John Gilley Bunker b. 15 Dec 1819 Cranberry Isles, Hancock, Maine, USA d. 5 Feb 1902 Cranberry Isles, Hancock, Maine, USA: Smith Family Tree

John Gilley Bunker

1819 - 1902 (82 years)

Name	John Gilley Bunker [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13]
Birth	15 Dec 1819	Cranberry Isles, Hancock, Maine, USA [2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14]
Gender	Male
Census	1850	Cranberry Isles, Hancock, Maine, USA [4]
	Married to Mary Ann
Census	1860	Cranberry Isles, Hancock, Maine, USA [5]
	Residence Post Office: Eden; Married to MaryAnn
Military Draft Registration	1863	Cranberry Isles, Hancock, Maine, USA [3]
	Draft Registration - Civil War
Census	1870	Cranberry Isles, Hancock, Maine, USA [11]
	Residence Post Office: Cranberry Isles; Married to Amanda
Census	1880	Cranberry Isles, Hancock, Maine, USA [10]
	Marital Status: Married to Amanda; Relation to Head: Self
Census	1900	Cranberry Isles, Hancock, Maine, USA [12]
	Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Head
FSID	L7LY-98N
Death	5 Feb 1902	Cranberry Isles, Hancock, Maine, USA [2, 8, 9]
	Age: 83
Burial	Bunker Cemetery, Cranberry Isles, Hancock, Maine, USA [8]
		Bunker Cemetery Cranberry Isles, Hancock, Maine Find a Grave: #2471957
Person ID	I25183	A Tree Called Smith
Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

Father	Captain Joseph Bunker, II, b. 1 Sep 1796, Cranberry Isles, Hancock, Maine, USA d. 24 Nov 1871, Cranberry Isles, Hancock, Maine, USA (Age 75 years)
Relationship	natural
Mother	Abigail Gilley, b. 3 Feb 1798, Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA d. 21 Sep 1852, Cranberry Isles, Hancock, Maine, USA (Age 54 years)
Relationship	natural
Marriage	11 Sep 1816 [14]
Marriage End	1852 [14]
	Death of Abigail
Family ID	F11203	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 1 Mary Ann Spurling, b. 20 Oct 1820, Southwest Harbor, Hancock, Maine, USA d. 21 Jan 1891, Chelsea, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA (Age 70 years)

Marriage 5 Feb 1842 Cranberry Isles, Hancock, Maine, USA [15]

Information from Cranberry Isle Town records

Marriage End Oct 1871 Hancock County, Maine, USA [7]

Divorce of Mary and John Bunker

Children

	1. Ellen Augusta 'Nellie' Bunker, b. 8 Jul 1847, Cranberry Isles, Hancock, Maine, USA d. 29 Jul 1929, Medford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA (Age 82 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	2. Mary Abigail Bunker, b. 31 Mar 1849, Cranberry Isles, Hancock, Maine, USA [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	3. John Melvin Bunker, b. 13 Sep 1868, Cranberry Isles, Hancock, Maine, USA d. 24 Apr 1935 (Age 66 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	4. Edwin Hadlock Bunker, b. 24 Jul 1843, Cranberry Isles, Hancock, Maine, USA d. 7 Apr 1914, Southwest Harbor, Hancock, Maine, USA (Age 70 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	5. Elvira Adeline Bunker, b. 10 Jan 1851, Cranberry Isles, Hancock, Maine, USA d. 1915, Chelsea, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA (Age 63 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	6. George Spurling Bunker, b. 24 Feb 1845, Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine, USA d. 25 Dec 1907, Cranberry Isles, Hancock, Maine, USA (Age 62 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]

Family ID F10531 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 21 Jul 2025

Family 2 Amanda Melvine Walls, b. 25 Jun 1844, Maine, USA d. 14 Aug 1910, Southwest Harbor, Hancock, Maine, USA (Age 66 years)

Marriage 21 Dec 1869 Cranberry Isles, Hancock, Maine, USA [8, 12, 16, 17]

