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Peter Hoover TUNKS

Male 1823 - 1865  (42 years)


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  • Name Peter Hoover TUNKS  [1] 
    Born 1823  Westminster, Middlesex, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Male 
    Died 1865  Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Person ID I241  Brick Street Cemetery, London, Ontario
    Last Modified 12 Oct 2022 

    Father Richard TUNKS*
              b. 1780, Bitterley, Shropshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 5 Mar 1877, Westminster, Middlesex, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 97 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Catherine WILKERSON*
              b. 14 Jan 1791, Thorold, Lincoln, UC Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 18 May 1829, Westminster, Middlesex, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 38 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Married 14 Mar 1816  Thorold, Lincoln, UC Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Family ID F71  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Harriet Amanda HUNGERFORD
              b. 1826, Westminster, Middlesex, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 1865, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 39 years) 
    Married 1 Feb 1846  Westminster, Middlesex, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Last Modified 12 Oct 2022 
    Family ID F98  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 1823 - Westminster, Middlesex, Ontario Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 1 Feb 1846 - Westminster, Middlesex, Ontario Link to Google Earth
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  • 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.

  • Sources 
    1. [S20] Glen Curnoe records.