I know, this doesn't mention BUNKERs, but just in case there might be someone with Walker Co, GA connections, I thought I'd pass this on. -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [POWELL] Walker County GA Families Reunion Resent-Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2003 17:06:26 -0600 Resent-From: POWELL-L@rootsweb.com Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2003 19:06:11 EDT From: LSHOLLINGSWORTH@aol.com Reply-To: POWELL-L@rootsweb.com To: POWELL-L@rootsweb.com July 12, 2003 10:00 AM until 3:00 PM Walker County Civic Center RV Room Please join us if you have a connection to any family of Walker County, GA. Bring your research material, pictures and any information you may about the Walker County area as it may be a missing link for someone! We will also have the kitchen area so bring something to snack on! Please email me if you have any questions! Looking forward to seeing you there! Linda Sue ==== POWELL Mailing List ==== NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, political announcements, current events, items for sale, personal messages, flames, etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for removal. Consideration for exceptions, contact Kathleen Burnett kathleenburnett@earthlink.net ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

Kristen has pictures of Robert and Permilla Harris Bunker and Purvis and Sarah Marriott Bunker and their family. She would like to share information about this family. Is anyone else working on this family? You can contact her at KLJOHNSTON@aol.com. Bette

Dave Larkin recently posted a listing of Barnstead, New Hampshire Cemetery records, showing a death date for Sarah RUNNELS (m. to Jonatham Bunker, D-15) of January 26, 1826. Bunker Family Association records use a deathdate of January 26, 1827 based on a Bible Record cited in New Hampshire Republican April 3, 1827). See Bunker Genealogy Vol III, page. 24 (updated November 1971). Douglas G. Detling (ddetling@greencity.org) 725 Royal Ave. #81, Medford, OR 97504-6449 (541) 301-1025 . eFax (815) 366-9121

The following listing is extracted from the Journal of the Strafford County Genealogical Society, Vol. 26, No. 4 (July/August 2003), page 66-69. It is from a series on cemetery records in Strafford County. This completes "The Parade Cemetery" in Barnstead, NH, compiled by William J. Walker. Dave Larkin East Sandwich, MA Death Age Birth Spouse Father Mother ROGERS, Margaret 14 Apr 1864 68 Abt 1796 Timothy Bunker RUNNELS, Sarah 26 Jan 1826 94 4 Aug 1731 Jonathan Bunker John Runnels Hannah Clark SINCLAIR, Polly Cilley Mar 1870 81 Abt 1789 Abraham Bunker R. Sinclair E. Hodgdon TILTON, Hannah 27 Dec 1923 75 26 Jan 1848 Daniel Bunker TILTON, Mary E. 15 Oct 1918 31 6 Sep 1887 Roland E. Bunker George C. Tilton Hattie E. Call TUTTLE, Mary 24 Feb 1892 79 29 Aug 1812 Hollis Bunker Thomas Tuttle Sally McNeal WILLIAMS, Mary Abby 1914 79 1835 Abraham E. Bunker

In our records, Fanny Cocks is called Fannie COX. Source is given as M.V.: Augusta VR 1:223. (Clement, D-67 had children). Stephen, D-68, also had children. Pages 36 and 66-67. John Gennings appears to be our D207-III, whose birthdate was unknown by the researcher, but for some reason was given as being c1836 (even when the VR appears to have given his age in 1862 as age 22). I have changed our records to reflect DOB as 1840. See page 124 of our 1972-82 binder. Bette Richards wrote: > The Vital Records of August, Maine were just put on line by the New England > Historic Genealogy Society. Included were: > Clement Bunker (D-23-I RN 4736) married to Fanny Cocks Feb 12, 1800 > Stephen Bunker (D-23-II RN 4738) married to Lucy Page Feb. 13, 1806 > John G.(Gennings) Bunker d. Mar 3, 1862 at age 22, soldier > > We have all these in the database but did not have a source for the > information. This shows where records may be found to substantiate our > records. > > Bette > > > ==== BUNKER Mailing List ==== > Post your information and queries. We love it. No BUNKER rock left untouched. Spelling variations ok - we don't "know" the original. > > >

The Vital Records of August, Maine were just put on line by the New England Historic Genealogy Society. Included were: Clement Bunker (D-23-I RN 4736) married to Fanny Cocks Feb 12, 1800 Stephen Bunker (D-23-II RN 4738) married to Lucy Page Feb. 13, 1806 John G.(Gennings) Bunker d. Mar 3, 1862 at age 22, soldier We have all these in the database but did not have a source for the information. This shows where records may be found to substantiate our records. Bette

