Jacob Schunk

b. circa 1829, d. 18 January 1919
  • Jacob Schunk was born circa 1829 in Germany.
  • He married Magdalena (?)
  • The following appeared on 21 November 1893 in The Buffalo Express: Corporation Proceedings, City and County Hall, Board of Aldermen, Buffalo, Monday, Nov. 20, 1893 . . . Petitions, Remonstrances and Accounts . . . Remonstrances . . . By Ald. Kissinger--
         That permission be granted to Jacob Schunk to remove frame house from No. 616 Elm Street to No. 38 Locust Street, size of said house being 20x30x14 feet high, and under the direct8ion of the Superintendent of Streets.
         Adopted.
  • Jacob Schunk died on 18 January 1919 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York, at 32 Locust Street at his residence.
  • The following appeared on 19 January 1919 in The Illustrated Buffalo Express: Jacob Schunk, Sr., a resident of Buffalo for nearly 70 years, died yesterday at his home, No. 32 Locust street. He was 92 years old and came to this country when a young man. Practically his whole life had been spent in the Locust street neighborhood. At first a shoemaker, he wwas later interested in the plumbing business. He is survived by five children.
  • Last Edited: 12 Apr 2014

Family: Magdalena (?) b. circa 1837