Brief Life History of Donna Marie
When Donna Marie Chapman was born on 3 October 1896, in Anderson, Kansas, United States, her father, James Harrison Chapman, was 43 and her mother, Sarah Letitia Long, was 36. She married William Harold Shinkle on 17 October 1920, in Ottawa, Franklin, Kansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Linn, Kansas, United States in 1935 and Mound City Township, Linn, Kansas, United States for about 10 years. She died on 24 November 1986, in Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Woodland Cemetery, Johnson, Kansas, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (10)
- Donna Marie Shinkle, "United States 1950 Census"
- Donna Marie Chapman Shinkle, "Find A Grave Index"
- Michelle Beeler in entry for Donna Pauline Malburg, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014"
Spouse and Children
1897–1979 Male
1896–1986 Female
Children (1)
1922–2016 Male
Parents and Siblings
1853–1933 Male
1859–1952 Female
Siblings (4)
1879–1961 Male
1882–1974 Female
1884–1974 Male
1896–1986 Female
World Events (8)
1898 · War with the Spanish
Age 2
1900 · Gold for Cash!
Age 4
1920
Age 24
Name Meaning
English: occupational name for a merchant or trader, Middle English chap(pe)man, chepman, Old English cēapmann, cēpemann, a compound of cēap ‘barter, bargain, price, property’ + mann ‘man’.
Jewish: adopted probably for a like-sounding or like-meaning name in some other European language; see for example Kaufman .
History: This name was brought independently to North America from England by numerous different bearers from the 17th century onward. John Chapmen (sic) was one of the free planters who assented to the ‘Fundamental Agreement’ of the New Haven Colony on June 4, 1639.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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