Dunham Family Connections 

~ Dinan-Dinham-Dunham~

Grace & Fredd, Ralph & Spouse, Edith & Fredd. Harley & Virginia,  ? ?, Roy

Robert & Elaine,  Jim & Betty, Ray & Caroll, Bob & Mildred

Children ?

Notable ancestors include Henry II of England (1133-1189), William I of England (1027-1087), Charlemagne (747-814), Hugh Capet (c940-996), Alfred the Great (849-899). Ancestors are from the United Kingdom, France, England, Germany, Russia, Ukraine, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Hungary, the Netherlands, Ireland, Italy, Israel, Turkey, the Byzantine Empire, Sweden, Belarus.

Hamon de Dinan B: 980 Brittany, Ile-Et-Vilaine, Dinan, France D: 1030 Brittany, Ile-Et-Vilaine, Dinan, France M: Rantlina de Bretagne B: 980 Brittany, Ile-Et-Vilaine, Dinan, France 

Geoffrey I de Dinan B: 1010 Brittany, Ile-Et-Vilaine, Dinan, France D: 1070 M:

Oliver I de Dinan B: 1040 Brittany, Ile-Et-Vilaine, Dinan, France D:  1075 M: Gunnor

Geoffrey II de Dinan B:1065 Brittany, Ile-Et-Vilaine, Dinan, France D: 1138 M: Radegonde Nerondes B: 1070  Centre, Nerondes,  France D: 1147

Brittany, Ile-Et-Vilaine, Dinan, France 

Oliver II, Alan de Dinan B: 1088 Somerset, Buckland Dinham, England D: 1150 Devon, Honiton, Harpford England M: Agnorie B: 1100 Brittany, France D: 1164 Devon, Honiton, Harpford England

Oliver III Lord of Dinan B: 1121 Somerset, Buckland Dinham, England D: 1173 Somerset, Buckland Dinham, England M: Elizabeth B: 1126 apx

Geoffrey de Dinham B: 1145 Somerset, Buckland Dinham, England D: 1204 Devon, Honiton, Harpford England M: Sarah a B: 1150 apx

Oliver de Dinham B: 1169 Somerset, Buckland Dinham, England D: 06/28/1221 Somerset, Buckland Dinham, England M: Elizabeth ~ B: 1170apx

Geoffrey de Dinham B: 1205 Somerset, Buckland Dinham, England D: 12/26/1258 Devon, Honiton, Harpford England M:

Somerset, Buckland Dinham, England

Oliver de Dinham B: 1234 Devon, Honiton, Harpford, England D: 02/26/1299 Devon, Woodbury, Nutwell Manor, England. M: Isabel de Vere B:1222 Devon,  D: 08/11/1299 Totnes, England Woodbury, Nutwell Manor, England.

Devon, Honiton England

Geoffreyde Dunham B: 1250 Cheshire, Dunham Massey England D: 1306 Devon, Honiton England M:

Rychert Donham I B: 1274 England D: 1315 England M: Margaret Hyden 1272 Devon, Woodhuish, England

Devonshire, Devon, England 1890's

Rychert Donham/Dunham II 1294 apx Devonshire, Devon, England D: 1330 apx Beaminster, Somerset, England. M:    Rychert was engaged in extensive trade with Spain and Europe. He became wealthy and bought a large estate in Beaminster, Somerset County, England. Raisde sheep and a wool manufactureer. Brother of John I, born in 1295. Father of Robert Dunham; Benedicitia Dunham; Ryan Dunham and Elizabeth Dunham.



Robert Donham/Dunham 01/16/1318 apx Devonshire, Devon, England D: 1409 apx Devonshire, Devon, England. M:    The family moved to Norfolkshire where they founded the towns of Norwich and Great Dunham. Devonshire is in the SW part of England, between Bristol Channel on the N & the English Channel on the S. The county is bordered by Somersetshire & Dorsetshire on E & Cornwall on the West. Father of Elizabeth Dunham, heiress of the Dynhams of Hooke, born 1345, at Beaminster, married a Maltravers, (second) Humphrey Stafford, the Silver Hand sheriff of Dorsethsire, and Somersetshire; Robert Dunham 1348-; Geoffryde Dunham 1350- and John Dunham 1351-. Brother of Benedicitia Dunham; Ryan Dunham and Elizabeth Dunham.

