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Surnames: Shank, Nordling, Holmen, Hedman, Hedlund, Alstrom, Stolpe
Classification: Query
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Geneva,
I think we are searching for similar relatives. Walter's father, was John T Shank. He
lived in Minnesota. I only recently found this article about Walter via
Ancestry.com.
Do you have a picture of Walter Shanks tombstone, or just you family history? I am having
a hard time finding any living relatives to John T Shank. Here is what I have, plus I have
a little more from census data.
Shank Estate Set at about $18,000
Nevada State Journal (Reno, NV)
December 3, 1932
Walter J. Shank, former proprieter of the Mirror Barber shop, in Reno, who died
November 25(?) in San Francisco, left an estate of about $18.000.
Shank’s brother and sister, Winfield S. Shank and Mrs. C Austin, yesterday field a
petition for letter of administration in the estate. The estate consists of $5,439.95
personal property and real estate valued at $11,500.
A will left by Shank was also filed. It leaves $100 each to two sisters, Mrs. Anna
Yocum of Seattle and Elizabeth Schneider of Gresham, Ore., and $50 each to two
half-brothers, Howard and Clayton Shank of Minneapolis.
The remainder of the estate is willed to Mrs. Austin, Winfield S. Shank and Mrs.
Warnsholdt. W. S. Shank and Mrs. Austin are named executors.
Let me know who your greatgrandmother was so I can see if any of the mysteries can be
answered.
Thanks,
Claudia Nordling