Gordon
G.
(Clair)
Mansker
Born in Thebes, Alexander, Illinois, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Edward Mansker
and Hattie Island (Pearson) Burger
Brother of
Chloe Fern Mansker, Edith Irma (Mansker) Wilson, Goldie Ray (Mansker) Sullens, Hugh Wayte Mansker, Melva Syretha (Mansker) Grissom, Jacob L. Mansker, Paul Pearson Mansker and Clarence Ralph Mansker
Husband of
Anna Lucille Adams
— married
6 Sep 1930 in Thebes, Alexander, Illinois
Descendants 
Father of
Gordon Everett Mansker,
Rose Mary Mansker,
[private son (1930s - unknown)],
Danny Allen Mansker,
Jacob Edward Mansker,
[private son (1940s - unknown)],
[private son (1940s - unknown)],
Anna Bonita Mansker,
[private son (1940s - unknown)] and
[private son (1950s - unknown)]
Died
at age 79
in Salem, Marion, Illinois, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 23 Dec 2016
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Contents |
Biography
Birth
Clair was born 28 Dec 1908 at Thebes, Illinois.[1][2][3]
Residences
- Clair lived with his parents on Sixth Street in Thebes, Illinois during the 1910 census.[4]
- Clair was living with his parents at Thebes, Illinois during the 1920 census.[5]
- Gordon was living with Anna and their five children at Thebes, Illinois during the 1940 census.[6]
Marriage
Gordon married Anna Lucille Adams 6 Jun 1930 at Thebes, Illinois.[7] Their children are:
- Gordon Everett
- Rose Mary
- Billy Joe
- Danny Allen
- Jacob Edward
- Robert Eugene
- Dennis Ray
- Anna Bonita
- Michael Dale
- Ronald Kay
Occupation
Clair worked at the Thebes barrel factory for a while, along with his mother and aunt. He lived at 214 Third Street in Thebes.
In 1940, Claire and his family witnessed the tornado damage to the Thebes Courthouse roof.
Claire also worked for free on the Wolf Lake levy to shore it up. The Red Cross was supposed to provide free donuts and coffee, but made the workers irate when they charged the workers 10 cents each.
In the years around 1947 and 1948, Claire and Anna moved out to the George Bader (see obituary) "plantation" on South Cape Road, which is on the Illinois side of the bridge to Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Here Clair, Anna, and their children were farm workers who raised tomatoes, spinach, soybeans, grains, cotton, other vegetables, and Berkshire hogs. The kids worked 8 hours in the fields pulling weeds and cutting cotton for $1 per day.
Death
Clair died 25 Feb 1988 at Odin, Illinois. [8][9]
Burial
- Peaceful Valley Cemetery [10]
- Odin
- Marion County
- Illinois USA
Obituary
Sources
- ↑ Find A Grave (see below)
- ↑ Hattie (Pearson) Burger list of family names and dates
- ↑ The National Archives in St. Louis, Missouri; St. Louis, Missouri; WWII Draft Registration Cards for Illinois, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 1121 Ancestry Record 2238 #40154707
- ↑ 1910; Census Place: Thebes, Alexander, Illinois; Roll: T624_230; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 0023; FHL microfilm: 1374243 Ancestry Record 7884 #130074893
- ↑ 1920; Census Place: Thebes, Alexander, Illinois; Roll: T625_297; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 22 Ancestry Record 6061 #109503999
- ↑ 1940; Census Place: Thebes, Alexander, Illinois; Roll: m-t0627-00758; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 2-23 Ancestry Record 2442 #141088383
- ↑ Hattie (Pearson) Burger list of family names and dates
- ↑ Find A Grave (see below)
- ↑ Social Security Administration; Washington D.C., USA; Social Security Death Index, Master File Ancestry Record 3693 #38806382
- ↑ Find A Grave (see below)
- Stories as told by Bill and Dan Mansker during a trip to Thebes with David Thomson and Martin Smith.
- Find A Grave - Gordon G. Mansker
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Clair by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Clair:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Clair by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Clair:
-
~6.25%
~12.50%
David Thomson 
:
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T812180 [compare], FTDNA kit #400615
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~0.39%
Gina (Karushis) Waltemate :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member gigi313
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