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Hello Diane!
I was surprised to see a response to a posting that we had put up so long ago that I had
forgotten it!
Yes, that David Shank is the one we were looking for-David is my husband's
great-great-grandfather on his maternal line. We confirmed the records with our
grandmother, Ruth Eleanor(Shank) Biggs before she passed away last year. David Shank is my
husband's great-grandfather. David married Flora Kate Hartman 21 August 1907 in
Salina, Kansas at the age of 25. They had two daughters, Ruth and Mildred Caroline, and
we suppose were happy for a while. Unfortunately, from what we understand, David came to
California with his railroad job temporarily without his family and died prematurely at
the age of 29 in Los Angeles. His younger daughter, Mildred, died of whooping cough at
the age of 2 in 1913. Flora Kate Hartman Shank was a wonderful woman, and earned her
living as a talented seamstress. She never re-married, but came to southern California
with her remaining daughter Ruth and son-in law in the 1930's.
So, are you a cousin?
Write and tell us what your connection is with the family!
Warm Regards,
Kathleen Collier
PS We are members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.