When William E. Bunker was born on 28 December 1926, in Michigan, United States, his father, Palmer Edgar Bunker, was 22 and his mother, Marie Milded Dennis, was 19. He lived in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw, Michigan, United States in 1935 and Lansing, New Hope, Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States in 1940. He died on 23 November 2004, in East Lansing, Ingham, Michigan, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Deepdale Memorial Park, Delta Township, Eaton, Michigan, 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.
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