When Ellen Rebecca Plank was born on 7 July 1860, in LaGrange, Indiana, United States, her father, Christian J Plank, was 26 and her mother, Mary Mosser, was 24. She married Jacob Mast on 7 December 1879. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Greenfield Township, LaGrange, Indiana, United States in 1880 and Concord Township, Elkhart, Indiana, United States for about 20 years. She died on 6 June 1934, in Elkhart, Indiana, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Prairie Street Cemetery, Elkhart, Elkhart, Indiana, United States.
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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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