Margaret Anna (Miller) Brunkel (1914 - 1969)

Born 18 Mar 1914 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Ancestors

Wife of James Francis Russo — married 10 Nov 1936 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States

Descendants

Died 3 Oct 1969 at age 55 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

Descendant of Sebastian Jacob Arnick who emigrated from Bavaria to the United States of America in 1850.

Descendant of Tillman Miller and Elizabeth Kreider.

Dolly was born in 1914, daughter of Reuben Miller and Fannie Arnick, They lived on Walnut lane when she was 5^[1] with siblings; Esther 13, Ruth 11, Reuben 9, Ethel 7, Frances 4 and Clarence 2.

Her mother passed away when she was 7. No census can be found for 1930. She was baptized in the St David's Episcopal Church on 14 May 1933 with her sister Esther and Malinda Ashworth as Godparents^[2].

In 1934 Dolly and James suffered the loss of a baby girl. They then married in New York ^[3] 10 Nov 1936. They lived in the rear of 152 Dupont street with James father^[4] Tootsie(Frances) and Nick 2.

They had one more child Jayne Ann prior to divorcing. About 1950 she married John Brunkel.

Philadelphia Memorial Park, Frazer, Chester, Pennsylvania^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNMN-4JR : 14 December 2015), Margaret Miller in household of Rueben Miller, Philadelphia Ward 21, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States; citing sheet 4A, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,821,617.
2. ↑ Pennsylvania, Church and Town Records, 1708-1985
3. ↑ "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:248Y-VJ3 : 10 February 2018), James Francis Russo and Margaret Anna Miller, 10 Nov 1936; citing Marriage, Manhattan, New York, New York, United States, New York City Municipal Archives, New York; FHL microfilm 1,674,730.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQJZ-YP1 : accessed 2 November 2016), Margaret Russo in household of James Russo, Ward 21, Philadelphia, Philadelphia City, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 51-444, sheet 8A, family 128, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3700.
5. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #179423377