Vital Stats
Born: Est. 1770-1802
Married: Est. 1810-1843
Died: Est. 1830-1863
Spouse
Eva Elisabeth Schipper*
Children
Elizabeth Dunkel Hockgeiger 1826-1906
Elizabeth Dunkel Kolb 1814-1903
The Dunkels originated in Germany. The name is spelled the same way in Germany as it is in the US. The Germans pronounce it D(oo)nkel. It is known that some people of the old countries were given names according to their appearance. The word "dunkel" means dark. These ancestors had a swarthy complexion.
Thulba by Hammelburg, Unterfranken, Bavaria, Germany is located 11 kilometers NW of Langendorf.
The three children of Phillip and Eva came to America.
Phillip Dunkel was born in 1780, in Thulba, Oberthulba, Bad Kissingen, Bavaria, Germany. He had at least 1 son and 2 daughters with Eva Elisabeth Schipper. He died in 1829, in Franken, Laberweinting, Straubing-Bogen, Bavaria, Germany, at the age of 49. (familysearch.org)
*When Eva Elisabeth Schipper was born on 9 December 1797, in Thulba, Oberthulba, Bad Kissingen, Bavaria, Germany, her father, Juitbert Schipper, was 28 and her mother, Anna Maria Josepha Kolb, was 19. She had at least 1 son and 2 daughters with Phillip Dunkel. She died after 1829, in Franken, Laberweinting, Straubing-Bogen, Bavaria, Germany. (familysearch.org)
German: nickname from Middle Low German dunkel, a byform of dunker ‘dark, conceited, unclear’, also applied as a byname for a blind person. (familysearch.org)