Lyman Walter YUNKER

Henry YUNKER
(1810-1856)

Emily Jarvis METHAM
(1813-1886)

John Fredrick YOUNGER
(1809-1893)

Susan GRIFFIN
(1831-1915)

John James YUNKER
(1845-1925)

Mary Ann YOUNGER
(1852-1924)

Lyman Walter YUNKER
(1883-1929)

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Spouses/Children:
Bessie DOWNEY

Byron Bedney YUNKER

Lyman Walter YUNKER

Born: 25 Apr 1883, Louden Twp, Fayette, Illinois, USA ²
Marriage: Bessie DOWNEY on 29 Apr 1906 in Shelbyville, Shelby, Illinois, USA ¹
Died: 4 Mar 1929, Pana, Christian, Illinois, USA ³ ⁴
Buried: 6 Mar 1929, Assumption, Christian, Illinois, USA, Pleasant View Cemetery ⁵

bullet Other names for Lyman were Lyman Walter YOUNKER, Walter Lyman YOUNKER and Walter Lyman YUNKER.

bullet Noted events in his life were:

• Occupation: Farmer.

• Census: Census, 1900, Windsor Twp, Shelby, Illinois, USA. ⁶ Lyman Yonker (son) age 17 (Apr 1883), born IL, at school.

• Census: Census, 1910, Omega Twp, Kingfisher, Oklahoma, USA. ⁷ Lyman Yunker age 26, born Illinois (father born Ohio, mother born Illinois), a farmer, married 4 years.

• Military, Between 1917 and 1918, Stanley, Mccook, South Dakota, USA. WWI draft registrant.

• Census: Census, 1920, Cold Spring Twp, Shelby, Illinois, USA. ⁸ Lymon Yonker, 35, born IL (father born OH/mother born NJ), farmer.

Lyman married Bessie DOWNEY, daughter of William Albert DOWNEY and Sallie DICKEN, on 29 Apr 1906 in Shelbyville, Shelby, Illinois, USA.¹ (Bessie DOWNEY was born on 9 Sep 1887 in Decatur, Macon, Illinois, USA,⁹ died on 17 Jun 1954 in Centralia, Marion, Illinois, USA ¹⁰ ¹¹ and was buried on 21 Jun 1954 in Assumption, Christian, Illinois, USA, Pleasant View Cemetery ¹².)

1 Illinois, Shelby County Clerk (copy in possession of compiler), Lyman Younker & Bessie Downey marriage license, 1906, #4068, pg. 173.

2 Illinois, Fayette County Clerk (certified copy in possession of compiler), Walter L. Younker birth certificate, 1883, #2288.

3 Illinois, Christian County, Department of Public Health (copy in possession of compiler), Lyman Walter Yunker death certificate, 1929, #110126.

4 Illinois, Unknown Newspaper (copy of article in possession of compiler), Lyman Walter Yunker obituary, 1929.

5 Illinois, Christian County - Pleasant View Cemetery (photographed by compiler), Lyman W. Yunker headstone.

6 Illinois, Shelby, Windsor Twp, 1900 U.S. Census, John Yonker household #12, Pg. 1a/320a-1b/320ba (FHL film #1240345).

7 Oklahoma, Kingfisher, Omega Twp, 1910 U.S. Census, Lyman Yunker household #48, Pg. 3a.

8 Illinois, Shelby, Cold Spring Twp, 1920 U.S. Census, Lymon Yonker household #95, pg. 5.

9 Illinois, Macon County Clerk (copy in possession of compiler), Bessie Downey birth record (plus supplemental report of birth), 1887.

10 Illinois, Marion County, Department of Public Health (copy in possession of compiler), Bessie Yunker death certificate, 1954, file #239, reg. #129.

11 Illinois, Unknown Newspaper (copy of article in possession of compiler), Bessie Yunker obituary, 1954.

12 Illinois, Christian County - Pleasant View Cemetery (photographed by compiler), Bessie D. Yunker headstone.

Lyman Walter YUNKER

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