Anna Mary Seymour and Alton Boyd Chester Dunham
ALTON BOYD CHESTER DUNHAM, son of GRACE EMILY HILLS and JONATHON O. DUNHAM, was born July 19, 1885 in Clear Lake, Polk, Wisconsin,7090, 9066 and died March 3, 1962 in Madison, Dane, Wisconsin.5365 He is buried in Resurrection Cemetery, Madison, Dane, Wisconsin.456
He married ANNA MARY SEYMOUR in 1912.9060 She was born in 1889 in Whitehall, Muskegon, Michigan,456, 9060 and died December 5, 1959 in Madison, Dane, Wisconsin.456, 9060 She is buried in Resurrection Cemetery, Madison, Dane, Wisconsin.456
Children of ANNA MARY SEYMOUR and ALTON BOYD CHESTER DUNHAM:
- ELVA MADELINE DUNHAM, b. January 5, 1915, Tomahawk, Lincoln, Wisconsin;9062 m. WILLIAM LEWIS BUENZLI on October 15, 1938 in St. Raphael's Catholic Church, Madison, Dane, Wisconsin9061; d. October 31, 2005, Madison, Dane, Wisconsin.9062
Elva
Personal Information
Alton B. C. Dunham
- was an engineer in the railroad division of the Public Service Commission9066
- was a member of the Tomahawk Lodge, Freemasons9066
Anna M. Seymour
- was a member of the Daughters of Isabella9060
- was a member of the Royal Neighbors9060
- was a member of the St. James Catholic Church, Madison, Dane, Wisconsin. 9060
Obituaries
Wisconsin State Journal, December 6, 19599060
Mrs. Alton Dunham Dies Here at Age 70
Mrs. Alton B. C. Dunham, 70, of 1211 Mound st., died Saturday in a Madison hospital after a long illness.
Funeral services will be held at 9 a.m. Monday in the Joyce funeral home, 540 W. Washington ave., and at 9:30 a.m. in St. James Catholic Church, 1128 St. James ct., the Rev. Louis Scheuring officiating. Burial will be in Resurrection cemetery. Friends may call at the Joyce funeral home after 2 p.m. today.
The rosary will be recited by the Daughters of Isabella at 7:30 tonight in the funeral home, followed by the parish rosary at 8 tonight.
Mrs. Dunham, the former Anna Mary Seymour, was a native of Whitehall, Mich., and lived in Tomahawk before coming to Madison in 1923.
She was a member of St. James Catholic Church, the ladies auxiliary of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Fireman and Enginemen, Royal Neighbors, and Daughters of Isabella.
Survivors include her husband, whom she married in 1912; one daughter, Mrs. William Buenzli, 1820 Vilas ave.; one sister, Mrs. Edward Rodgerson, 1519 Jefferson st.; one brother, William Seymour, Green Bay; and three grandchildren.
Capital Times, March 3, 19629066
A. B. C. Dunham, 76, Father of Mrs. Buenzli, Is Dead
A. B. C. Dunham, 76, who was an engineer with the State Public Service Commission for more than 30 years, died today at the home of his daughter and son-in-law, Judge and Mrs. William Buenzli, 1820 Vilas ave.
He was born in Clear Lake, Wis., July 19, 1885, and moved to Madison in 1922. He was an engineer in the railroad division of the Public Service Commission from 1922 to 1955. Prior to that, he was with the Milwaukee Road and served as legislative representative for the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers. He was a member of the brotherhood 52 years and its legal representative for 20 years. He was also an active member of the Progressive Party.
A 32nd degree Mason, he was a member of the Tomahawk Masonic lodge and the Madison consistory.
Surviving are his daughter, Mrs. Buenzli; a brother, Harold of Inglewood, Calif.; a sister, Mrs. Charles Davison, Casper, Wyo., and three grandchildren.
Masonic services will be held at Resurrection cemetery at 10 a.m. Tuesday. Friends may call after 4 p.m. Monday at the Frautschi funeral home on Speedway Road.
Census Records
| Date | Location | Enumerated Names |
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| June 26, 19007088 | Merrill, Lincoln, Wisconsin |
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| January 21, 19207093 | Tomahawk, Lincoln, Wisconsin |
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| April 19, 19407094 | Madison, Dane, Wisconsin |
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