Beaminster, Dorset, England ~ St. Mary's parish church

Dating from the C13 and C15, its best feature is its magnificent early C16 west tower.

Robert Dunham 1348 Beaminster, Dorset, England 12/31/1439 Devonshire, Devon, England M:  Elizabeth Sandford 1366 Devonshire, Devon, England, daughter of Edmund Sandford  and Katharine Owtred. A second son, Geoffryde was born in 1350. Father of Gregoire Dunham; Elizabeth Dunham; Benedicia Dunham and Robert Dunham. Brother of Elizabeth Dunham, heiress of the Dynhams of Hooke; Geoffryde Dunham and John Dunham, 1351.

Gregoire/Gregory Dunham B: 1382 Yorkshire, Devon, England D: 1474 England M: Elizabeth Maryuge B: 1413 Danby D: 1464 England. His siblings were Robert 1384, Elizabeth 1387 & Benedicia 1389. Father of John Dunham 1430- and Robert Dunham 1429-1463.

 Dunham on Trent, England

Dunham on Trent_Church of St Oswald

Pre-reformation Dunham church was dedicated to St.Peter but at a later date it was changed to St.Oswald's. In 1211 King John built a hunting lodge in the tiny hamlet of Kingshaugh then in the manor of Dunham and the house was in Royal hands until 1604. The present house in Kingshaugh and grounds are open by appointment. The present day, 2017 population of Dunham village is approximately 312 people occupying 123 households whilst in 1307 there were 145 beings and exactly the same in 1676..

Robert Dunham 'Sir Zouche' B: 1429 Dunham-On-Trent, England D: 06/03/1463 Dunham-On-Trent, England (or Gwynedd, Wales). M: Margaret Elizabeth Stafford B: 1435 Lichfield, Staffordshire, England D: 1502 Lichfield, Staffordshire, England. He had a sister, Elizabeth.

Sir John Dunham I B: 1450 Parish Dunham On-Trent, Nottinghamshire, England D: 11/09/1524 Kirklington, Nottinghamshire, England M: 1471 Lady Elizabeth Bowett 1455-1501, d/o Sir Nicholas Bowett and Elizabeth Zouch. Knighted by Henry VII for service at the Battle of Blackheath 17 June 1497. Made Baronet by Henry VIII in 1502. His sister Elizabeth was born 1452. Father of Elizabeth Basset; Katharine Dunham; Sir John Dunham; Anne Dunham; Frances Haselwood; and Marie Grantham.

Kirklington, England

Sir John Dunham II B: 06/06/1474 Kirklington, England D: 05/09/1502 England M: Lady Jean Thorland 1476-1502. John inherited the estate of his great grandfather Sir Zouche. John was one of 200 men who escorted the betrothed Princess Margaret thru Notthingham to Scotland in 1502. His siblings were Katherine 1472, Francis 1476, Anne 1478 & Marie 1480. Father of Katharyn Talbot (Dunham); Elizabeth Dunham; Sir John Dunham III, Kt., of Kirklington; Margaret Dunham; Mary Dunham; Anne Dunham and Frances Dunham

Sir John Dunham III "Sir William Dunham Knt. of Kirklington" B: 09/08/1498 England 03/23/1545 England M: Lady Benedicte Folsgambe 1499-1545. He had six sisters.

Sir Ralph Dunham B: 1526 Nottinghamshire, England 1580 England M: Elizabeth Wentworth 1524-1570, d/o Sir Thomas Wentworth, who was knighted for his bravery at the battle of Spurs, 16 August, 1513. It will be seen that down to this period, the successors to the estate of Wentworth-Woodhouse were almost invariably only sons, and as invariably married heiresses or co-heiresses. His siblings were Richard 1531, Thomas 1534 & Marion 1535. Father of Ralph Dunham; Richard Dunham, of Langford; Dynah Dunham; Thomas Dunham; Sir John Dunham; and Robert Dunham, transported to the Virginia Colonies on account of his non-conformist views. Brother of Mary Dunham; Richard Downes; Thomas Dunham and Benedicitia Dunham.

Richard Dunham B: 1550 England 1624 London, England M: Jane Bromely 1563-1605 (1564-1637?). Father of Dea. John Dunham, of the Plymouth Colony; William Dunham; Anne Dunham; Elizabeth Dunham and Richard Dunham. Brother of Ralph Dunham; Dynah Dunham; Thomas Dunham; John Dunham and Robert Dunham.