Sorry about all the messages but I am confined to the house with a sprained ankle so there is not much I can do. Besides you got a week off while I was in NH. :-) Suzanne Bunkers shared with me quite a bit of research done on German Bunkers. I am still trying to decipher it. One thing that intrigues me is that Gerd Hesemann evidently moved onto a farm called Bünnecker and eventually the name evolved into Bunker. I have been trying to figure out what Bünnecker translates into in English. Anybody with German out there that can help me? We have numerous different Bunker families in the United States. It appears that there may be many unrelated Bunkers from German ancestors. Also, there are the descendants of the Verboncouers who later became Bunkers. There were actually several men who took the name Verboncouer and they were not related. Then we know that the English Bunkers are at least two distinct unrelated families with one family from Devon and one from Bedfordshire. And of course, we have the descendants of the Siamese Twins, Chang and Eng Bunker. In our DNA research we are hoping to get participants from each of these different family groups. In that way, we will eventually be able to tell those people who do not know their ancestry which branch of Bunkers they belong to. I am always looking for more information and really appreciate all the information that people on this list send to me. Slowly but surely, it all gets recorded in the database and I share it with others. Thanks for your efforts and sharing. Bette

For those of you interested in testing the mitrochrondial DNA from you to your mother, her mother, etc. the cost is $219. It can be obtained from Family Tree DNA at http://www.familytreedna.com Remember that even if your mother was born a Bunker this will not pick up the Y DNA of the Bunkers as only males have the Y chromosome. This test is useful for finding descendants of women. It can also be used to trace the area where your ancient female ancestor came from. In the Y DNA test we determined that the Devon Bunkers were amongst the earliest settlers in Europe while the Bedfordshire Bunkers came at a later time and might have Viking ancestry. The MtDna for women can determine the same thing. However, it will never connect you to a Bunker unless you have a female ancestor born a Bunker. Then you are just testing the DNA trace of her mother, NOT her Bunker father. In my case I was born a Bunker. I trace my MtDNA through my mother Arline Mills, her mother Cora Freeman, her mother Addie Palmer, her mother Elizabeth Bangle and her mother Angeline Caswell. That ends my paper trail. However, the female ancestors of Angeline still have their MtDna in me. If my brother traced his MtDNA, it would follow the same line provided we share the same female ancestors forever and there are no adoptions in there. Family Tree DNA also has tests to determine if you have an Indian (Native American) ancestor. There are other tests offered as well including paternity tests and tests to determine sibling relationships. I am very well pleased with the services offered by Family Tree DNA. Their support features are excellent and the information received from them is updated frequently as new facts are discovered. Their lab is located in Tucson and is highly respected as our their researchers. Bette

There is a database of diaries from Canadian forces in WW I http://www.archives.ca/02/020152_e.html This database also contains images. You need to search by unit and cannot search by surname but if you know the unit your ancestor was in this is a good site. Alta Vista is a search engine that is case sensitive. For Google and other search engines you can put in Bunker, BUNKER, or bunker and it would make no difference. Alta Vista will sort this out if you put the word in quotes like "Bunker", "BUNKER". This might be very helpful in some searches. http://www.altavista.com Google now allows searches for the word the. Ordinarily it omits that word even if you have typed it in. For instance you might want to search for The Journal of Pennsylvania History and most search engines would just omit "The". To use this feature at http://www.google.com you must put the series of words in quotes like "The Journal of Pennsylvania History", etc. This may really narrow down some searches for you. Remember also if you are searching for someone named John Bunker you need to enter it as "John Bunker". This keeps the search limited to sites where those two words are side by side and in the case of Bunker will eliminate most of the references to Bunker Hill. For other common names like Smith, Jones, Mills, etc. or for names that are used in ordinary sentences like Miller, Shoemaker, etc. this us very helpful in narrowing down your hits too. If you are looking for community colleges try http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/cc Bette

For links to several sites for death records for several states http://home.att.net/~wee-monster/deathrecords.html Bette

