Alfred Henry Dunkin

• Birth date            July 1879 at Appletreewick, Yorkshire
• Marriage              11 August 1903 to Lily Sutcliffe at Haslingden
• Death date          8 November 1940
• Burial                  Great Harwood Cemetery

Arthur Henry Dunkin was born the son of Edwin and Mary Willey Dunkin at Appletreewick near Skipton in July 1879, his birth being registered at Skipton July – September 1879.  His parents and older siblings were all born in Cornwall and the family seem to have moved to Yorkshire only shortly before Alfred’s birth. The Census returns contain several discrepancies, not least his place of birth. Census returns for 1881 and 1891 confirm the birth registration at Skipton. However, those if 1901 and 1911 state that he was born at Truro, Cornwall, although no supporting evidence has been found.

Details of his training and education are unknown. In March 1901 he was employed as deputy surveyor to Bacup Corporation. By March 1902 he had been appointed borough surveyor to Great Harwood Urban District Council, a role he continued until his death in 1940.

On 11 August 1903 he married Lily Sutcliffe, the eldest daughter of Jonathan Sutcliffe of Market Street, Bacup, at Mount Pleasant Wesleyan Chapel Haslingden. They had one known child, a son Donald, born about 1908.

 Alfred Henry Dunkin died on 8 November 1940 and was buried in Great Harwood Cemetery.

Residence
1903-1906    Alfred Henry Dunkin surveyor to Urban District 38 Russell Place (Barrett’s Directory)
1909             Alfred Henry Dunkin surveyor to Urban District 30, Arthur Street
1912             Alfred Henry Dunkin surveyor to Urban District Council 16 St Herbert’s Road
1915             Alfred Henry Dunkin surveyor to Urban District Council and registrar of cemetery 12, Arthur Street

1935             Alfred Henry Dunkin surveyor to Urban District Council and registrar of cemetery
1940             Alfred Henry Dunkin 40 Russell Place Great Harwood (Probate)