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Margaret Katherine Sunkes

Female 1881 - 1954  (73 years)


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  • Name Margaret Katherine Sunkes 
    Birth 24 May 1881  Lafayette, Tippecanoe Co., IN Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Death 18 Oct 1954  Lincoln, NE Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I9474  forneyclark
    Last Modified 22 Mar 2024 

    Father Theodore Sunkes,   b. 9 Apr 1859, Lafayette, Tippecanoe Co., IN Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 May 1917, Martinsville, Morgan Co., IN; Greenbush Cem, Lafayette, Tippecanoe Co., IN Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years) 
    Mother Mary Crusey,   b. 8 Dec 1851, possibly in Alsace, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Jun 1927, Oconto, Custer Co., NE Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years) 
    Marriage 30 Sep 1876  Indianapolis, Marion Co., IN Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F3740  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Source:
      SEE JIM SUNKES' SITE FOR COMPREHENSIVE INFORMATION AND REFERENCES:
      http://www.ingenweb.org/intippecanoe/SunkesDesc.htm
      Tippecanoe, Indiana, Part of the USGenWebProject
      Descendants of John Sunkes:
      Jim Sunkes:
      2. Theodore3 Sunkes (John2, Unknown1) was born April 09, 1859 in Lafayette, Tippecanoe Co., Indiana, and died May 28, 1917 in Martinsville, IN. He married (1) Mary Crusey September 30, 1876 in Indianapolis, IN, daughter of Unknown Crusey and Unknown. She was born December 08, 1851 in Alsace, Germany?, and died June 15, 1927 in Oconto, Nebraska. He married (2) Clara Bell Grimes June 23, 1889, daughter of John Grimes and Mary Surface. She was born July 12, 1860 in near Logansport,IN (Cass Co), and died April 24, 1906 in Lafayette, Indiana. He married (3) Lena Walker July 23, 1907 in Chicago,IL. She was born Abt. 1870.
      More About Theodore Sunkes:
      Burial: May 28, 1917, Greenbush Cem, Lafayette, IN
      Cause of Death (Facts Pag: 1917, Greenbush Cemetery, Lafayette, IN Theodore is not buried with his second wife Clara, he is buried east of her across the circular driveway that runs through the cemetery on Reg # 4897 Lot 1 Sect 7 BLK 105.
      Census: 1900, Fairfield TWP, 3rd Ward, Lafayette, IN 1017 N. 9th Street
      Fact 1: October 06, 1889, Stillborn infant Sunkes is buried at Greenbush Cemetery in the Old Lafayette Section Theo's?
      Occupation: Bef. 1900, Conductor on the Monon, Night Yardmaster Wabash RR, railroaded in Texas 4 years
      Records: Marriage indexes(1882-1906) list Clara's maiden name as McCormick(not Grimes) McCormick was a former husband's name
      Religion: Marriage indexes(1882-1906) list his second wife Clara's maiden name as McCormick(not Grimes) McCormick was Clara's former husband's name
      Residence: 1880, Lived with his wife and brother in law John Crusey living with him as well as a Housekeeper Mary Spitznagle (born Baden, Germany about 1841) and her 13 year old son
      More About Mary Crusey:
      Residence: February 23, 1888, Marriage Record 18 page 451
      More About Clara Bell Grimes:
      Burial: 1906, Greenbush Cemetery, Lafayette, IN (Burial is recorded as #4313, Section 7,Lot 5 Blk 121)
      Fact 1: September 05, 1876, Married James Osborn Marriage Record 15, page 183
      Fact 2: September 21, 1884, Married Joseph McCormick
      Fact 3: June 03, 1889, Married Theodore Sunkes
      Fact 4: 1906, At the time of Clara's death, Bessie E Grimes a minor child of Virgil Grimes held a $300 insurance policy on Clara.
      Funeral: 1906, Reverend E.G. Lewis of Trinity Church presided at her funeral
      Memberships: 1906, At her death she was listed as a member of Trinity M. E. Church and the Ladies' Woodmen Circle No. 3 and the Tribe of Ben Hur
      Relation: Edward L. Osborne I believe is recorded erroneously as Edward L. Sunkes,shoemaker in the Lafayette city directory-Theodore Sunkes, his mother's third husband never adopted Edward to my knowledge.
      Religion: June 03, 1889, Married to Theo Sunkes in German M.E. Church, O. Welke presiding, MR 19 page 114
      Residence: Died at family residence at 523 N 5th Street
      More About Lena Walker:
      Residence: 1909, Lived with husband Theodore at 1800 Greenbush St Lafayette,IN
      Children of Theodore Sunkes and Mary Crusey are:
      + 10 i. Clara Josephine Agnes4 Sunkes, born August 18, 1877 in Lafayette, Indiana; died February 17, 1961 in Broken Bow, Nebraska.
      + 11 ii. Margaret Katherine Sunkes, born May 24, 1881 in Lafayette, Indiana; died October 18, 1954 in Lincoln,NB(Lincoln Memorial Cemetery).



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