When Daniel Kunkel Sr. was born on 1 May 1815, in Shrewsbury Township, York, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Johann Heinrich Kunkel II, was 29 and his mother, Elizabeth Anna Miller, was 26. He married Veronica Buehler on 7 July 1835, in Crawford, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Missouri, United States in 1870 and Lewis Township, Holt, Missouri, United States in 1880. He died on 6 February 1903, in Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Oregon, Holt, Missouri, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1828: Jackson, Missouri, United States
Historical Boundaries January 1841: Nodaway County created February 1841: Renamed Holt County
German:
from Middle High German kunkel ‘spindle, distaff’ (from Late Latin conicula, conucula diminutive of conus ‘cone, peg’), hence a metonymic occupational name for a maker of spindles or a spinner or alternatively a nickname for a tall thin person.
from a medieval German personal name, a pet form of Kuno (see Kuhn ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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