Isaac and Sarah Tunks
Isaac Tunks was born 1 Dec 1817 in Leominster, Herefordshire,
England the son of Samuel and Ann Tunks. His first wife was Sarah Evans, who was
born 1824 also in Leominster.
Children of Isaac Tunks and Sarah Evans
James William Tunks b-1846 in Leominster
England; d-1933; br-Ovid Cemetery
Blanche Tunks b-1848 in Leominster England
Mary Ann Tunks b-1950 in Kedderskin, Herefordshire, England
Isaac Van Tunks was
born 1 Sep 1851 in Leominster, England; m-Anna Marie Larsen 12 Feb 1887 in Paris
Idaho
Samuel Tunks b-19 Jan 1855 in Leominster England
Eudora Maude Tunks b-25 Sep 1861 in Herefordshire, England; m-George Clarke 25
Dec 1883 in West Ham, All Saints, Essex England
Ann Tunks b-10 Jan 1865 in Herefordshire England; m-George Clements in 1885
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Sarah did not come to the United States with her husband and her family stayed in England. She was listed in the 1881 Leominster England census as a widow. In the 1911 census she was living with her daughter, Eudora and son in law, George Clemens in Grays Thurrock, Leominster England. She died there in 1914.
Isaac Tunks emigrated to the United States in 1861 with his son, Isaac and James William, living first in Morgan, Utah. Isaac married his second wife Mariah Laskbrook in 1866 in Morgan Utah, the daughter of Edward Lashbrook and Elizabeth Finch. They settled in Bear Lake valley by 1867 where Isaac taught in the first Ovid school until he died. Isaac operated what was the first lime kiln in Paris and died from poisoning received in this business in 1877.
Children of Isaac Tunks and Mariah Lashbrook
Thomas Tunks b-1866 in Winter Quarters Nebraska
Elizabeth Tunks b-16 Sep 1868 in Weber County Utah; d-7 May 1923 in Montpelier;
br-Montpelier Cemetery; m-Grandison Raymond 1886; m-John S Heggie 1895
Nancy Parry Tunks b-15 Oct 1871 in Ovid Idaho; d-11 Feb 1905 in Salt Lake City;
br-Kayesville City Cemetery; m-Grandison
Raymond 7 Sep 1895
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Children of Isaac Van Tunks and Anna Marie Larsen
Sam Van Tunks b-3 Dec 1887 in Ovid; d-29 Mar
1965 in Salt Lake City; br-Montpelier Cemetery
Seba Ruel b-20 Mar 1890 in Ovid; d-15 Jan 1972 in Pocatello Idaho; br-Mountain
View Cemetery
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Montpelier Examiner, Friday, 18 January 1907, page 4
About noon the public mind was set at rest when Sheriff Frank Wright, returned from Ovid with Mr. Ike Tunks and son, Zeba, who were taken before Judge Kunz, where Chris Olsen and Johns T Peterson went security for their appearance in Court Saturday, January 19 at ten o'clock. The complaint was assault and battery and was sworn to by Prof. John Miles. It is reported that Ike "tunked" the professor's head.
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Montpelier Examiner, Friday, 27 March 1914, page 5
Ike Tunks now walks the streets of Ovid as though he had springs in his heels. Becoming a grandpa evidently makes a man feel pretty big.
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Isaac died shortly after living in Ovid for a few years in 1877 and was buried in the Ovid Cemetery. His second wife Mariah born 7 Oct 1843 in Surrey, England died 1 June 1873 and was also buried in the Ovid Cemetery.
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Anna Marie Tunks 1928 Obituary
Elizabeth Tunks Heggie 1923 Obituary