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Family History & Genealogy

The Dunbar Family

2,571 Dunbar records from public death, burial and census records and the old county histories, in all 12 Midwestern states we cover. Every name is a real person in the public record, and we follow set rules to leave living people out (how).

2,571Records in our database
1839Earliest birth
See the Dunbar family trees →137 Dunbar families pieced together from public birth and death records, county histories and old newspapers
At a glance

2,571 Dunbar records in our database

From public death, burial and census records across 12 Midwestern states. We follow set rules to leave living people out (how). Tap a state or a decade to narrow the list of ancestors below.

Where

North Dakota: 10 Dunbar recordsSouth Dakota: 40 Dunbar recordsNebraska: 174 Dunbar recordsKansas: 87 Dunbar recordsMinnesota: 108 Dunbar recordsIowa: 170 Dunbar recordsMissouri: 362 Dunbar recordsWisconsin: 283 Dunbar recordsIllinois: 421 Dunbar recordsMichigan: 254 Dunbar recordsIndiana: 193 Dunbar recordsOhio: 469 Dunbar records104017487108170362283421254193469
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When they were born

Born in the 1830s: 1Born in the 1840s: 140Born in the 1850s: 1Born in the 1860s: 460Born in the 1870s: 36Born in the 1880s: 17780Born in the 1890s: 334Born in the 1900s: 4911900Born in the 1910s: 581Born in the 1920s: 22820Born in the 1930s: 116Born in the 1940s: 6940Born in the 1950s: 36Born in the 1960s: 1860Born in the 1970s: 12Born in the 1980s: 180
  • Most records: Ohio (469 of 2,571)
  • Most common birth decade: the 1910s
  • Earliest birth in the database: George Dunbar, born 1839, Linn County, Iowa
Documented families

Dunbar families we have traced

Written from county histories and public records, every fact cited. We follow set rules to leave living people out (how).

The earliest Dunbars in the county histories

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People in the record

Dunbar people in our records

120 of the 2,414 Dunbar people in our records, from every state where the name turns up: the earliest born and the most recent deaths, newest first. Tap a name to open that person's page. Someone listed in two public indexes is shown once. Search every Dunbar record →