Plymouth, Massachusetts History

Deacon John Dunham B: 1589 Scroobyn, Langford, Bedfordshire, England D: 03/02/1668 Plymouth Colony. He fled to Leiden, Holland, in 1608 and joined William Brewster (William changed his name to John Goodman) M1: 08/17/1612 Susan Kaino, Baptized in Clophill B: 12/12/1586, Clophill, Bedfordshire, England. Daughter of Thomas Cainehoe, D: 1622 Leyden, Holland. They had three children in Zevenhuizen, Netherlands. M2: 10/22/1622 widow, Abigail Barlow/Ballou Wood, d/o Thomas Ballou, 1600-1668. Linen weaver, trader, church deacon, and farmer. His siblings Thomas 1587-1652 & Robert 1605-1635. In his will, dated 25 January 1668 and proved 4 June 1669, "John Dunham Senior of Plymouth" bequeathed to "my son John Dunham who is my eldest son ... I have given him his portion already ... to what I was able and beyond my ability"; to "my son Benajah Dunham and my son-in-law Stephen Wood" all my right at Agawaum and Sepecan equally; to "my son Daniell Dunham" all my land at Fresh Lake, also "all that land that lieth at home which he made use of this year which I already ordered to him"; to "my loving wife Abigaill Dunham" my now dwelling house, my orchards, with all my land no elsewhere given, all my meadow at the watering place during her life and at her death, to "my son Daniell Dunham"; "my son Thomas Dunham" £5 paid by my son Daniel Dunham upon demand; to "all the rest of my children that are not expressed in this my last will 12d. each if they demand it"; residue to my loving wife Abigail Dunham, executrix; "my loving friends Captain Thomas Southworth and the elder Thomas Cushman and my son Samuell Dunham" overseers. An inventory of the goods of "John Dunham Senior deceased" was taken 16 March 1668/9 and was untotalled; it included only £3 of real estate: "house and land not prised (presumably because he had already given it to Daniel only threescore acres of upland at Swanhold not willed away)". Father of: John Dunham 1615–1692 Humility Dunham 1617 – unknown, Thomas Dunham 1619–1677, Samuel Dunham 1623–1711, Abigail Dunham Atwood 1627–1684, Joseph Dunham 1631–1703, Rev. Jonathan Dunham, see below, 1632–1717, Hannah Dunham Rickard 1634–1708, Persis Dunham Pratt 1635–1701, Benajah Dunham 1640–1680 (Benajah Dunham was born to Deacon John Dunham and his second wife Abigail Ballou. Born in Plymouth, Mass. 1640, Benajah Dunham was a freeman in 1664, a court officer at Eastham, Mass., in 1669, emigrated to East Jersey about 1671; in 1672 purchased 100 acres of land at Piscataway, N. J., and became a planter and in 1673 a captain of the Piscataway Militia Squad in New Jersey under the Dutch. Benajah married October 25, 1660, Elizabeth Tilson, of Scituate MA. Shortly after Benajah & Elizabeth’s marriage, the young couple moved from Plymouth to Eastham Massachusetts (on Cape Cod). They stayed here for eight or nine years but by 1671 they had relocated to Piscataway, New Jersey. Between 1661-1671, Benajah 2 and Elizabeth had 3 sons and 4 daughters. Their first born son Edmund Dunham moved to the new town of Piscataway along with several other Eastham families. Benajah died in Piscataway, New Jersey 24 December 1680), and Daniel Dunham 1639–1677.

Rev. Jonathan Dunham (Tower Hill Cemetery Edgartown, Dukes County, MA)

He married first Mary Delano and then Mary Cobb, daughter of Henry and Patience (Hurst) Cobb. Children of Rev Jonathan Dunham and Mary Cobb Dunham were Hannah, Jonathan, Eleazer, Samuel, Gershom and Daniel Dunham. Rev Jonathan was a lay preacher at Falmouth, Cape Cod from 1679 to 1684. Matthew Mayhew, an agent for Edgartown, Massachusetts, negotiated with Jonathan in 1684 to come there at a salary of 35 pounds per year. He was not ordained until October 11, 1694 when he was installed as 'teacher' of the church at Edgartown. He preached there until 1711 when infirmities caused him to give up the pulpit. He died December 18,1717 and is buried in Tower Hill Cemetery, Edgartown, Martha's Vineyard, Dukes' County, Massachusetts.

