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 1823 - 1865 (42 years)
Generation: 1
| 1. | Peter Hoover Tunks was born in 1823 in Westminster, Middlesex, Ontario; died in 1865 in Illinois, USA. Notes:
-he witnessed his sister Catherine's wedding 1845
-he witnessed the wedding of Andrew Hammond & Elina Griffith 1845
moved to Illinois 1857 during recession
-he, his wife and daughter all died of typhoid fever in1865, leaving his oldest daughter, age 18, to raise the family.
-10 children
marriage was witnessed by Nathan Doyle & George C Tunks (brother)
died of typhoid fever
Omar Tunks, a descendant of Peter, released his study of the Tunks family in 1978.
Peter married Harriet Amanda Hungerford on 01 Feb 1846 in Westminster, Middlesex, Ontario. Harriet (daughter of Samuel Hungerford* and Abigail Kilbourn) was born in 1826 in Westminster, Middlesex, Ontario; died in 1865 in Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet]
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