Clifton Thomas Bunker

Brief Life History of Clifton Thomas

When Clifton Thomas Bunker was born on 19 April 1865, in Bunkerville, Clark, Nevada, United States, his father, Edward Bunker Sr, was 42 and his mother, Sarah Ann Browning, was 34. He married Emma Catherine Wilkinson on 2 February 1891, in Richfield, Sevier, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Sutherland, Millard, Utah, United States in 1920 and Delta, Millard, Utah, United States in 1930. He died on 26 February 1945, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Delta City Cemetery, Delta, Millard, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Clifton Thomas Bunker
1865–1945
Ellen Oberg
1868–1931
Marriage: 20 July 1892
Edith Melita Bunker
1894–1983
Jetta Bunker
1896–1974
Clifton Lamond Bunker
1898–1955
Rex Albert Bunker
1900–1965
James Lang Bunker
1901–1996

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  • IMAGE 4 OF 8 TAGGED IN MEMORIES (1870 US CENSUS); Clifton Runker, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Clifton Thomas Bunker - Church record: birth-name: Clifton P BUNKER
  • Clifton Thomas Bunker and Estella Dockstader, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940" (1937)

World Events (8)

1866 · The First Civil Rights Act

The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.

1871

Historical Boundaries 1871: Sevier, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Sevier, Utah, United States

1886

Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

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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The Lifestory of John Albert Oberg and Annie Sophia Holmstrom by Mrs. Clifton Lamond Bunker

John Albert Oberg was born 17 December 1842 at Karnbo Sodermanland Sweden, the son of Lars John Olofsson Oberg son of Olof Ostlund Parsson and Brita Larsson. His father married Anna Catharina Jacobsso …

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