dunbar, a place on the North Sea coast near Edinburgh, named with Gaelic dùn ‘fort’ + barr ‘top’, ‘summit’.

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

Sources (3)

  • Henry Dunbar, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Henry Dunbar in household of Micah H Pool, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Henry Dunbar, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"

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