Brief Life History of Mary Alice
When Mary Alice Plank was born on 1 January 1864, in Elkhart, Elkhart, Indiana, United States, her father, Christian J Plank, was 30 and her mother, Mary Mosser, was 27. She married Menno Simon Kenaga on 28 December 1883, in LaGrange, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons. She lived in Concord Township, Elkhart, Indiana, United States for about 30 years and Dunlap, Concord Township, Elkhart, Indiana, United States in 1950. She died on 14 February 1957, in Elkhart, Elkhart, Indiana, United States, at the age of 93, and was buried in Elkhart, Elkhart, Indiana, United States.
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- Mary Alise Kenaga, "United States 1950 Census"
- Mary Alice Plank, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019"
- Mary Alice Plank Kenaga, "Find A Grave Index"
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1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
1886
Historical Boundaries: 1886: Elkhart, Indiana, United States
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
Name Meaning
English (Wiltshire and London): from Middle English plank(e), plaunke ‘plank, stiff board; footbridge’ (from Late Latin planca). The surname may be topographic, for someone who lived by a footbridge, or it may refer to their appearance or occupation, such as a tall, thin person or a carpenter.
North German: nickname for a cantankerous person, from Middle Low German plank ‘quarrel, discord’.
North German: metonymic occupational name from Middle Low German plank ‘measure for liquids’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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