Lewis Hunsaker

Brief Life History of Lewis

When Lewis Hunsaker was born on 17 January 1871, in Honeyville, Box Elder, Utah, United States, his father, Allen Collins Hunsaker, was 30 and his mother, Eveline Silver Dunn, was 17. He married Sarah Ellen Warner on 16 February 1898, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 5 daughters. He died on 20 July 1956, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Logan Cemetery, Logan, Cache, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Lewis Hunsaker
1871–1956
Sarah Ellen Warner
1876–1963
Marriage: 16 February 1898
Raymond Warner Hunsaker
1898–1980
Donald Lewis Hunsaker
1900–1990
Burnice Hunsaker
1902–1997
Fauntleroy Hunsaker
1903–1995
William Edward Hunsaker
1905–1945
Gladys Hunsaker
1906–1973
Lloyd Rulon Hunsaker
1908–2012
Reginald Hunsaker
1910–2000
James Tyrell Hunsaker
1912–1977
Una Hunsaker
1914–1978
Marjorie Hunsaker
1916–2006
Dorothy Hunsaker
1919–1919
Joyce Hunsaker
1920–1920

Sources (200)

  • Lewis Hunsaker, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
  • Salt Lake County, Utah, U.S., Births, 1890-1911
  • 1898 Utah Marriage of Lewis Hunsaker & Sarah Ellen Warner

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Name Meaning

Americanized form of Swiss German Hunziker or of its German altered form Hunsicker . Compare Honsaker and Hunsucker .

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

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William Edward Warner and Jane Johnson

"The History of Lewis Hunsaker and Sarah Ellen Warner," p. 25 - 28 William Edward Warner was born June 3, 1850, at Westwood, Leek, Staffordshire, England, the son of Benjamin Warner and Eliza Beardmo …

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