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- [S926] Find-A-Grave, (www.findagrave.com).
Wilbert E Shank
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Birth: 1880
Death: 1946
Wilbert E Shank, son of August Shank & his wife
1st married 1903 Elva Mable Berkey Shank
1 Madge M Shank Lanning b 1906
2 Ada N Shank Holmes b 1908
3 Cyrus Shank b 1916
4 Helen Shank
2nd married Ella McFadden -- Shank
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Wilbert E Shank, 58 died at 6 pm Sunday at the home of a step-daughter, Mrs Jack Conner, Elkhart, following a prolonged illness of heart trouble.
Mr Shank was born in Harrison township August 4, 1880, the son of Mr and Mrs August Shank. He spent most of his life on a farm in Harrison township. In 1929 he moved to a farm near Vandalia Mich, and five weeks ago came to the Connor home.
He was married in 1906 to Elva Mable Berkey; she died in 1925.
In 1927 he married Ella McFadden.
Surviving are his wife, four children, Mrs Lewis Sanders of Fort Wayne, Mrs Lloyd Holmes of Elkhart, Cyrus T Shank of Elkhart and Miss Helen June Shank of Fort Wayne; two step-daughters, Mrs Jack Connor of Elkhart and Mrs Chester Ammerman of Wolcottville; four grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs Rufus Canen of Elkhart and Mrs Frank Kollar of Vandalia, Mich.; and three brothers, Oscar Shank, of Goshen, Ora Shank of Mishawaka and Edward Shank of Elkhart.
The body was taken to the Culp funeral home in Goshen where services were held at 1 pm Wednesday. Further services were held at 2 o'clock at the Yellow Creek Brick church, with the Rev Frank Kreider officiating. Burial was in the Yellow Creek cemetery.
Wakarusa Tribune
22 September 1938
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Parents:
Augustus Shank (1858 - 1934)
Minnie Seitz Shank (1859 - 1938)
Spouse:
Elva M Berkey Shank (1888 - 1925)
Children:
Ada N Shank Holmes (1908 - 2004)*
Siblings:
Wilbert E Shank (1880 - 1946)
Edward C Shank (1882 - 1968)*
Oscar S Shank (1884 - 1963)*
Maude L Shank Canen (1887 - 1956)*
*Calculated relationship
Burial:
Yellow Creek Brick Cemetery
Southwest
Elkhart County
Indiana, USA
Created by: Linda K
Record added: Aug 18, 2011
Find A Grave Memorial# 75093560
- [s807] Indiana, Index to Select Marriages, 1780-1992.
Name: Wilbert E Shank
Birth Date: 04 Aug 1880
Birthplace: Harrison Tp. Elkhart Co. Indiana
Spouse's Name: Elva M Berkey
Spouse's Birth Date: 12 Apr 1888
Spouse's Birthplace: Elkhart Co. Indiana
Event Date: 04 Nov 1905
Event Place: Elkhard County, Indiana
Father's Name: Augustus Shank
Mother's Name: Minnie Syetz
Spouse's Father's Name: Daniel W Berkey
Spouse's Mother's Name: Anna C Sherman
Race: White
Spouse's Race: White
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M00119-5 , System Origin: Indiana-EASy , GS Film number: 1845557 , Reference ID: 220
- [S8] Information from an informant - Auskunft eines Informanten - Information d'un informateur.
Proposed Change: Wilbert E. Shank (I163539)
Tree: Südpfalz / Southern Palatinate
Link: http://www.birkenhoerdt.net/getperson.php?personID=I163539&tree=Suedpfalz
Description: The marriage record that I found is for the year 1905, not 1903:
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XF72-94H
Also found a second marriage:
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XFW1-HH5
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- [s807] Indiana, Index to Select Marriages, 1780-1992.
Name: Wilbert E. Shank
Birth Date: 04 Aug 1880
Birthplace: Elkhart Co., Ind.
Spouse's Name: Ella L. Mcfadden
Spouse's Birth Date: 29 Apr 1883
Spouse's Birthplace: Grant Co., Ind.
Event Date: 01 Sep 1926
Event Place: Elkhart County, Indiana
Father's Name: Augustus Shank
Mother's Name: Minnie Sietz
Spouse's Father's Name: Jonathan Haynes
Spouse's Mother's Name: Anna Dickey
Race: White
Marital Status: Widowed
Spouse's Race: White
Spouse's Marital Status: Widowed
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M00858-7 , System Origin: Indiana-EASy , GS Film number: 1845566 , Reference ID: 992
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