Identity area
Reference code
A 4.
Title
Captain Johann Jurgen Dunken, dec.
Date(s)
- 1832-1861 (Creation)
Level of description
Ffeil = File
Extent and medium
1 folder.
Context area
Name of creator
(1852-1950)
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Letters, accounts and other papers relating to the Captain Dunken's estate. Includes probate of the will of Captain Dunken, 'native of Lieben in Courland a citizen of the city of Hamburgh (will, 1832) and 'late of Macao in the East Indies deceased' (probate), a memorandum of the baptisms of John and Catherine Edwards of Arddynwynt's children, p. Mold, 1789-1805, an affadavit relating to the children, including Mary (afterwards Mrs Dunken), 1861, and most of the documents marked A-S referred to in the affadavit.
Dunken (d. 10 Aug. 1833) was commander of the ship 'Reform' of Hamburg. John Dugdale (d. 29 July 1855) of Dugdale & Bros, Manchester, was one of Dunken's executors.