Charles Dunkin

  Noted events in his life were:

• source. "Bakers, Bishops and Bushrangers" by Robert J Williams

• Occupation. He worked in the family baker and ran the business after his father retired in the early 1890s. He also worked for a time as a farmer.

• fact. He had a long relationship according to "Bakers, Bishops and Bushrangers" by Robert J Williams with Sarah Elizabeth Carter and is believed to have been the fatehr of her child Syril born in 1896 who went under the name of Carter. Charles married Sarah Carter on 16 Sept 1906

• Military. Cyril enlisted in the 1st AIF on 28 Aug 1914 and served as a private in the Second Battalion and was killed on Gallipoli on 2 May 1915 aged only 19

• fact. "Bakers, Bishops and Bushrangers" by Robert J Williams states; It would seem that Charles and Sarah were close to his sister Olive. she was a sponsor at the baptism of their child Mary Magdelene and olives' eldest daughter Mary was a sponsor at the baptism of Olive Teresa.

• Resided. According to "Bakers, Bishops and Bushrangers" by Robert J Williams:
Charles and Sarah lived at Grafton Road Armidale from the time of their marriage in 1906 until about 1920. The electoral rolls show that for 3 or 4 years from 1920 their address was Racecourse East and he worked as a carrier. (They may not have moved, their apparent change of address could possibly have resulted from a renaming of their street. The racecourse fronts the Grafton Road and the Armidale Racing Club was making land acquisitions at that time.)
They appear to have lived away from Armidale from the early 1920s ybtuk 1929 when they moved to 119 Barney St.
According to his obituary in the Armidale Express, Charles ledt the baker business because of ill health and lived at Taree, Port Macquarie and Kempsey before returning to Armidale in 1935, although this does not accord with the electoral rolls. It seems likely that they were away from Armidale from the early 1920s unitl 1929 when Charles' mother died. For the next 20 years they lived at 119 Barney Stm moving to 142 Marsh Street in 1948.

• Property. Charles had a farm of 23 acres in Canambe Street on the eastern side of Armidale, not far from his sister Olive and brothers Jack and Thomas.

• fact. Charles was widely known for his involvement in community work and a life member of the Armidale and New England Hospital Board.

Charles married Sarah Elizabeth Carter on 16 Sep 1906 in Armidale, NSW Australia. (Sarah Elizabeth Carter was born on 2 Jul 1872, died on 20 Apr 1958 and was buried in Roman Catholic section of Armidale cemetery, NSW Australia.)