Dunkley family
tree
Origins of the
name
The Dunkley name can be found in all
counties of England today. It travelled throughout the British Empire during
the 1700s and 1800s. Early records show the name in Northamptonshire during the
1500s. In the 1600s the name spread to Bedfordshire, Leicestershire, Middlesex
and Rutland.The name was generally found in the south and east of the country
until the 1800s when it spread to all parts of the UK. By the 1700s in America
the name could be found in Philadelphia, Georgia, New Hampshire and North
Carolina, in Census records.
The name was generally found in the south
and east of the country until the 1800s when it spread to all parts of the
UK.
By the 1700s in America the name could be
found in Philadelphia, Georgia, New Hampshire and North Carolina, in Census
records.
Place names
The Dunkley name can be found in place
names all around the world:
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- Dunkley House in Cape Town,
South Africa. Famous Manor House.
- Dunkley Square,
England.
- Dunkley Avenue,
England.
- Dunkley Street, Whitmore,
England.
- Dunkley, (town) British
Columbia, Canada.
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Famous family
During WW1 a Lieutenant Colonel Best
Dunkley, age 26, was awarded the V.C. (Victoria Cross), for bravery on the 31st
July 1917, at Wieltje, Belgium. He was serving with the Lancashire Fusiliers
when led his men against the advancing German Army with heavy machine gun fire.
He later died of his wounds.
The name today
The name is linked to the Wellham name through the
descendants of Thomas Dunkley born 1839 in Bedfordshire, he married a lady
called Martha. They had a son called Arthur Dunkley who was born in 1877, he
married Agnes. They had a son called Harold Augustus Dunkley born 1909. He
married Phyllis Styles (Harmer), born in 1909. They
had a daughter called Christine Sylvia Dunkley in Chatham, Kent. She
marriedAnthony James
Bullock of Malvern, they had three daughters, Debbie, Diane and Sally. Christine
later re-married to Brian Hall. Diane Bullock married Simon Wellham of Worcester. They had two
sons Jamie George William and Luke George Brian Wellham. |