You can search the records catalog for Devon, England and other parishes at http://www.a2a.pro.gov.uk/default.asp This database allows you to type in a name along with information about the location of the search and also dates. You must use the specific spelling that the records shows, so be sure to try all variations of the spelling. On the home page click on "search these catalogs." If you find something you like, you can order a copy of it. The cost of copies is small and if you use a credit card the card company does the conversion from dollars to pounds. Another place to look for English records is http://www.pro.gov.uk Bette

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I have been listening to the Family History Radio virtual genealogical conference. There I heard about a program that has a map, or rather maps, where you can find where a certain place was at any given time. For instance, you may have a person born in Johnstown, Merrimack County and not be able to find any records because at the time your ancestor was born Johnstown was in Kimberly Co. These are fictitious names but you get the idea. It also prepares maps and overlays for your genealogical program. It sounds like a great program. It costs $79 so I have not ordered it. You can read more about it at http://www.goldbug.com Bette

For those of you interest in records from Devonshire, England here is their website http://www.devon.gov.uk/dro/homepage.html They have a lot of records and publications that can be ordered. When ordering by credit card, the card company does the conversion from $ to £ Bette

The Durham Historic Society has republished the 1913 History of Durham New Hampshire. This was originally a 2 volume set that contained history, military lists, tax lists, etc in the first volume and genealogy in the 2nd. It has been reprinted in one book and the Durham Historic society has it for sale for $30. The original can cost well over $100 if you can even find it. If you have ancestors who settled in Oyster River and Durham in the 1600's this is the best reference you can find. It contains all of the early Bunkers from the James Bunker line and of course, the Drews, Huckins, Mathes, etc, etc that we are related to. They do not have a web site. The phone number is 603-868-5436, address: Durham Historic Society Museum, Main St. and Newmarket Rd., Durham, NH 03824. I use this constantly and highly recommend it. While we were in Portsmouth, Maralyn asked about Rebecca Cook's parents. Rebecca was the daughter of John Cook and Mary Downes who were married 25 Nov 1686 in Dover, NH. Their children were Rebecca b. c. 1690, Peter b. c. 1695 and John b. 5 May 1692. Rebecca Cook m. John Drew 31 Mar 1720 but had children with him as early as 1709. John Drew was first married to Sarah Field, daughter of Darby Field, one of the first Oyster River settlers, and his wife, Agnes. Darby Field was the first white man to explore the White Mountains of New Hampshire. Although the History of Durham indicates there was "trouble in court" about John Drew and Rebecca Cook having children before they were married, I could not find any record of that in all the court records published for New Hampshire. Of course, they may be in records that have not been published. In addition, I can find no evidence that John was having babies with Sarah Field at the same time as he was having children with Rebecca Cook. I would love to find that evidence as it makes such a great story. I cannot find a date of death for Sarah Field Drew either. She may have died as early as 1682 which would give no excuse for John not marrying Rebecca sooner that 1720. Bette

I'm back in the sunshine. I had a ball in NH but boy that cloudy weather really gets me down. There were several local people at the cemetery that are interested in getting together with other local members and doing cemetery things. We found 2 new gravestones and would like to see what they say, if anything. All of you that might be interested please send me an email and I will try to get you together. I would love to see someone take out a global positioner and get the latitude and longitude of the two cemeteries in Dover that we visited and any others that are in the area. This will help to keep them located no matter what changes may be made nearby. Art has his GPS there but of course, it was in the motor home and not at the cemetery. Isn't that the way it always is? When I got back, Dick Eastman's current newsletter was here. Again there are so many interesting things in it you should just read it all http://www.rootsforum.com He describes a program for making family histories on CD's. This program even burns the CD and you do not need a separate CD burner program. The paid for plus edition has a 2nd article about the GPS and its use with a laptop. It's worth the $15 yearly fee just to read those two articles if you travel around a lot. Bette

We really owe Brian A. Bunker a great round of thanks and applause for all the work he has done over the last months. He not only did research himself but has been in contact with several professional researchers and has coordinated their work "over there" in the UK. Our information is a great deal richer because of his participation. Brian, we appreciate it tremendously. Mary-Gene Page

Brian A. Bunker in England has sent us his compilation of records from the parishes of Devon (took 18 emails). His signoff was: "That's yer lot, you now know as much about Devon Bunkers as I do." The dates range up into the 1800s. It will take a long time before I can get this data entered into The Master Genealogy and until then it would be impossible to do any knowledgeable search or make any conclusions from the information, so don't expect anything soon. Meanwhile, the BFA is persevering! Regards, Mary-Gene Page

