Catherine "Katie" Sunkes b. 6 May 1866 Lafayette, Tippecanoe Co., IN d. 16 Mar 1939 Lincoln, NE: Forney & Clark Genealogy Pages

1866 - 1939 (72 years)

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Name	Catherine "Katie" Sunkes
Birth	6 May 1866	Lafayette, Tippecanoe Co., IN
Gender	Female
Death	16 Mar 1939	Lincoln, NE
Person ID	I9465	forneyclark
Last Modified	23 Apr 2024

Father	John Sunkes, b. 2 Apr 1829, Germany (Prussia) d. 5 Nov 1901, Lafayette, IN; burial: St. Joseph Cem., Lafayette, IN (Age 72 years)
Mother	Anna Katherine Reifers, b. 17 Nov 1829, Germany (Prussia) d. 9 May 1892, Lafayette, IN; burial: St. Joseph Cem., Lafayette, IN (Age 62 years)
Marriage	ABT. 1858
Family ID	F1608	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Rubin Morton Sharp, b. 12 Mar 1865, Lafayette, Tippecanoe Co., IN d. 7 Mar 1923, Lincoln, NE (Age 57 years)

Marriage 26 May 1886 Lexington, Dawson Co., NE

Children

	1. Earl John Sharp, b. 1889-1890, NE
	2. Mable Sharp, b. 29 May 1892, NE d. 15 Nov 1925 (Age 33 years)
	3. Herbert W. Sharp, b. Nov 1894, NE

Family ID F3750 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 23 Apr 2024

Photos

Sunkes, Anne K. (b. abt. 1860) & Josephine Agnes Sunkes (b. abt. 1862) & Andrew J. Sunkes (1864-1899) & Catherine "Katie" Sunkes (1866-1939) & Theodore Sunkes (1859-1917) & Mary A. Sunkes (1870-1920) & John Sunkes (1829-1901) & Anna Katherine Reifers (1829-1892) & Margaret "Maggie" Sunkes (b. 1868)
Group photo was taken in IN, probably 1885-1889, and came from the Sunkes/ Runyon Collection by Jim Sunkes. Included (L-R, standing) are Anne K. Sunkes Mueller & Josephine Agnes Sunkes Mueller & Andrew J. Sunkes & Catherine "Katie" Sunkes Sharp & Theodore Sunkes. Included (L-R, seated) are Mary A. Sunkes Runyon & John Sunkes & Anna Katherine Reifers Sunkes & Margaret "Maggie" Sunkes Vortman.

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:
Children of John Sunkes and Anna Reifers are:
+ 2 i. Theodore3 Sunkes, born April 09, 1859 in Lafayette, Tippecanoe Co., Indiana; died May 28, 1917 in Martinsville, IN.
+ 3 ii. Anne K. Sunkes, born Abt. 1860 in Lafayette, Tippecanoe Co., Indiana; died in Illinois?.
+ 4 iii. Josephine Agnes Sunkes, born Abt. 1862 in Lafayette, Tippecanoe Co., Indiana.
5 iv. Clara E. Sunkes, born July 12, 1863; died 1906.
More About Clara E. Sunkes:
Burial: Buried Greenbush Cem Lafayette
Fact 1: There is some confusion as to whether or not this is actually the second wife of Theodore Sunkes as no records can be found of her birth or death. Theodore's wife was Clara Bell Grimes (1860 to
+ 6 v. Andrew J. Sunkes, born January 18, 1864 in Lafayette, Tippecanoe Co., Indiana; died February 06, 1899 in Lafayette, Indiana.
+ 7 vi. Catherine"Katie" Sunkes, born May 06, 1866 in Lafayette, Tippecanoe Co., Indiana; died March 16, 1939 in Lincoln, NB.
8 vii. Margaret "Maggie" Sunkes, born July 26, 1868 in Lafayette, Tippecanoe Co., Indiana. She married William Vortman; born Abt. 1860.
More About Margaret "Maggie" Sunkes:
Baptism: August 09, 1868, St Boniface Baptism _____Zierth & Maria Schneiter
Fact 1: Parents listed as John Zunkers & Ana Catherine Reifers
Residence: 1901, Lived as a single woman in Chicago, IL (perhaps with her married sister Mary, Mrs. George Runyon)
More About William Vortman:
Fact 3: No Children
+ 9 viii. Mary A. Sunkes, born March 03, 1870 in Lafayette, Tippecanoe Co., Indiana; died April 04, 1920 in Lafayette, Indiana.

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:
7. Catherine"Katie"3 Sunkes (John2, Unknown1) was born May 06, 1866 in Lafayette, Tippecanoe Co., Indiana, and died March 16, 1939 in Lincoln, NB. She married Morton or Martin R. Sharp May 26, 1886 in Lexington, Nebraska, son of John Sharp and Jane Sharp. He was born March 1865 in Indiana, and died March 07, 1923 in Lincoln, NB.
More About Catherine"Katie" Sunkes:
Baptism: May 13, 1866, St Boniface Baptism as Maria Catherine Godparents Mathias Reifers & Catherine Bammer
Burial: Lincoln, NB (Wyuka Cemetery)
Relation: Parents listed as John Sunkers & Anna Reifers (Mathias may be Anna's father)
Residence: 1915, After 1915 lived in Topeka,Kansas
More About Morton or Martin R. Sharp:
Burial: Lincoln, NB (Wyuka Cemetery)
Occupation: 1900 Census he was living with father-in-law John Sunkes and was acarpenter
Residence: 1915, After 1915 lived in Topeka,Kansas
Children of Catherine"Katie" Sunkes and Morton Sharp are:
20 i. John Earl or Earl John4 Sharp, born April 1889 in Nebraska.
More About John Earl or Earl John Sharp:
Residence: 1936, Living in Springfield,IL in 1936
+ 21 ii. Mabel Sharp, born May 29, 1892 in Nebraska; died November 15, 1925.
22 iii. Herbert Sharp, born November 1894 in Nebraska.
More About Herbert Sharp:
Residence: 1936, Herbert Sharp lived at 1254 Clay St Topeka, KS in 1939