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Melvin Junior Krapf

Male 1923 - 2002  (79 years)


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  • Name Melvin Junior Krapf  [1, 2
    Birth 27 Jan 1923  Hornersville, Dunklin County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Male 
    Death 29 Apr 2002  Fairmount, Grant County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Burial New Hope Cemetery, Phlox, Howard County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I5348  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 29 Jul 2015 

    Father Ira C. Krapf,   b. 6 Feb 1891, Indian Territory Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Mar 1989, Collinsville, Grayson County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 98 years) 
    Mother Sadie Golden Frost,   b. 22 Mar 1900, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Dec 1957, Oran, Scott County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 57 years) 
    Marriage 1 Mar 1916  [1
    Family ID F2796  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Lois Brunson,   b. 8 Aug 1924, Matthews, New Madrid County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Nov 2002, Fairmont, Grant County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years) 
    Marriage 18 Dec 1943  [1, 4
    • They were the parents of Pamela Maureen, Linda Rochelle, Karen and Tommy KRAPF. As of the publication date of Art Peck's book, Melvin and Lois lived in Fairmount, Grant County, Indiana.
    Family ID F2797  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 Aug 2007 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 27 Jan 1923 - Hornersville, Dunklin County, Missouri Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 29 Apr 2002 - Fairmount, Grant County, Indiana Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S492] Peck, Edward Arthur THE TEN BENKELMANS WHO EMIGRATED TO AMERICA Ca. 1850s AND CERTAIN OF THEIR DESCENDANTS, 1982.

    2. [S873] Find A Grave [database online]; http://www.findagrave.com/, (Thousands of contributors submit new listings, updates, corrections, photographs and virtual flowers every hour to the FIND A GRAVE website. When it comes to administrating, building and maintaining the site, Find A Grave is largely operated by its founder, Jim Tipton.), # 95457467 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S333] Ancestry.com - U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-Current [database online], (Ancestry.com. Social Security Death Index [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2011. Original data: Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Social Security Administration. The Social Security Administration Death Master File contains information on millions of deceased individuals with United States social security numbers whose deaths were reported to the Social Security Administration. Birth years for the individuals listed range from 1875 to last year. Information in these records includes name, birth date, death date, and last known residence.).

    4. [S595] Striffler-Benkelman Broadcast, (Family Publication, published sporadically to record family milestones in connection with the annual Striffler-Benkelman Family Reunions, with Vol. 1, Number 1, published Sept. 7, 1936. Issues on file at the Rawson Memorial Library in Cass City, Michigan include Vol. 5 (1941), Vol. 7 (1944) and Volumes 8 (1945) through Vol. 28 (1968). Issues published from 1961 through 1964 were not assigned volume numbers, and 1963 appears to be missing. Xeroxes of the existing issues were also made by Melinda McLemore Strong in 2007. According to a article published by the Cass City Chronicle on August 6, 1981, commemorating the Fiftieth and Final Striffler-Benkelman Reunion, the final issue of the STRIFFLER-BENKELMAN BROADCAST appears to have been Volume 28, published in 1968.), Vol. 7, September 4, 1944 (Reliability: 3).