Anna Mae Hunker (abt. 1896 - bef. 1937)

Born about 1896 in Wisconsin, United States

Ancestors

Died before 1937 before about age 41 in Kilbourn, Van Buren, Wisconsin Territory, United States

Anna was Ho-Chunk.

Biography

Born

Anna was born in 1896. Her mother was Mary Hunker (b. 1859). Her siblings were May (b. 1889) and Thomas J. (b. 1893). (1905 Wisc. census)

Name

Her middle name "Mae" is given in the Chicago RR employment record of her son LaVerne DeCorah.

Her surname "Hunker" is likely a corruption of Hųka, "Chief", from hųk, "chief, priest, leader"; and -ka, a definite article suffix used in personal names.

Her Hocąk name was WaConChoWinKah (1925 census), for Wakąjáwįga, "Thunderbird Woman," a personal name in the Thunderbird Clan. It's from Wakąjá, "Thunderbird"; -wį-, a feminine gender infix; and -ga, a definite article suffix used in personal names.

Marriage and Children

According to the 1930 census, Annie had the following children:

Lorraine (Lola), b. 8?.30.1920

Angeline, b. 1921

Harriet, b. 1923

LaVernon, b. 1924

Blanche, b. 1.6.1927

Delphine, b. 1929

Sources

• Wisconsin State Census, 1905. Township or Location: Wittenberg. Microfilm, 44 reels. Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin.
• 1925; Roll: M595_168; Page: 12; Line: 15; Agency: Grand Rapids. 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.
• Chicago & North Western Historical Society; Berwyn, Illinois; CNW Social Security Applications. U.S., Chicago and North Western Railroad Employment Records, 1935-1970 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. This collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors. Chicago and North Western Railroad Employee Records. Chicago & North Western Historical Society, Berwyn, Illinois. Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway Employee Records. Chicago & North Western Historical Society, Berwyn, Illinois.
• 1930 Federal Census for Kilbourn, Columbia, Wisconsin; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 0013 (Kilbourn City); FHL microfilm: 2342299. United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626, 2,667 rolls.