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New York directories have an address for a David M Dunbar, Mariner, as 144 Ninth - between 1846 and 1852

name: David Marion Dunbar
age: 43 years
date of death: 00/02/1856 [dd/mm/yyyy]
date of birth: 1812
type: crew
rank: First Officer
regiment: US Merchant Marine
wreck: SV Driver David Ogden & Co. (Red Cross Line)
cause lost:
missing remarks: country: United Kingdom
entered by: Jan Lettens
entered: 19/11/2018
last update: Quigley Martin
last update: 08/03/2024 Read more at wrecksite: https://wrecksite.eu/peopleView.aspx?286413

From the Ships List website---- just for info as the Driver was mentioned

"Jun 23, 1856

The clipper ship Driver sailed from Liverpool on the 12th February last, with a crew of 22 men and 6 officers, together with 344 passengers, since which time she has not been heard of, and her owners give her up as lost. The Driver was a fine clipper, two years old, of 1,594 tons. She had on board a Liverpool cargo of dry goods and salt, and was fully insured. Daniel Ogden was the owner of the vessel, and Tapscott & Co., the parties to whom the cargo and passengers were consigned.

The following is a list of the officers of the Driver. The crew was shipped in Liverpool, and the owners have not as yet received their names.

Officers
Nicholas Hobberton Master
D.M. Dunbar First Officer *********************************
William Mooney Second Officer
John Duffy Third Officer
Eugene Lambert Steward
William George Cook "

The military record posted above is for a single man, born in Chester, and living in Lincoln

The Driver was lost at sea in February 1856…………

GOOGLE his name and find a link to info on a tree on familysearch, which you may need to verify

1807 is far too early for birth certs. First issued in England/Wales in July1837, and in Scotland in 1855

Try Scotland’s People for a possible baptism record (one assumes the origins are in Scotland)

Where did you find the migration record?

And the name of his wife?

Have you found their marriage?

So presume you got his fathers name from the marriage cert

David Dunbar in 1901
1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census
11, Seaville Street, Chester, Cheshire, England
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First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Sex Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
David Dunbar Head Married Male 44 1857 General labourer United States
Martha Dunbar Wife Married Female 41 1860 - Cheshire, England
Elizabeth Dunbar Daughter - Female 12 1889 - Cheshire, England
Edna E Dunbar Daughter - Female 10 1891 - Cheshire, England
Dorothy M Dunbar Daughter - Female 8 1893 - Cheshire, England
David F Dunbar Son - Male 5 1896 - Cheshire, England
Charles F Dunbar Son - Male 3 1898 - Cheshire, England
Rose M Dunbar Daughter - Female 1 1900 - Cheshire, England


Marriages Sep 1878
DUNBAR David Chester 8a 549
FAIRBROTHER Martha Chester 8a 549

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First name(s) David M
Attestation corps 4th Battalion Argyll & Sutherland Highlrs Regiment
Last name Dunbar
Document type Attestation
Birth year 1856
Archive reference WO 96
Birth parish St Marys
Series Wo 96 - Militia Service Records 1806-1915
Birth town Chester
Box 1180
Birth county Cheshire
Box record number 350
Birth country England
Archive The National Archives
Service number 1012
Country England
Regiment Argyll And Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's) - 91st & 93rd Foot
Record set British Army Service Records
Year 1886
Category Military, armed forces & conflict
Attestation date 05 Jul 1886
Subcategory Regimental & Service Records
Attestation age years 30
Collections from Great Britain, England
Attestation service number 1012

You say moved or emigrated to New York. . From where ?

Right so my wife is a Dunbar and she has her tree up but she's hit wall with her gg-grandfather her Dad's name is David Francis Dunbar his Dad's name is Charles Dunbar his father was David Dunbar who was born in 1857 in new York then moved to Chester, Cheshire his father who she's looking for is David marion Dunbar who we think was born in 1807 who married Harriet ruffle Dunbar they moved or emigrated to new York in 1846 , David marion Dunbar was a first officer on the famous clipper ship the driver which went down at sea in 1857..

That's all the information we have she can't seem to find his parents or a birth certificate to clarify his DOB.