Anna Otillie Dunker

FemaleApril 1896–20 May 1979

Brief Life History of Anna Otillie

When Anna Otillie Dunker was born in April 1896, her father, Ludwig Johann Carl Dunker, was 23 and her mother, Albertine "Tina" Krippisch, was 25. She married Herbert Richard Wagner on 22 December 1931, in Jasper, Choctaw, Oklahoma, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Cass Township, Pulaski, Indiana, United States in 1940 and Pulaski, Indian Creek Township, Pulaski, Indiana, United States in 1950. She died on 20 May 1979, in North Judson, Wayne Township, Starke, Indiana, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Highland Cemetery, North Judson, Wayne Township, Starke, Indiana, United States.

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Family Time Line

Herbert Richard Wagner
1894–1961
Anna Otillie Dunker
1896–1979
Marriage: 22 December 1931
Henry Lewis Wagner
1933–2013
Mabel Anna Wagner
1935–2015

Sources (6)

  • Anna Wagner, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Anna Dunker in entry for Herbert Wagner, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
  • Anna Wagner, "United States 1950 Census"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    22 December 1931Jasper, Choctaw, Oklahoma, United States
  • Children (2)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (6)

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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.

    1906 · Gary, Indiana, Is Founded

    Age 10

    The town of Gary, Indiana, was founded by the United States Steel Corporation in 1906. The Gary Works steel mill was the largest integrated mill in North America. The city of Gary was named after Elbert Henry Gary who was the founding chairman of the United States Steel Corporation and American lawyer and county judge. Gary partnered with J.P. Morgan, Andrew Carnegie, and Charles M. Schwab to found the United States Steel Corporation.

    1918 · Attempting to Stop the War

    Age 22

    To end World War I, President Wilson created a list of principles to be used as negotiations for peace among the nations. Known as The Fourteen Points, the principles were outlined in a speech on war aimed toward the idea of peace but most of the Allied forces were skeptical of this Wilsonian idealism.

    Name Meaning

    North German: nickname from Middle Low German dunker ‘dark, conceited’, or ‘unclear’.

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

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