Children

1. Francis Winfield Bunker, b. 30 May 1880, Maine, USA

d. 26 Jun 1943, Cranberry Isles, Hancock, Maine, USA

(Age 63 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]

Family ID F10532 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 21 Jul 2025

Event Map

	Birth - 15 Dec 1819 - Cranberry Isles, Hancock, Maine, USA
	Marriage - 5 Feb 1842 - Cranberry Isles, Hancock, Maine, USA
	Census - Married to Mary Ann - 1850 - Cranberry Isles, Hancock, Maine, USA
	Census - Residence Post Office: Eden; Married to MaryAnn - 1860 - Cranberry Isles, Hancock, Maine, USA
	Military Draft Registration - Draft Registration - Civil War - 1863 - Cranberry Isles, Hancock, Maine, USA
	Marriage - 21 Dec 1869 - Cranberry Isles, Hancock, Maine, USA
	Census - Residence Post Office: Cranberry Isles; Married to Amanda - 1870 - Cranberry Isles, Hancock, Maine, USA
	Marriage End - Divorce of Mary and John Bunker - Oct 1871 - Hancock County, Maine, USA
	Census - Marital Status: Married to Amanda; Relation to Head: Self - 1880 - Cranberry Isles, Hancock, Maine, USA
	Census - Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Head - 1900 - Cranberry Isles, Hancock, Maine, USA
	Death - 5 Feb 1902 - Cranberry Isles, Hancock, Maine, USA
	Burial - - Bunker Cemetery, Cranberry Isles, Hancock, Maine, USA

= Link to Google Earth

Ancestors

~d BUNKER John G
John Gilley Bunker

Biographies and Histories

Bio-BUNKER Abigail Gilley
Abigail Gilley Bunker - from Find a Grave

People

BUNKER-John G
John Gilley Bunker

Sources

[S399] Ancestry.com, Maine, Marriage Records, 1713-1922, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT ; Date: 2010;), Maine State Archives; Cultural Building, 84 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333-0084; 1892-1907 Vital Records; Roll Number: 7.

Maine, Marriage Records, 1713-1922
Maine State Archives; Cultural Building, 84 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333-0084; 1892-1907 Vital Records; Roll Number: 7
[S509] Sons of the American Revolution - Members, Database online.

U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970
Volume: 309

[S1942] Ancestry.com, U.S., Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2010;).
Birth date: abt 1820 Birth place: Maine Residence date: 1 July 1863 Residence place: Cranberry Isle, Maine, United States

U.S., Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865
National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records (Provost Marshal General's Bureau; Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865); Record Group: 110, Records of the Provost Marsha

[S9910] Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Year: 1850; Census Place: Cranberry Isles, Hancock, Maine; Roll: M432_255; Page: 354B; Image: 280.

1850 United States Federal Census
Year: 1850; Census Place: Cranberry Isles, Hancock, Maine; Roll: M432_255; Page: 354B; Image: 280
[S93] Ancestry.com, 1860 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2009;), Year: 1860; Census Place: Cranberry Isles, Hancock, Maine; Roll: M653_438; Page: 604; Family History Library Film: 803438.

1860 United States Federal Census
Year: 1860; Census Place: Cranberry Isles, Hancock, Maine; Roll: M653_438; Page: 604; Family History Library Film: 803438
[S437] Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, Marriage Records, 1840-1915, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2013;), New England Historic Genealogical Society; Boston, Massachusetts; Massachusetts Vital Records, 1911–1915.

Massachusetts, Marriage Records, 1840-1915
New England Historic Genealogical Society; Boston, Massachusetts; Massachusetts Vital Records, 1911–1915
[S1571] Ancestry.com, Maine, Divorce Records, 1798-1891, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2011;).
[S11362] Smith, Dianne Gebhardt, Find a Grave - Ancestor (Gott): BUNKER John, (Name: SmithLC.com;), BUNKER John Gilley 1819-1902.
Son of Capt. Joseph A. & Abigail (Gilley) Bunker.
Married Mary Ann (Spurling) Bunker in 1843.
Married secondly to Amanda Melvine (Walls) Bunker in 1869.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/100132519/john_gilley_bunker
[S403] Ancestry.com, Maine, Death Records, 1617-1922, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2010;), Database online.

