Brief Life History of Edward
When Edward Bunker Jr was born on 1 February 1847, in Garden Grove, Decatur, Iowa, United States, his father, Edward Bunker Sr, was 24 and his mother, Emily Abbott, was 19. He married Arminta Zerada McClellan on 28 November 1870, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States in 1860 and Iron, Utah, United States in 1870. In 1900, his occupation is listed as farmer in Bunkerville, Clark, Nevada, United States. He died on 1 January 1915, in Cedar City, Iron, Utah, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Cedar City, Iron, Utah, United States.
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- IMAGE 7 OF 38 TAGGED IN MEMORIES; Ed Bunker, "United States Census, 1860"
- Edward Bunker, "Utah, County Birth and Death Records,1892-1951"
- IMAGE 1 OF 24; DEATH CERT: Edward Bunker, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1965"
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1851
Historical Boundaries: 1851: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Iron, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Iron, Utah, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
Name Meaning
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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Stories of Edward Bunker & Mary Mathieson McQuarrie Bunker by Kate B. Carter's "Our Pioneer Heritage" volume 11
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