William Harlow House in Plymouth, MA: meeting place of First Parish Church

1899 First Parish Meeting House

First Parish Church in Town Square, ca. 1905

Joseph Dunham B: 11/18/1637 Plymouth Colony D: 06/16/1703 Plymouth, Plymouth County, Ma M1: 11/18/1657 Mercy Morton 1636-1666, daughter of Secretary Nathaniel and Lydia (Cooper) Morton. M2: 08/20/1669 Hester Wornall, 1694-1715, d/o Joseph Wornall of Rowley. Admitted a Freeman on June 1, 1658, and granted 30 acres at Major's Purchase on June 7, 1665 (Middleboro, MA.). Joseph was among those dismissed from the Plymouth Church to the new Plympton Church due to boundary line changes. His siblings were Samuel Dunham, Abigail  Dunham Atwood, Hannah Dunham, Rev Jonathan Dunham, Persus Dunham, Benajah Dunham and Daniel Dunham.  

Benajah Dunham (Son of Joseph Dunham, of the Plymouth Colony)

Father of Eleazer Dunham, Sr., of Plymouth 1659-1739; Nathaniel Dunham; Mercy Abigail Dunham King; Joseph Dunham; Micajah Dunham 1673-1756, Joseph Dunham; Daniel Dunham; Esther Dunham Jackson, Thomas Dunham and Benajah Dunham (Benajah M: 05/07/1708 Sarah Covel, daughter of Philip and Elizabeth (Atwood) Covel. They were married by Pastor Jonathan Dunham who was an uncle of Benajah. Sarah Covel was born in Edgartown in 1693 D: 08/16/1778. Benajah came to Edgartown about 1708. He was Master of the House of Correction in 1731. He is buried at Tower Hill Cemetery in Edgartown. By the will of his father, Joseph Dunham, Benajah and his younger brother Daniel got 40 acres of land in Plymouth. Benajah sold this land to William Canady in 1708. Children of Benajah and Sarah Covel Dunham born in Edgartown: 1~Benajah Dunham  B: 7 February 1708/9 2~Daniel Dunham B: 1712 3~Mercy Dunham B: 1716 4~Elizabeth Dunham B: 1720 5~Ebenezer Dunham B: 1725)

Nathaniel Dunham B: 1666 D: 03/18/1731 M1: 01/21/1691 Mary Tilson B: 1669 D: 02/03/1757 Gilead Cemetery, CT. M2: 12/09/1714 Elizabth Pratt. He enlisted in 1699, for three years under Captain James Warren. His will was made Dec. 12, 1727. He made an appeal in behalf of the town of Hebron, before the assembly for leave to found a church and ordain an orthodox minister among them, and the request was granted. His siblings: Micajah Dunham 1673-1756 and Benjah Dunham 1684-1766, and Eleazer Dumham Sr 1669-1757, Mercy Abigail King; Joseph Dunham and Mercy Dunham Half brother of Mercy Dunham; Joseph Dunham; Daniel Dunham; Esther Jackson and Thomas Dunham).

(Father of Mary Dunham Billington 1705-1777; Nathaniel Ebenezer Dunham, II; Thomas Joseph Dunham; Ichabod Dunham; Obadiah Abner Dunham; Mehitable Whitcomb; Ephraim Dunham; Jabez Dunham 1704-1796,  Lemuel Dunham, Levi Dunham and Isaac Dunham. 

Isaac Dunham 1712 D: 01/01/1797 M1: Elizabeth Dunham M2: 1736 Jerusha Loomis 1715-1801, Daughter of Philip Loomis, Sr. and Hannah Dewey. Their children; Levi Dunham; Simeon Dunham; Elizabeth Dunham; Jerusha Dunham 1779-1805; Calvin Dunham; Esther Dunham Russell; Submit  Dunham Clark; Isaac Dunham, Jr.; Elijah Dunham and Esther Dunham Russell 1751-1836).

Simeon Dunham I B: 01/25/1739 D: 01/11/1817 Gilead Cemetery Hebron, Tolland County, CT M1: Anna Strong 7 children M2: Abigail Phelps Talcott 1736-1804 Ensign in the Revolutionary War from the state of Connecticut. (Father of Isaac Dunham 1738-1817; Obedeance Dunham 1767-1776; Simeon Dunham 1769-; Prudence Dunham Morrison 1771-, John Talcott Dunham 1773-; Jerusha Dunham 1779-1805; Obedience Dunham 1777-1817 and Elijah Dunham 1782-1816. Brother of Levi Dunham; Elizabeth Dunham; Jerusha Dunham 1779-1805).



