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Elisabeth Shue

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Alexander Hunter Gunn

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• • 2nd Great-grandfather of Elisabeth Shue — 5th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 28 
  • Father:
  • Alexander Nichols Gunn 
  • Mother:
  • Amelia Gilbert   
  • Birth Date:
  • 15 Jul 1834 
  • Birth Location:
  • New York, New York 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Death Date:
  • 11 Jul 1893 
  • Death Location:
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  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Rosehill Cemetery and Mausoleum, Chicago, Cook, Illinois 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Emily Almira Dyer
  • Marriage Date:
  • 11 or 12 FEB 1863 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Burlington, Wisconsin 
  • Child:

  Alexander Hunter Gunn Jr. (Ahnentafel No:14 )

  • Notes: 

  • Alexander Gunn was a lawyer who assisted in the settlement of the Newberry estate in Chicago and in the preparations for the establishment of the Newberry Library.

• Sources for Alexander Hunter Gunn

  • ¹ Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System, Ancestor #A035116.
  • ² Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 01/20/2016).
  • ³ Illinois, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1772-1999, Record of will for Alexander H Gunn.
  • ⁴ U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, Application for son Alexander Hunter Gunn.
  • ⁵ Torrey, Frederic C., The Ancestors and Descendants of Humphrey Nichols of Newark, New Jersey and of His Brothers and Sisters, Lakehurst, New Jersey: Unknown (1917), 30.
  • ⁶ Yale University, Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale University: Deceased from June, 1890, to June, 1900, New Haven: The Tuttle, Morehouse and Taylor Co. (1900), 233-234.
  • ⁷ Yale University Class Secretary, Record and Statistics: Class of Fifty-Four, Yale University 1854-1896, Stamford, Connecticut: Gillespie Bros., Printers and Binders (1896), 63-64.

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