Elizabeth Blichmann Dunkley 1859-1931

BLICHMANN, DUNKLEY, RITTENHOUSE

Posted By: j.n. (email)
Date: 9/21/2014 at 23:10:01

Telegraph Herald
Dubuque, Iowa,
date not known (from scrapbook)

Mrs. Elizabeth Dunkley Passes Away in Texas

Word has been received from Houston, Texas, of the death of Mrs. Elizabeth Dunkley, a former resident of Dubuque, who has made her home with her daughter in Houston for the past three years.

She had been here in Dubuque all summer on a visit but was stricken with an ailment shortly after her return to Texas, from which she never recovered.

She leaves to mourn her loss, on daughter, Mrs. W. H. Rittenhouse, of Houston, with whom she made her home; one son, W. H. Dunkley, Dubuque; also three brothers, Charles W. and John A. Blickmann (sic) of Dubuque, and Herman F. , of Van Nuys, Calif.

Burial will be at Houston.

============================

Birth: Mar. 26, 1859, Germany/Prussia
Death: Jan. 24, 1931
Houston (Harris County) Texas, USA

Elizabeth married Isaac J Dunkley on 31 Dec 1878 in Dubuque County, Iowa.

She was widowed when she died.

Date of birth was reported as 27 March 1858 by Mrs. W H Rittenhouse on Texas Death Certificate.

Family links: Parents:
Henry J Blichmann (1833 - 1899)
Mary Louise Weihman Blichmann (1833 - 1913)

Spouse: Isaac J Dunkley (1847 - 1925)
Married Dec. 31, 1878 Dubuque,IA
Linwood Cemetery, Dubuque, IA
Immigrated 1854 to Iowa w/ his parents from Great Creaton, North Hamptonshire, England
Note: DUNKLEY is sometimes transcribed in 1880 Census as "Duntley")

Children:
Mary Louise (LuLu) Dunkley Rittenhouse (1883 - 1932)*
William Dunkley, Dubuque, IA

Siblings:
Charles W Blichmann (1857 - 1939)*
Elizabeth Blichmann Dunkley (1859 - 1931)
Herman F Blichmann (1864 - 1943)*
John A Blichmann (1868 - 1934)*

*Calculated relationship

Burial:
Rosewood Funeral Home and Cemetery
Humble (Harris County) Texas, USA
Plot: Section 10

Created by: Bill Plies
Record added: Dec 31, 2012
Find A Grave Memorial# 102876559