Flora J. Dunton

Brief Life History of Flora J.

When Flora J. Dunton was born on 7 September 1843, in Plainwell, Allegan, Michigan, United States, her father, William Dunton, was 30 and her mother, Mahala Adams Dunton, was 26. She married Hiram Jerome Dunwell on 3 March 1864, in Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 daughters. She lived in Watson, Watson Township, Allegan, Michigan, United States in 1860 and Hopkins, Hopkins Township, Allegan, Michigan, United States in 1880. She died on 11 January 1927, in Wayland, Allegan, Michigan, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Maplewood Cemetery, Hopkins, Hopkins Township, Allegan, Michigan, United States.

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Family Time Line

Hiram Jerome Dunwell
1837–1875
Flora J. Dunton
1843–1927
Marriage: 3 March 1864
Fern A. Dunwell
1865–1876
Dunwell
1872–1872
Flora Dunwell
1872–1876
Maude M Dunwell
1873–1942

Sources (28)

  • Flora G. Fane, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Flora J. Dunton - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Flora J. Dunton
  • Flora J. Dunton, "Michigan, County Marriages, 1820-1940"

World Events (8)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1850

Oldest grave seen in the memorials list

1865

Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

Name Meaning

English: either a habitational or topographic name from Dunton in Norfolk or Dunton Bassett in Leicestershire, from Middle English doun(e), dun(e) ‘hill’ (Old English dūn) + Middle English toun ‘settlement’ (Old English tūn). The name may also arise from Dunton in Bedfordshire or Buckinghamshire, the first element of which is the Old English personal name Dud(d)a, Dod(d)a. See also Downton .

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

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