Brief Life History of Robert Edward
When Robert Edward Shank was born on 26 February 1925, in Rockingham, Virginia, United States, his father, Samuel Aaron Shank, was 31 and his mother, Mary Katherine Geil, was 33. He died on 10 November 1926, in his hometown, at the age of 1, and was buried in Linville, Rockingham, Virginia, United States.
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- Robt Edward Shank, "Virginia, Death Certificates, 1912-1987"
- Robert Edwin Shank, "Find A Grave Index"
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Name Meaning
Americanized form of German Schank or German and Dutch Schenk .
English: nickname perhaps for someone with long legs or some peculiarity of gait, from Middle English shanke, shonke ‘shank, leg’ (Old English sceanca). This vocabulary word was preserved in Scotland, whereas in England it was replaced by Old Norse leggr. Compare Cruickshank and Legg .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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