Harry Hagaga Funmaker (1894 - 1973)

Born 11 May 1894 in Black River Falls, Jackson, Wisconsin, United States

Husband of Lucy Hocą́kiwįga Decorah — married about 1913 (to 6 Dec 1914) in Wisconsin, United States

Husband of Gina Nojíwįga (Cloud) Funmaker — married 1930 (to 1943) in Wisconsin, United States

Died 19 Sep 1973 at age 79 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States

Harry was Ho-Chunk.

Biography

Birth

Harry was born in 1894, the son of George Funmaker and Dollie She Who Strikes.

Name

His birth order name was Hagaga, "Third Son."^[1] He was a member of the Bear Clan. His clan name was HaGaChaCooKah, which is for Hagacaguga, from Haga, the birth order name for the third son; ca, "deer"; gu, "to return, to leave returning, to come back"; and -ga, a definite article suffix used in personal names.^[2] So the name means, "Haga Returns with Deer."

Marriages

He was married three times:

May Seymour, 1900–1931 (m. 1920)

Thelma Cloud Funmaker, 1901–1943 (m. 1930)

Evelyn Pauline Logan Funmaker, 1912–1973 (m. 1944)

Death

He died on 19 Sep 1973 (aged 79) in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, USA, and was buried at Blk 45, Lt 02, Spring Grove Cemetery, Wisconsin Dells, Columbia County, Wisconsin, USA.^[3]

Sources

Footnotes

1. ↑ 1910 Census.
2. ↑ van Schaick, 52.
3. ↑ Find a Grave.

Bibliography

• 1905 Indian Census; Roll: M595_671; Line: 5. Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M595, 692 rolls); Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Record Group 75; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
• 1910 Federal Census for Brockway, Jackson, Wisconsin; Roll: T624_1713; Page: 11B; Enumeration District: 0074; FHL microfilm: 1375726. Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910 (NARA microfilm publication T624, 1,178 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
• Tom Jones, Michael Schmudlach, Matthew Daniel Mason, Amy Lonetree, and George A. Greendeer, People of the Big Voice: Photographs of Ho-Chunk Families by Charles Van Schaick, 1879-1942 (Madison: Wisconsin Historical Society Press, 2011).
• Find A Grave, database and images (accessed 30 December 2019), memorial page for Harry Funmaker (11 May 1894–19 Sep 1973), Find A Grave Memorial no. 166244030, citing Spring Grove Cemetery, Wisconsin Dells, Columbia County, Wisconsin, USA ; Maintained by TRISH (contributor 47600632) .