My great great grandmother is Etta M Poffenberger. Who married my gggrandfather William M Shank in Dayton Ohio. Etta has gone by Etta and Ettie in the census records. I found her in my gggrandfather Harry Shank's birth record. She was born in June 1870 in Maryland and died 20 Apr 1952 in Dayton Ohio. I obtained her obituary from the dayton metro library and it reads:
"Mrs. Etta M. Shank
Services for Mrs. Etta M. Shank, 81 of 513 Mia av., will be conducted at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at Crown av Pentecostal church by The Rev Vearl Vaughn. Burial will be in Greencastle cemetery. Friends may call at the Ullmer funeral home, 3701 E Third St., from 3 to 9 p.m. Monday and the residence from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday.
Mrs. Shank died Sunday at her residence. Survivors include a daughter Mrs. Nellie Grant; two sons, Harry and Chester; a brother William Poffenberger; 15 grandchildren; 51 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren."
Etta and William M Shank had five children: Harry (my gggrandfather), Nellie (who married a man with the last name Grant), Robert J, John, and Chester.
Etta has a brother named John William Poffenberger who was born in Maryland on 01 Aug 1875.
I have only found Etta in 2 census records in 1910 and 1920. I have not been able to find her in 1880 or 1900. The 1880 census is my only hope to find her with her parents but there doesn't seem to be an Etta Poffenberger born in 1870 in the 1880 cenus with those dates with a brother william who should be born in 1875.
These are the two census records I did find her in.
Ohio 1910 Census Miracode Index Recordinfo
about William M Shank
Name: William M Shank
Birthplace: Indiana
State: OH
Age: 49
Color: W
Enumeration District: 0129
Visit: 0262
County: Montgomery
Relation: Head of Household
Other Residents:
Relation Name Color Age Birth Place
Wife Ettie 40 Maryland
Son Robert J 21 Ohio
Son Harry 19 Ohio
Son John 16 Ohio
Son Chester 10 Ohio
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1930 United States Federal Census Recordinfo
about Etta M Shank
Name: Etta M Shank
Age: 60
Estimated birth year: abt 1870
Relation to head-of-house: Wife
Spouse's Name: William M Shank
Home in 1930: Madison, Montgomery, Ohio
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If anyone has any connections to these I would appreicate any information that you have
-Mindy
I can email the original obituary to anyone who also knows an Etta M Poffenbarger (Shank). I need info on William M Shank as well.
my email is
mindy.shank@gmail.comI get a lot of spam so please use ancestry.com and poffenbarger or shank in the subject line.