LaRue Munk

26 September 1896–1 March 1986 (Age 89)
Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States

The Life Summary of LaRue

When LaRue Munk was born on 26 September 1896, in Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States, her father, Joseph Christian Munk, was 41 and her mother, Elizabeth Crawford, was 33. She married Paul Knud Walker on 25 August 1925, in Utah, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. She lived in Springville Election Precinct, Utah, Utah, United States in 1940 and World in 1955. She died on 1 March 1986, in Pleasant Grove, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Pleasant Grove City Cemetery, Pleasant Grove, Utah, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Paul Knud Walker
1896–1983
LaRue Munk
1896–1986
Marriage: 25 August 1925
Annalee Walker
1926–2020
Annalee Walker
1926–2020
Elizabeth Kay Walker
1929–2021
Elizabeth Walker
1929–2021
Lynn Paul Walker
1934–2015

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    25 August 1925Utah, Utah, United States
    • Children

    (5)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (3)

    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.
    1900 · The Manti Fire Department
    Age 4
    Manti's Fire Department was one of the first fire departments in Sanpete county to purchase enough equipment for their ten-person department. All members of the department were and still are only volunteers and proudly serve the community whenever they are needed.
    1920
    Age 24
    The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.

    Name Meaning

    Some characteristic forenames: Jewish Ezriel, Pinchos, Rivka, Shimon, Shmuel, Zev.German (also Münk), Scandinavian (mainly Danish), and Dutch: from Middle High German münich, Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish munk, Middle Dutch munc ‘monk’, a nickname for someone thought to resemble a monk, or a metonymic occupational name for someone in the service of a monastery. The surname of German origin is also found in France (Alsace). Compare Munck .German (Münk): from a short form of the medieval personal name Dominicus (see Dominick ).

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

    Possible Related Names

    Munck

    Sources (22)

    • Larue Munk in household of Joseph Christian Munk, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
    • La Rue Munk, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
    • Legacy NFS Source: La_Rue Munk - Individual or family possessions: Funeral program: death: 1 March 1986; Pleasant Grove, Utah, Utah, United States

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