Grace Brunk

Brief Life History of Grace

When Grace Brunk was born on 8 January 1879, in Davis, Iowa, United States, her father, Amos Brunk, was 46 and her mother, Mariah Jane Lunsford, was 38. She married George Roswell Knowles about 1903, in Davis, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Berkeley, Alameda, California, United States for about 20 years and Oakland Judicial Township, Alameda, California, United States in 1940. She died on 11 January 1947, in Alameda, California, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Sunset View Cemetery, El Cerrito, Contra Costa, California, United States.

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Family Time Line

George Roswell Knowles
1871–1956
Grace Brunk
1879–1947
Marriage: about 1903
Lillian Ruenette Knowles
1901–1957
Violet Grace Knowles
1902–1983
Raymond Knowles
1904–1906
Harriet Myrtle Knowles
1906–1987
George Robert Knowles Jr.
1908–1993
Minnie R Knowles
1910–1912
Hugh Maynard Knowles
1912–1927

Sources (17)

  • Gracie Brunk, "Kansas, State Census, 1885"
  • Grace A Knowles, "California Death Index, 1940-1997"
  • Grace Brunk de Knowles in entry for Violet Grace Knowles, "Mexico, San Luis Potosí, Civil Registration, 1859-2000"

World Events (8)

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

1881 · Kansas Prohibits Alcoholic Beverages

Kansas became the first state to adopt a constitutional amendment which prohibited all alcoholic beverages on February 19, 1881.

1898 · War with the Spanish

After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

Name Meaning

German: variant of Brunke .

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

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