This was sent from another list to which I belong. It's useful information to have on hand. - This list of known epidemics makes a helpful reference when researching individuals who disappear from local records suddenly, with no record of death. During major epidemics, people were often buried hurriedly and sometimes in mass graves. Taken from: www.genealogy-quest.com Nancy, researching: Baldridge, Cain, Courtney, Curtis, Carmichael, Dawkins, Doty, Garmon, Garrett, Jackson, McCormick, Matthews, Osborne, Robertson, Stampley, Stringer, Warren........and more! http://www.geocities.com/twincousin2334 1657 Boston Measles 1687 Boston Measles 1690 New York Yellow Fever 1713 Boston Measles 1729 Boston Measles 1732-3 Worldwide Influenza 1738 South Carolina Smallpox 1739-40 Boston Measles 1747 CT, NY, PA, SC Measles 1759 N. America Measles: areas inhabited by white people 1761 N. America and West Indies Influenza 1772 N. America Measles 1775 N. America Unknown epidemic: especially hard in NE 1775-6 Worldwide Influenza: one of the worst epidemics 1783 Dover, DE "Extremely fatal" bilious disorder 1788 Philadelphia and New York Measles 1793 Vermont A "putrid" fever and Influenza 1793 Virginia Influenza: killed 500 in 5 counties in 4 weeks 1793 Philadelphia Yellow Fever: over 4,000 deaths 1793 Harrisburg, PA Many unexplained deaths 1793 Middletown, PA Many unexplained deaths 1794 Philadelphia, PA Yellow Fever 1796-7 Philadelphia, PA Yellow Fever 1798 Philadelphia, PA Yellow Fever: one of the worst 1803 New York Yellow Fever 1820-3 Nationwide"Fever" - started Schuylkill River and spread 1822 New York and New Orleans Yellow Fever 1831-2 Nationwide Asiatic Cholera: brought by English emigrants 1832 NY City and other major cities Cholera 1832 New Orleans Asiatic Cholera: over 1,000 deaths 1832 Ayrshire towns of Stevenston, Dalry and Kilbride Cholera 1833 Columbus, OH Cholera 1834 New York City Cholera 1837 Philadelphia Typhus 1841 Nationwide Yellow Fever: especially severe in the south 1847 New Orleans Yellow Fever 1847-8 Worldwide Influenza 1848-9 North America Cholera 1849 New York Cholera 1849-50 New Orleans Cholera: 3,000 deaths 1850 Nationwide Yellow Fever 1850 Alabama, New York Cholera 1850-1 North America Influenza 1851 Coles Co., IL, The Great Plains and Missouri Cholera 1852 Nationwide Yellow Fever 1853 New Orleans Yellow Fever: 8,000 die 1855 Nationwide Yellow Fever 1857-9 Worldwide Influenza: one of the greatest epidemics 1860-1 Pennsylvania Smallpox 1865-73 Philadelphia, NY, Boston, New Orleans, Baltimore, Memphis, Washington DC Smallpox, a series of recurring epidemics of Cholera, Typhus, Typhoid, Scarlet Fever, Yellow Fever 1873-5 N. America and Europe Influenza 1878 New Orleans Yellow Fever: last great epidemic 1878 Memphis, TN Yellow Fever 1885 Chicago, IL water-borne disease 1885 Plymouth, PA Typhoid 1886 Jacksonville, FL Yellow Fever 1900 Galveston, TX Cholera 1902 Alaska measles 1905 New Orleans Yellow Fever: last US outbreak 1918 Worldwide[high point yr.] Influenza: more people were hospitalized in WWI from this epidemic than wounds. US Army training camps became death camps, with 80% death rate in some camps. ==== GARRETT Mailing List ==== GARRETT list website - http://www2.netdoor.com/~cch/lists/GARRETT.htm

Write to: BUNKER-D-request@rootsweb.com In the body of the message write the single word: Subscribe Then write to: BUNKER-L-request@rootsweb.com In the body of the message write the single word: Unsubscribe You can follow this procedure for any mailing list on Rootsweb; just substitute the name of the appropriate list before the -request part of the address. CFGenealogy@aol.com wrote: > How do I get the Bunker List in Digest Form? > > > ==== BUNKER Mailing List ==== > Post your information and queries. We love it. No BUNKER rock left untouched. Spelling variations ok - we don't "know" the original. > > >