Simeon Dunham II B: 1769 D:   M: 1792 Betty Hall 

Orangeville, Wyoming County, New York

Simeon Dunham III 1794-1829 M: Betsey Dunham 1801-1844 Orangeville Center, Wyoming County, NY. Simeon Dunham, Jr., came from Hebron, CT to Orangeville, NY with his father, Simeon Dunham, in 1815.

1~Alonzo Dunham B: 1819 D: 1869 Chaplain   M: Harriet Newell Babbitt 1822-1900. Member of Sons of Temperance. A lodge of this order was organized at Johnsonsburg on the 15th of August, 1869, under the name of Tonawanda Division, No. 4, S. of Т., by Mr. Boughton, of New York. The first officers were: Horace Thayer, W. P.; Augusta Rudd, W. A.; J. E. Lewis, R. S.; Mrs. L. H. Jones, A. R. S.; E. J. Johnson, F. S.; George A. Blair, treasurer; James Tilton, conductor;. Jennie Dunham, A. C.; Alfreda Patterson, I. S.; Willie Lewis, O. S.; Alonzo Dunham, chaplain; A. Dunham, P. W. P.; George W. Blair, deputy G. W. P. This organization maintained an existence until February, 1873, when it was disbanded and the Good Templars lodge formed. The Sons of Temperance was a brotherhood of men who promoted the temperance movement and mutual support. The group was founded in 1842 in New York City. It began spreading rapidly during the 1840s throughout the United States and parts of Canada. The organization had a highly restricted membership. In order to become a member (called a “brother“), a man had to be nominated by an existing brother. Three other brothers would then investigate his life to determine if they thought he was worthy of membership. The Sons of Temperance required a two-dollar initiation fee, an amount equal to a week’s wages of an ordinary worker. In addition, the weekly membership fee was six cents. It had secret rituals, signs, passwords, hand grips and regalia.

Sons of Temperance Fountain installed at Centennial Exhibition in 1876

Relocated to Independence Square, Philadelphia.

1~George Franklin Dunham 1847-1863

2~Mary Juliette Dunham 1851-

3~Herbert A Dunham 1860-

4~M. Dunham M: 1878 George C. Shattucx B: 1848

3~Franklin Dunham  1828-1853 M: 1818 Julia Porter B: 1798 D: 01/24/1859 Orangeville Center Orangeville Center, Wyoming County, NY (Julia remarried in 1821 Reuben Stone 1790-1869, son of Russell Stone. Dairying was initiated here by Reuben Stone, who, in 1823, having come into possession of two farms adjoining his own on lot 28, purchased about twenty rows and commenced the manufacture of butter and cheese).

2~George Hall Dunham B: 11/14/1823 D: 1894 M: 1850 Louisa T. Virgin 1825-1889, d/o Johan and Betsey Virgin, who settled in Warsaw in 1827. George was a member of the Orangeville Pioneer Association. In September, 1847, he graduated at the State normal school at Albany, and he was a teacher many years. He was superintendent of common schools from 1849 to 1853, and from  1867-1874, school commissioner for the county.

1~Guenifrede/Gennifrede D. Dunham 01/06/1851 NY D: 04/20/1880 Cedar Bluff Cemetery IL M: 1871 Eli Tuller Cleveland 1825-1911, Cedar Bluff Cemetery Rockford, Winnebago County, IL. Son of Job William Cleaveland 1796-1870 and Almira Fenton 1799-1886.

2~Laura Cleveland 1860–1946 M: 1885 William Lewis Gregory 1860-1939

2~Fred Hall Dunham B: 10/20/1861 Orangeville, Wyoming County D:  M: 1890 Fanny Wrightman 1868-. He was educated at Attica Union School, and graduated at Cornell University. He studied law with Judge North, of Batavia, and was admitted to the bar in June, 1889.

1~Leland Virgil Dunham B: 03/08/1891 D: 07/21/1911

2~Mary Bachelder Dunham B: 11/18/1892 D:  M: 06/26/1923 Genesee County, NY to James Acker Mattison

3~Frank Randall Dunham B: 08/29/1894 D: M: 09/19/1926 Margaret Wilson. Frank worked for the Railway Mail Service for Lehigh Valley RR, from Buffalo to NY. 

