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Etta and William Poffenbarger, Poffenberger

Etta and William Poffenbarger, Poffenberger

Posted: 19 May 2006 2:23PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Poffenberger, Poffenbarger, Shank
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.com

I get a lot of spam so please use ancestry.com and poffenbarger or shank in the subject line.

Re: Etta and William Poffenbarger, Poffenberger

Posted: 4 Feb 2012 6:07PM GMT
Classification: Query
Here is my Grandfathers info, he married Ada Katherine Shank, her parents were:

Father: Silas (Schenck) Shank 1873 - 1938
Mother: Willie Marion Gober 1874 -1897

Her Grandparents were:

William Shank
Birth 9/1833 in Germany
Death Abt 1910 in Abilene, , Tx

Ellen A.
Birth 5/1837 in Texas, USA
Death 8 May 1923 in San Angelo, Tom Green, Texas, United States

Ada also had 2 brothers: William Henry Shank & Jesse Lee Shank

I am trying to find out more info for the Shank side of the family, any info you can share would be great...



John Albert HOLLINGSWORTH-was born on 25 Mar 1892 in

Bolivar, Polk, Missouri.

He died on 8 Mar 1977 in Trinidad, Las Animas, Colorado. He married Ada Katherine SHANK On 29 May 1909 in Miami, Roberts, Texas.

Ada Katherine SHANK-was born on 6 Apr 1894 in Brownwood,
Brown, Texas.

She died on 24 Jul 1984 in Trinidad, Las Animas, Colorado.

They had the following 13 children:

1. F. Margaret Ellen HOLLINGSWORTH-was born on 24 Apr 1910.
She died on 12 Mar 1987.

2. M. Clarence Elmer HOLLINGSWORTH-was born 27 Oct. 1911
he Died 1 Dec 1998.

3. F. Dorothy May HOLLINGSWORTH-was born on 4 May 1913.
She Died on 19 Sep 1990.

4. F. Carolyn Marie HOLLINGSWORTH-was born on 23 Dec 1917. She Died on 8 Feb 1978.

5. M. Henry Albert HOLLINGSWORTH-was born on 20 Sep 1918.
He Died on 13 Jun 1994.

6. M. James Robert HOLLINGSWORTH “Sr”-was born 23 Mar 1919 he Died 27 Jan 1999.

7. F. Clara Evelyn HOLLINGSWORTH-was born 3 Jan 1924
she died 4 Apr 2007.

8. F. Mary Alice HOLLINGSWORTH-was born on 1 Jan 1927.
She died On 28 May 1993.

9. M. John Edward HOLLINGSWORTH-was born 5 May 1929
he died 20 Sept 1985.

10. F. Dixie Lee HOLLINGSWORTH-was born on 15 Apr 1931.
She Died on 26 Dec 1991.

11. F. Patricia Ruth HOLLINGSWORTH-was born on 1 Feb 1933. She Died on 30 Jun 1983.

12. F. Geraldine Ada HOLLINGSWORTH- living

13. M. Dennis Lamar HOLLINGSWORTH-was born 25 Dec 1936
he Died 22 Nov 1998.

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