When Clarissa Josephine Wonch was born in 1859, in St Marys, Perth, Canada West, British North America, her father, Solomon Wonch, was 31 and her mother, Anna Tompkins, was 29. She married Harley Wesley Barnum on 14 November 1886, in Custer Township, Custer, Nebraska, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Cedar Falls, Black Hawk, Iowa, United States in 1910 and Wendell, Gooding, Idaho, United States in 1920. She died on 30 March 1936, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Glendale, Los Angeles, California, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1870: Dickinson, Iowa, United States
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Americanized form of German Wunsch .
History: The first recorded bearer of this surname was John George Wonch, born in Germany as Johann Georg Wunsch. He arrived in NY in 1792 and later settled in Canada.
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