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The home is on the local heritage register, and is located in the South Capitol National Historic Neighborhood.
John Dunbar Obituary
Was born in Goldendale; Was Prominent State Official for Many Years
John H. Dunbar, 45, native son and former state attorney general, died at St. Peter's hospital in Olympia, following a short illness caused from a liver ailment. Funeral services were held from the First Christian church, Olympia, in charge of the Alfred William Leach Post No. 3, American Legion. Services were conducted by Rev. Claude H, Lorimer and Thomas W. Holman, Seattle attorney and former assistant attorney general delivered by eulogy. Mr. Dunbar served as attorney general from 1923 to 1932 and prior to that time had served as a law clerk in the office.
He was born at Goldendale and was educated and the public schools here while his father, Ralph Oregon Dunbar, was serving on the Supreme Court bench. He attended Whitman College, later completing his law course at the University of Washington. He was prosecuting attorney of Chelan County for two years.
He resigned his position as law clerk to enlist in the navy during the World War and on his return was appointed assistant attorney general. When his superior, L. L. Thompson, resigned, Mr. Dunbar was appointed to the attorney general position by Governor Hart.
He was elected the office twice. He was married in 1917 to Marie Rowe and to them was born a daughter who resides with he mother in Seattle. After their divorce, he married Lena Elizabeth Martensen, a stenographer in his office, who survives him. Full military honors were paid Mr. Dunbar at the graveside service at the I.O.O.F. Cemetery in Olympia. Klickitat News, Goldendale, WA March 26, 1936

Death: March 6, 1936 (45y)
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1912 – Student (22 y)
1917 – Married Marie Gladys Rowes August 12, 1917 (27y) . Father of one daughter Dorothy
1920 – Clerk for attorney general (30y)
1922 – Assistant attorney general (32y)
1929 - After his divorce he was married to Lena Elizabeth Martensen
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9th attorney general in WA served from 1923- 1933 (33 y – 43 y)




People in photo include: Tracey (Dunbar) Miner

I don't know who the woman is, but I believe her to be a family member as opposed to a friend as the rest of the album contains pictures of family.
I believe it may have been taken in the late 1800s.
I do not know who this woman is. I believe her to be a family member, possibly from Texas or Kentucky.


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People in photo include: Clarice Dunbar, Paulina Dunbar, Louis Durban Bower, John Cornelison, Curtis Dunbar, and Troy Meadows



Who are the young women and what organization do they represent?
People in photo include: Olive Ann Hale, Mary Blackshear, Peggy Harding, Frances Pope, Josephine Calloway, Nancy Jo Casey, Ann Temple, Betty Wright, Jane Connor, Betsy Boswell, Dorothy Runge, Virginia Wilkens, Carla Worsham, Dorothy Kenyon, Ruth Stephens, Julie Dunbar, Genoa Brinkerhoff, Nina Allen, Mary Derby, Mary Lou Dawson, Betsy Adriance, Mary Lou Prinetoe, Giles Thompson, and Ada Dunston

from Left to Right: Opal (dtr of Ida Parks), Alpha Clark Seeger, Nina sister to Susan Emma Thompson, Metta Marie Clark, John Clark brother to Susan Emma Thompson , Pete Seeger, Ida, , Edna (dtr of Ida & Ora Parks), Lizzie Clark Seeger, Ora Parks husband of Ida.
People in photo include: Opal Parks, Nina (Thompson) ?, Pete Seeger, Edna Parks, and Ora Parks

People in photo include: Frances (?) Dunbar and Charles B. Dunbar
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Robert Ellesmore was in journalism, a sub-editor of the "Statesman" before his death in Calcutta in 1932. He married twice; first to Lena Helen Mabel Robertson (b.1880 in Calcutta)in Lucknow in 1902 issue Denis Fitzsimmons Dunbar b. 1903 in Calcutta; then to Hesther Caroline Madden about 1910 - three issue - Nigel Gordon, Aline Athelie and Joan. The two wives were first cousins being grandaughters of James Stuart Robertson and Hesther Priscilla Walter.
Although information re the Robertsons in slowly trickling in, Dunbars in India remain elusive.
Information re journalism is difficult to come by even though Robert spent his whole life in India and you would think there was some trace of his work either with the 'Englisman' and 'Statesman' newspapers.
I feel this Dunbar family were fairly early arrivals to West Bengal possibly in the early 1800s, and some remained until after partition in 1947. One day perhaps I will discover why they are so elusive!