Maine, Death Records, 1617-1922
Database online.
[S8915] Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1880 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT ; Date: 2010;), Year: 1880; Census Place: Cranberry Isle, Hancock, Maine; Roll: 480; Page: 373A; Enumeration District: 158.

1880 United States Federal Census
Year: 1880; Census Place: Cranberry Isle, Hancock, Maine; Roll: 480; Page: 373A; Enumeration District: 158
[S11805] Ancestry.com, 1870 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Year: 1870; Census Place: Cranberry Isles, Hancock, Maine; Roll: M593_544; Page: 389A; Family History Library Film: 552043.

1870 United States Federal Census
Year: 1870; Census Place: Cranberry Isles, Hancock, Maine; Roll: M593_544; Page: 389A; Family History Library Film: 552043
[S11629] Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2004;), Year: 1900; Census Place: Cranberry Isles, Hancock, Maine; Page: 18; Enumeration District: 0046; FHL microfilm: 1240592.

1900 United States Federal Census
Year: 1900; Census Place: Cranberry Isles, Hancock, Maine; Page: 18; Enumeration District: 0046; FHL microfilm: 1240592
[S95] Ancestry.com, Maine, U.S., Marriage Records, 1713-1922, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT ; Date: 2010;), Maine State Archives; Cultural Building, 84 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333-0084; 1892-1907 Vital Records; Roll Number: 7.

Maine, U.S., Marriage Records, 1713-1922
Maine State Archives; Cultural Building, 84 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333-0084; 1892-1907 Vital Records; Roll Number: 7
[S871] Find a Grave: GILLEY Abigail Gilley 1798-1852, Abigail Gilley Bunker.
Clarissa Gilley “Clara” Bunker Thompson
BIRTH: 4 Feb 1798
DEATH: 21 Sep 1852 (aged 54)
BURIAL: Bunker Cemetery, Cranberry Isles, Hancock, Maine
MEMORIAL ID: 100131976

______________________________________________________
Dau. of John & Mary Freelove (Woods) Gilley.
-- Married Capt. Joseph A. Bunker in 1815.
-- Children:
• Charles S. Bunker b: 06 JAN 1817 in Cranberry Isles, Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine
• John Gilley Bunker b: 15 DEC 1819 in Cranberry Isles, Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine
• Joseph Bunker b: 14 JUN 1822 in Cranberry Isles, Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine
• Abigail Bunker b: 22 OCT 1824 in Cranberry Isles, Hancock, Maine
• William Gilley Bunker b: 04 NOV 1826 in Cranberry Isles, Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine
• Clarrisa Gilley Bunker b: 25 JUN 1829 in Cranberry Isles, Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine
• Lucy Ann Bunker b: 11 MAR 1832 in Cranberry Isle, Hancock, Maine
• Martha B. Bunker b: 30 JUN 1835 in Cranberry Isles, Hancock, Maine
• Andrew Jackson Bunker b: 03 APR 1837 in Cranberry Isle, Hancock, Maine
• Henry Spurling Bunker b: 23 JUL 1840 in Cranberry Isles, Hancock, Maine
-- Died aged 54 years, 7 months, 18 days old.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/100131976/bu
[S5161] Find a Grave: SPURLING Mary Bunker 1820-1891, Mary Ann Spurling Bunker.
BIRTH: 20 Oct 1820 Southwest Harbor, Hancock County, Maine
DEATH: 21 Jan 1891 (aged 70) Chelsea, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
BURIAL: Garden Cemetery, Chelsea, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
MEMORIAL ID: 258873642
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/258873642/mary-ann-bunker
[S54] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT : Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Database online.
[S6983] Find a Grave: WALLS Amanda Bunker 1844-1910, Amanda Melvine Walls Bunker.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/100133129/amanda-melvine-bunker

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