Ronald John Dunbar
1936 to 2020
Washington, Minnesota
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Wilma Dorothy Louise Dunbar
1918 to 2020
Faribault, Minnesota
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Gary W Dunbar
1951 to 2013
Iowa
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Darlene M Dunbar
1936 to 2012
Iowa
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Darrell A Dunbar
1931 to 2012
Iowa
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Elizabeth C Dunbar
1927 to 2012
Iowa
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Allen Bruce Dunbar
1919 to 1999
Buffalo, Nebraska
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Arthur G Dunbar
1912 to 1999
Missouri
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Barbara M Dunbar
1935 to 1999
Michigan
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Cynthia A Dunbar
1936 to 1999
Michigan
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Donald K Dunbar
1932 to 1999
Ohio
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Doris A Dunbar
1930 to 1999
Indiana
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Egbert M Dunbar
1909 to 1999
Michigan
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Ella Grace Dunbar
1895 to 1999
Rock, Wisconsin
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Erma Dunbar
1918 to 1999
Indiana
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Ervin A Dunbar
1906 to 1999
Michigan
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Fern Dunbar
1919 to 1999
Illinois
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Frances Dunbar
1926 to 1999
Kenosha, Wisconsin
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Frank C Dunbar
1911 to 1999
Ohio
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Gerald L Dunbar
1928 to 1999
Kansas
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Helen C Dunbar
1920 to 1999
Ohio
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Helen Dunbar
1905 to 1999
Ohio
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Helen E Dunbar
1913 to 1999
Wisconsin
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Jame J Dunbar
1943 to 1999
Indiana
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Jimmie Dunbar
1959 to 1999
Michigan
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Judith A Dunbar
1938 to 1999
Illinois
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Lois L Dunbar
1918 to 1999
Missouri
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Loretta M Dunbar
1922 to 1999
Missouri
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Margaret M Dunbar
1936 to 1999
Illinois
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Marguerite A Dunbar
1915 to 1999
Missouri
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Marjorie B Dunbar
1911 to 1999
Ohio
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Marolyn Dunbar
1923 to 1999
Ohio
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Martin Dunbar
1901 to 1999
Michigan
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Marvin N Dunbar
1938 to 1999
Ohio
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Maude H Dunbar
1903 to 1999
Illinois
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Michael B Dunbar
1948 to 1999
Missouri
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Olive Marie Dunbar
1917 to 1999
Phelps, Nebraska
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Ralph E Dunbar
1914 to 1999
North Dakota
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Reuben Palmer Dunbar
1907 to 1999
Marathon, Wisconsin
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Roxanne Dunbar
1952 to 1999
Ohio
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Ruth Dunbar
1929 to 1999
Ohio
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Ruth E Dunbar
1917 to 1999
Ohio
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Tammy Rae Dunbar
1965 to 1999
Hall, Nebraska
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Virginia G Dunbar
1923 to 1999
Missouri
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Wilda M Dunbar
1918 to 1999
Indiana
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Alden J Dunbar
1918 to 1998
Kansas
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Alice M Dunbar
1948 to 1998
Indiana
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Archie C Dunbar
1922 to 1998
Illinois
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Blanche Dunbar
1904 to 1998
Illinois
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Burton Lee Dunbar
1935 to 1998
Illinois
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Carl H Dunbar
1907 to 1998
Illinois
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Clarence J Dunbar
1922 to 1998
Illinois
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Dwight Dunbar
1923 to 1998
Missouri
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Helen M Dunbar
1915 to 1998
Walworth, Wisconsin
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Jean L Dunbar
1930 to 1998
Illinois
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Leonard J Dunbar
1910 to 1998
Iowa, Wisconsin
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Bruce Dunbar
1937 to 1986
South Dakota
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Frances S Dunbar
1881 to 1980
Missouri
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Iva J Dunbar
1881 to 1980
Missouri
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Leaster Dunbar
1870 to 1979
Michigan
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Vivienne Dunbar
1901 to 1978
North Dakota
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William Dunbar
1873 to 1976
Kansas
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Alice Dunbar
1878 to 1975
Ohio
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Emma Dunbar
1881 to 1975
Ohio
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May Dunbar
1879 to 1975
Ohio
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Annie Dunbar
1887 to 1973
Missouri
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Henry A Dunbar
1883 to 1973
Missouri
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Benjamin Dunbar
1884 to 1972
Nebraska
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Guy Dunbar
1880 to 1972
Michigan
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Josephine Dunbar
1876 to 1972
Illinois
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Sanford Dunbar
1879 to 1972
Illinois
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Carrie Dunbar
1871 to 1971
Illinois
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Iva Dunbar
1883 to 1971
Missouri
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Lydia C Dunbar
1877 to 1971
Michigan
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Viola Dunbar
1879 to 1971
Indiana
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Belle Dunbar
1877 to 1970
Nebraska
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Lillias Dunbar
1876 to 1970
Illinois
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Ota Dunbar
1872 to 1970
Indiana
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Bertha Dunbar
1882 to 1969
Minnesota
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James Dunbar
1879 to 1969
Kansas
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Carey Dunbar
1882 to 1968
Missouri
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Charles Dunbar
1881 to 1968
Michigan
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Maud A Dunbar
1884 to 1968
Douglas, Nebraska
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Robert Dunbar
1885 to 1968
Missouri
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Sarah Dunbar
1886 to 1968
North Dakota
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Guy Dunbar
1883 to 1967
Missouri
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Harry Dunbar
1880 to 1967
Minnesota
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Iona Dunbar
1877 to 1967
Illinois
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Iva Dunbar
1883 to 1967
South Dakota
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Lanie Dunbar
1880 to 1967
Minnesota
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Minnie Dunbar
1875 to 1967
Ohio
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Sallie Dunbar
1875 to 1967
Illinois
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Edith Dunbar
1879 to 1966
Ohio
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Etta M Dunbar
1869 to 1966
Illinois
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Johannah B Dunbar
1875 to 1966
Wisconsin
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Kate L Dunbar
1872 to 1966
Indiana
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Katherine Dunbar
1879 to 1966
Indiana
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Lewis H Dunbar
1875 to 1966
Michigan
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Maude C Dunbar
1880 to 1966
Ohio
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Clarence Dunbar
1878 to 1965
Wisconsin
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George Dunbar
1876 to 1965
Michigan
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James Dunbar
1874 to 1965
Ohio
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Lorene R Dunbar
1879 to 1965
Wisconsin
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Anna Dunbar
1878 to 1964
Illinois
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Arthur Dunbar
1881 to 1964
Ohio
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Charles Dunbar
1868 to 1964
Wisconsin
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James Dunbar
1872 to 1964
Illinois
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James Dunbar
1876 to 1964
Indiana
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John Dunbar
1877 to 1964
Ohio
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Louis Dunbar
1879 to 1964
Michigan
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Mary Dunbar
1877 to 1964
Wisconsin
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Julia Dunbar
1880 to 1963
Wisconsin
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Nellie Dunbar
1876 to 1963
Nebraska
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Robert Dunbar
1879 to 1963
Ohio
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Perry Dunbar
1879 to 1962
Illinois
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Louise Dunbar
1856 to 1937
Fayette County, Iowa
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Cheney Re Dunbar
1860 to 1924
Iowa
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Harve Dunbar
1845 to 1924
Fayette County, Iowa
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George Dunbar
1839 to 1917
Linn County, Iowa
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Orville Dunbar
born 1883
Aurora, South Dakota
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Common questions

Dunbar genealogy: FAQ

Where were Dunbar ancestors recorded?

Our database holds 2,571 Dunbar records from all 12 Midwestern states. The most are in Ohio (469), then Illinois (421) and Missouri (362).

How far back does the Dunbar family tree go?

The earliest Dunbar birth in our database is 1839: George Dunbar, Linn County, Iowa. We have pieced together 137 Dunbar family trees from public birth and death records.

Are living Dunbar family members listed here?

Not knowingly. We follow set rules to leave living people out of our public pages. If you find a living relative listed here, email us and we will take the record down.

Is this my Dunbar family?

Maybe. Many people share a name, so treat any match as a possible match until the dates and places line up with what you know about your family. Every person here links to their own page with the details, and we can trace your line for you.

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