4~Lucile Hall Dunham B:12/12/1896 D:  M:   Head of the record department for Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester, NY.

5~Alida Gennifrede Dunham M: 06/03/1924 Genesee County, NY to Dr. Eugene Johnson States.

3~Frank/Franklin Simeon Dunham B: 03/23/1854 Orangeville, Wyoming, New York  D:  M: Clara A. North B: 01/18/1855 Attica, Genesee, NY

1~Fredd Harrison Dunham B: 09/13/1888 New Rockford, Eddy, ND D: 05/22/1972 Memory Gardens, Concord, CA M: 1912 Edith L. Kiser B: 1885 Illinois D: 1962. WWI

Edith L. Kiser Dunham 

1~Harley Lamont Dunham B: 06/21/1914 Hamburg, ND D: 08/29/1989 Chico, CA M:  1939 Virginia Catherine Larson B: 03/29/1915 Flaxton, ND D: 07/30/2017. Daughter of Nils & Lucille Dailey Larson. Harley served as a Medic in WWII. She loved to play piano and sang in the Napa Choral society along with the Napa Symphony. Virginia received her B.A. degree at MSTC in Moorehead, Minnesota. Virginia came to San Jose, CA in 1939 where she married Harley L. Dunham, of Hamburg, ND. They honeymooned in Yosemite National Park and later moved to Napa, CA,. She later resided in Anaheim with her mother who passed away at the age of 96. She made many friends in Anaheim and lived independently. At the age of 92 she moved to Pleasanton to be closer to her family. She lived with Penny and her husband, Ivan Sausser. Virginia leaves behind to cherish her memory, children: Penny Sausser, Hugh Dunham and Clare O’Brien; Grandchildren: Jeff Sausser, Julie Gilligan, Jill Bloss, Noelle Jacob, Davida Henderson; great grandchildren: Jeffrey Sausser, Thomas Sausser, Jacob Gilligan, Angelina Gilligan, David Bloss, Deena Donk, Mykaael O’Brien, Mykaela O’Brien, Cy’ioune O’Brien, Donyae O’Brien, Briyon Vincent, Noelle Vincent, Bryon Vincent III, and many nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.

Virginia Catherine Larson Dunham

1~Penny Dunham B:   D:   M: Ivan Sausser B: 05/10/1933

1~Jon Gregory Sausser B: 01/25/1969 Livermore, CA D: 09/03/2013   Pleasanton Pioneer Cemetery



2~Jeffrey T. Sausser B: 01/04/963 D:  M:

1~Jeffrey Aaron Sausser B: 03/14/1985

3~Julie Sausser M: Gilligan

4~Jill Sausser M: Bloss

2~Hugh Dunham  B:   D:   M: 

3~Clare Elizabeth Dunham  B:   D:   M: David O'Brien

1~Michael O’Brien

2~Noelle O'brien

3~Davida O'Brien

2~Fredd Hardin/Harrison Dunham B: 1920 ND D: 1971 CA  Omega Society. WWII M: 1944 Grace Marie Jacobs B: 1921 D: 03/10/2015, sister of Margaret Jacobs Spink, wife of  David Spink.

Geace 1983

1~Dr. Fredd Hilton Dunham 01/30/1947 D:  M1: 1968 Constance Brainard M2: 1979 Annette Klieforth M3: 1984 Patricia Ann Mayes B: 12/24/1944 D: 05/16/2007. Principal at Fredd Dunham Medical Massage School: Santa Barbara College Of Oriental Medicine, Acupuncturist.

2~Christopher

3~Laurie

4~Judy

3~Elaine Edith Dunham B: 1927 ND D: 1983 CA M: 1949 Robert Brewer

1~Lorretta

2~Phillis

4~Ralph Franklin Dunham B: 05/22/1912 D: 04/1974  M: 1932 Clarice Evelyn Bayer 1912-1981, d/o Edward C. Bayer and Martha Emma Bohnet. 1 child

5~Betty Jane Dunham B: 09/03/1924 New Rockford, ND D: 2008 Brentwood, CA M: James Estes

1~Caroll John Dunham B:  D: 10/29/2022

2~Caren Dunham B: 02/29/1948 D:

6~Roy Earl Dunham B: 02/11/1916 ND D: 09/06/1967 M: Margaret Kathleen Dunn 1905-1988 CA PHM 1 USNR WW II

7~Caroll Lucy Dunham B: 12/25/1922 D: 01/23/2998 Mesa, AZ M: Ray Whaley

8~Mildred Louise Dunham B: 09/17/1917 San Jose, CA D: 09/02/2000 Fairfield, CA  M: 01/29/1938 Robert Sidney Tarp 10/21/1911 San Jose, CA D: 03/21/1990, s/o James Peter Hansen Tarp 1888–1966 & Botilda Christian Marie Smith 1886–1922. 



