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Family HistoryFamily History - Daniel Shunkwiler


Key:1.“+” before a child’s name indicates the child has their own entry in the next generation.
 2.“born xxxx” indicates the child is under 18 years of age so the birth date is not shown.
This family history features Daniel Shunkwiler and one of his descendants down to the second generation.


First Generation
1. Daniel Shunkwiler,1 born ____ (parents not determined). Daniel married Ethel M. Smith (born ____, parents not determined).

Child of Daniel Shunkwiler and Ethel M. Smith:

+2i. Julia Elizabeth Shunkwiler, born 6 January 1922 in Mound City, Holt County, Missouri; died 8 October 2002 in Cass County, North Dakota. Married Clair Thomas Kaufman.

Second Generation
2. Julia Elizabeth Shunkwiler2 (Daniel1), born 6 January 1922 in Mound City, Holt County, Missouri;1, 2 died 8 October 2002 in Cass County, North Dakota.1 Julia married Clair Thomas Kaufman (born 2 December 1912 in Eden, Fayette County, Iowa, the son of Thomas Henry Kaufman and Ethel Irene Steele;3, 4, 5, 6 Clair died 13 June 1985 in Audubon Township, Becker County, Minnesota3). Julia and Clair are buried in Lower Maple River Cemetery, Raymond Township, Cass County, North Dakota.1, 3

  1. Find a Grave (website). Lower Maple River Cemetery, Raymond Township, Cass County, North Dakota, Julia E. Kaufman, born: 6 January 1922 in Montana [sic, other more reliable records indicate she was born in Missouri]; died: 8 October 2002 in Cass County, North Dakota (from record, which provides the name and link for her husband).
  2. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), Social Security Applications, Julia Elizabeth Kaufman, other name: Elizabeth Shunkwiler; born: 6 January 1922 in Mound City, Missouri; father: Daniel Shunkwiler; mother: Ethel M. Smith.
  3. Find a Grave (website). Lower Maple River Cemetery, Raymond Township, Cass County, North Dakota, Clair Thomas Kaufman, born: 2 December 1912 in Eden Township, Fayette County, Iowa; died: 13 June 1985 in Audubon Township, Becker County, Minnesota (from record, which includes vital and biographical notes; and provides the names and links for his parents, two siblings, and wife).
  4. U.S. Federal Census, 1920, South Dakota, Spink County, Redfield, E.D. 278, Sheet No. 13B, Thomas Kaufman, 35, Iowa, drayman; wife Irene Kaufman, 29, Illinois; son Georgie Kaufman, 9, Iowa; son Clair Kaufman, 7, Iowa; son Tom [?] W. Kaufman, 3/12, South Dakota.
  5. U.S. Federal Census, 1930, South Dakota, Spink County, Redfield, E.D. 58-36, Sheet No. 25A, Thomas Kaufman, 44, Iowa, first married age 21, baggageman, railroad; wife Ethel I. Kaufman, 41, Illinois, first married age 18; son Clare Kaufman, 17, Iowa, farmer, general farm; daughter Mary Kaufman, 9, South Dak.; son Thomas Kaufman, 10, South Dak.; daughter Lavonne Kaufman, 4 11/12, South Dak.
  6. U.S. Federal Census, 1940, Montana, Custer County, Miles City, E.D. 9-1, Sheet No. 2B, Clair Kaufman, 27, Iowa, laundryman, camp [he is among several lodgers in the home of James and Gertrude Frisbee].