Clara Elizabeth Junker

16 February 1896–9 June 1965 (Age 69)
Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, United States

The Life Summary of Clara Elizabeth

When Clara Elizabeth Junker was born on 16 February 1896, in Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, United States, her father, Thomas Junker, was 28 and her mother, Emma Elizabeth Fredricksen, was 26. She married Russell Young Rossiter on 9 February 1916, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. She lived in Pleasant Grove, Utah, Utah, United States in 1910 and Salt Lake City Ward 5, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1940. She died on 9 June 1965, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

George Lindholm
1886–1955
Clara Elizabeth Junker
1896–1965
Marriage: 10 November 1920

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    10 November 1920Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States

    • Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

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    World Events (8)

    1898 · War with the Spanish
    Age 2
    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.
    1899 · The Salt Palace Convention Center
    Age 3
    The original Salt Palace was built in 1899 and It stood on 900 South, between State Street and Main Street. The Salt Palace was a frame structure covered in large pieces of rock salt, which gave it its name. The Salt Palace was destroyed by fire on August 29, 1910 and was replaced by the Majestic Hall. This Hall only lasted for a while during the remodel of the Salt Palace. The Salt Palace served as the Olympic Media Center during the 2002 Winter Olympics. Salt Lake Comic Con has been held at the Salt Palace Convention Center since September 2013.
    1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
    Age 20
    Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.

    Name Meaning

    German: from Middle High German junc herre ‘young nobleman’ (literally ‘young master’). In the Middle Ages the term denoted a member of the nobility who had not yet assumed knighthood.

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

    Possible Related Names

    Younker
    Yunker
    Juncker
    Younger

    Sources (19)

    • Claire E Lindhom in household of George Lindhom, "United States Census, 1940"
    • Clara Junker in household of Thomas W Junker, "United States Census, 1900"
    • Clarie E Lindholm in household of George Lindholm, "United States Census, 1930"

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