Mary Catharyn Willis

Female31 July 1851–18 June 1937

Brief Life History of Mary Catharyn

When Mary Catharyn Willis was born on 31 July 1851, in Concord Township, Ross, Ohio, United States, her father, Sanford H Willis, was 33 and her mother, Susannah Cline, was 35. She married Martin Luther Junk on 2 March 1871, in Ross, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Ohio, United States in 1870 and Frankfort, Concord Township, Ross, Ohio, United States in 1900. She died on 18 June 1937, in Concord Township, Ross, Ohio, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Greenlawn Cemetery, Frankfort, Concord Township, Ross, Ohio, United States.

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Family Time Line

Martin Luther Junk
1847–1933
Mary Catharyn Willis
1851–1937
Marriage: 2 March 1871
Oather M Junk
1872–1950
Raymond K Junk
1874–1940
Etta Junk
1876–1965
Clara Junk
1878–1957
Elmer Junk
1880–1947
Ida Junk
1882–1974
Frank Willis Junk
1883–1969
Troy Thomas Junk
1887–1962

Sources (42)

  • Mary Willis, "United States Census, 1870"
  • M. C. Willis, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016"
  • Mary Catharyn Junk, "Ohio, Deaths, 1908-1953"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    2 March 1871Ross, Ohio, United States
  • Children (8)

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    Siblings (10)

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    World Events (8)

    1860 · Ohio supports the Union side of the Civil War

    Age 9

    Although divided as a state on the subject of slavery, Ohio participated in the Civil War on the Union's side, providing over 300,000 troops. Ohio provided the 3rd largest number of troops by any Union state.

    1863

    Age 12

    Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

    1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

    Age 24

    In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

    Name Meaning

    variant of Will with genitival -s. This surname represents a retention of the second syllable, introduced by the addition of the Middle English genitival suffix -es, which would have been pronounced in the Middle English period. Compare Wills . In some cases the name is a variant of Willey , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.

    variant of Willows .

    English:

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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