Harry Tefft Bunce

Brief Life History of Harry Tefft

When Harry Tefft Bunce was born on 13 December 1885, in Winterset, Madison, Iowa, United States, his father, Charles Tefft Bunce, was 26 and his mother, Clara Elvira Hardy, was 22. He married Laura Dorothy Meyer on 18 February 1913, in Kings, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He immigrated to United States in 1886 and lived in United States in 1949 and Kings, New York, United States in 1950. He died on 6 February 1951, in Cedar Grove Cemetery, Flushing, Queens, New York City, New York, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Flushing, Queens, New York, United States.

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Family Time Line

Harry Tefft Bunce
1885–1951
Laura Dorothy Meyer
1885–1977
Marriage: 18 February 1913
June Bunce
1914–1993

Sources (14)

  • Harry T Bunce, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Henry Tefft Bunce, "Iowa, Delayed Birth Records, 1850-1939"
  • Harry T, "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1938"

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World Events (8)

1886

Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

1886 · Giving Working Men a Union

The largest union group in the United States during the first half of the 20th century. It still exists today but merged with The Congress of Industrial Organization.

1903 · Department of Commerce and Labor

A short-lived Cabinet department which was concerned with controlling the excesses of big business. Later being split and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor splitting into two separate positions.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Bunt , Bunn or Bone , with post-medieval excrescent -s.

Americanized form of South German Bunz: from Alemannic bunz ‘little barrel’, hence a nickname for a short fat man; or from a pet form of an Old High German personal name Bun(n)o.

Americanized form of German Banz . Compare Bunts .

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

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