George Franklin Plunkert

Brief Life History of George Franklin

When George Franklin Plunkert was born on 20 May 1898, in Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Joseph Plunkert, was 24 and his mother, Alverta Hays Mehring, was 21. He had at least 1 son and 1 daughter with Garma E Boose. He lived in Mount Joy Township, Adams, Pennsylvania, United States for about 40 years. He died on 2 May 1976, in Hanover, York, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Littlestown, Adams, Pennsylvania, United States.

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George Franklin Plunkert
1898–1976
Garma E Boose
1898–1976
Ruth E Plunkert
1922–2015
Dennis J Plunkert
1928–2007

Sources (10)

  • George Plunkert, "United States Census, 1940"
  • George Franklin Plunkert, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
  • George Plunkert, "United States Social Security Death Index"

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1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment

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Name Meaning

English and Irish (of Norman origin): habitational name from a metathesized form of Plouquenet in Ille-et-Villaine, Brittany, so named from Breton plou ‘parish’ (from Latin plebs ‘people’) + Guenec, the personal name (a diminutive of guen ‘white’) of a somewhat obscure saint. As an Irish name, it has been Gaelicized as Pluincéid.

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

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