Robert Sidney Tarp

Jame Leroy Tarp 1907-1948, James Peter Hansen Tarp 1888–1966 & Robert Sidney Tarp 1911-1990

1~Larry Tarp

2~Fred Tarp

3~Clara Louise Dunham B: 05/13/1895 New Rockford, ND D: 1980 M: John Pydynkowsky  1888-1962 (prior, was married to a Sina Pydynkowsky 1889-1914)

New Rockford, ND

Birdseye Town View RPPC early 1900s

1914 Depot

New Rockford, ND 7 New Rockford ND Railroad Depot & Town Scene 1933

1909 Post Card

Valley Falls, Kansas

Loretta Pearl Hooker Spore-Brewer, born in Valley Falls, was originally called Grasshopper Falls, from the falls in the Grasshopper River (now known as the Delaware River). The first settlement was made there in 1854, and the town was platted in 1855. Just after the opening of Kansas territory in 1854, frontier entrepreneurs found a falls on the Grasshopper River that they believed would serve well in powering a mill. Mills would be replaced by elevators and for a century, grinding agricultural produce and serving the farm community was the main commerce. Grasshopper Falls would be platted in 1855 and incorporated in 1869. The grasshopper invasion of the 1870s was devastating and not a good promotional tool for a new and aspiring town. Aided by Legislature, the name of the river was changed to the Delaware (an American Native tribe most dominant in the region) and the twice more named town, eventually became Valley Falls. Many of the town's streets were named after women pioneer settlers.

2014

Hamburg, ND

Orangeville, Wyoming County, New York

In regard to New York's claim, as of 1683 the present Wyoming County was part of Albany County of the Province of New York. This was an enormous county, including the northern part of New York State as well as all of the present State of Vermont and, in theory, extending westward to the Pacific Ocean. This county was reduced in size on July 3, 1766, by the creation of Cumberland County, and further on March 16, 1770, by the creation of Gloucester County, both containing territory now in the state of Vermont. New York's claims were not recognized until the Treaty of Hartford was ratified in 1786 and were not actively asserted until the Holland Purchase.

First Congregational Church: This church was constituted August 14th, 1847, under the direction of Rev. W. C. Childs. In October, 1874, a reorganization of this church was effected, under the direction of Rev. J. C. Caswell, with six-teen members. The church building was repaired and re-fitted at an expense of $700, and was afterward supplied with a bell, an organ and commodious sheds. Mr. Caswell remained as pastor until the spring of 1878, and was succeeded the same year by the present pastor, Rev. D. Dunham.

Early Connecticut Marriages:

Hebron, incorporated May 1708. The First Congregational Church in Hebron was organized in 1717. Early records burned. The Second Congregational Church was organized May 1748, is located at Gilead. The following are taken from the Gilead Church records. 

Ebenezer Wright & Jerusha Dunham  Jan., 1772

Abiah Dunham & Joseph Wells           Sept. 29, 1789

Content Dunham & Samuel Marks      Oct., 1783

Elizabeth Dunham & Asa Brown         May, 1774

Esther Dunham & Jacob Russel           May, 1772

Jerusha Dunham & Ebenezer Wright   Jan., 1772

Obadiah Dunham & Hannah Pinneo    Dec. 6, 1752

Prudence Dunham & Harvy Morrison June, 1794

Simeon Dunham & Betty Hall             Sept., 1792

Submit Dunham & Joseph Clark          Feb., 1781

Betty Hall & Simeon Dunham              Sept., 1792

Samuel Marks & Content Dunham       Oct., 1783

Harvy Morrison & Prudence Dunham  June, 1794 

Hannah Pinneo & Obadiah Dunham     Dec. 6, 1752  

Jacob Russel & Esther Dunham            May, 1772 

Joseph Wells & Abiah Dunham            Sept. 29, 1789