Born 1853 in Delaware Twp, PA
born Sept 1, 1856
Time Line:
1853 - John McKean Aunkst is born
1856 - Alice Elizabeth Arney is born
according to her death certificate, born in Perry County PA
1860
Age in 1860: 4
Birth Year: abt 1856
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Home in 1860: Spring, Perry, Pennsylvania
Gender: Female
Post Office: Landisburg
Value of real estate: View image
Household Members:
Name Age
Elias Arney 37
Susan Arney 39
Maria Arney 15
Melinda Arney 13
Esther Arney 11
Franklin Arney 8
Lucinda Arney 6
Elizabeth A Arney 4
Susan E Arney 2
Cassiana Arney 2
Two reasons I think Elizabeth A. is Alice. one, Elizabeth A. Two, the research of Straub Aunkst names the wife of John McKean as Alice Elizabeth Arney. Alice's death certificate lists her father as John Arney & her mother as unknown.. but I'm trusting the census over that info. (John Elias? Elias John? Possible)
John McKean Aunkst, b. Delaware twp 1853 d. there 1904; married Alice Elizabeth Arney, b. Sept 12, 1856 d. 1935. Issue 7 children:
1. Thomas LeRoy Aunkst b. July 29 1875, married Harriet Lerkins
2. Oscar Elias Aunkst b. April 1 1877, d 1829; married Bertha Eva Shoemaker
3. Margaret Esther Aunkst b. Feb 22, 1879; married Howard Smith
4. Anna Straub Aunkst b. June 8 1885; married Charles Taylor
5. Cloyd Aunkst - no date
6. Harley Garfield Aunkst b. Oct 9, 1890
7. Murray Aunkst b. May 9, 1896, married Ella Toole
1875 - Married Alice Arney
July 29th 1876.
He married Harriet May Lerkens on December 8th 1896 in Seneca NY. Thomas died on June 10th 1945, in Geneva NY.
1881 - son Cloyd Arlington Aunkst was born
Cloyd married Stella Mae Botts on June 3 1905. The couple resided in Milton for a few years, before moving to Michigan - Cloyd worked for Ford Motor Company.
According to his obituary, in 1938, Cloyd was from Alvira Pa.
Note - although missing from the 1900 census, Cloyd's death certificate lists his parents, and the will of his uncle includes him along with his other siblings.
Annie died April 13th 1950.
October 19 1890
Harley was drafted into the War in 1918.
After the war, he was labeled mentally incompetent, and in May of 1928 was admitted to the VA Mental Hospital in Perry Point Maryland.
May 9th 1896
In 1915, Murray married Elta Toole in New York. They remained in New York for a few years, before returning to Lycoming County in 1920, then moving to Allenwood. His mother Alice lived with his family, at the time of her death in 1935.
In April of 1945, two of Murray and Elta's sons - Wallace Gordon Aunkst, 28, of Allenwood R. D., father of four children, & William Aunkst, 15 - drowned at the ordinance dam in the Susquehanna river.
"State police said the fatal accident occurred about 7:20 Sunday when the brothers went in a leaky rowboat to retrieve another boat which Wallace thought had drifted from its mooring near farm. Aunkst lived with his wife and four children on a farm in the vicinity of the ordnance depot pump station, about half a mile from the main highway leading to Lewisburg. State police said that apparently a strong back current near the dam caught the boat and upset it, throwing the two into the river.
Police said that Wallace could not swim and that apparently his body drifted over the dam and went on down stream. Earl was a student in the eighth grade at the Montgomery-Clinton High School.
By 1950, Murray and Elta were separated, Elta lived with her son Bruce. When Harley died, in 1956, he was married to Jesse Welsh Aunkst. 1900 - Census
Name: S M Aunkst
[J M Aunkst]
Age: 47
Birth Date: Jan 1883
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Home in 1900: Delaware, Northumberland, Pennsylvania
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Alice Aunkst
Marriage Year: 1875
Years Married: 25
Father's Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Mother's Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Occupation: View on Image
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
S M Aunkst 47
Alice Aunkst 43
Oscar Aunkst 23
Annie Aunkst 14
Harley Aunkst 9
Marspy [Murray] Aunkst 4
1904 - John Aunkst Died
Name: John Mckean Aunkst
Birth Date: 1853
Age at Death: 51
Death Date: 1904
Burial Place: Watsontown, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA
1917 - John's brother Daniel Emera Aunkst Died.
Daniel was born in 1855, and lived most of his adult life in Milton Pa. Unmarried and childless, he left his estate to his mother, siblings, and nieces and nephews.
The Harrisburg Telegraph reported, 12/10/1928, "Two persons were killed and thrirteen were injured, five seriously, in a series of motor car accidents occurring in Lancaster County and Vicinity over the week-end. Sunday melting snows made highways exceedingly dangerous when the freezing temperatures covered the roads with a thin layer of ice."
One of those accidents involved Alice, who was visiting with her sister Emma.
On December 9th 1928, Emma [Arney] Leiby, Husband John Leiby, and Emma's sister Alice [Arney] Aunkst were riding in the back seat of an automobile driven by Jerome Burkpile - the Leiby's son in law. Jerome & his wife Lucy [Leiby] Burpile were in the front seat. Their sedan skidded of the Lancaster-Harrisburg pike in Salunga, and crashed into a pole.
John, Alice and Emma were listed as in critical condition in local hospitals. "Burkpile and his wife suffered only minor injuries, but the three occupants in the rear seat were critically injured when they were hurled from the car."
Alice's injuries were not too serious. John Leiby "received lacerations and bruises". Emma however, suffered a fractured skull. She died from her injuries, 8 days later, on December 17th 1928.
The Burkpile's address was given as 1718 Burbank Street, Penbrook. [In many of the articles at first list Alice as "Mrs Allen Aunkst of Allenwood". Later articles refer to her as Mrs. J. Aunkst]
1935 - Alice Died
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