From Castles to America » Bunk Elmer Runyon (1875-1948)

Personal data Bunk Elmer Runyon 


Household of Bunk Elmer Runyon

He is married to Mary Ida McIntyre.

They got married on December 20, 1896 at Metcalf Co. Kentucky, he was 21 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Eva Runyon  1898-????
  2. Velma B. Runyon  1899-????
  5. Erney Clifford Runyon  1906-1987 
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Notes about Bunk Elmer Runyon

Posted by his grand daughter on find a grave.com-- Mary Runyon -Hanshew Bunk Elmer Runyon , born in Kentucky , married Mary Ida McIntire and they had 10 children. Grandpa Bunk worked at the shoe factory for much of his life. I only remember sitting on my Grandpa Runyon's lap and playing with his glasses . I got to visit Grandpa and Grandma in the summer time and at Christmas. They are such grand memories as he was the only Grandpa I knew.

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Historical events

Birthday March 19, 1875

  • The temperature on March 19, 1875 was about 5.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 15 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 73%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • From August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
  • In the year 1875: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • March 15 » Archbishop of New York John McCloskey is named the first cardinal in the United States.
    • May 1 » Alexandra Palace reopens after being burned down in a fire in 1873.
    • May 17 » Aristides wins the first Kentucky Derby with the jockey Oliver Lewis (2:37.75)
    • June 19 » The Herzegovinian rebellion against the Ottoman Empire begins.
    • October 16 » Brigham Young University is founded in Provo, Utah.
    • October 22 » First telegraphic connection in Argentina.

Day of marriage December 20, 1896

  • The temperature on December 20, 1896 was about 0.3 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1896: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • January 28 » Walter Arnold of East Peckham, Kent, becomes the first person to be convicted of speeding. He was fined one shilling, plus costs, for speeding at 8mph (13km/h), thereby exceeding the contemporary speed limit of 2mph (3.2km/h).
    • February 21 » An Englishman raised in Australia, Bob Fitzsimmons, fought an Irishman, Peter Maher, in an American promoted event which technically took place in Mexico, winning the 1896 World Heavyweight Championship in boxing.
    • April 15 » Closing ceremony of the Games of the I Olympiad in Athens, Greece.
    • June 2 » Guglielmo Marconi applies for a patent for his wireless telegraph.
    • June 4 » Henry Ford completes the Ford Quadricycle, his first gasoline-powered automobile, and gives it a successful test run.
    • June 28 » An explosion in the Newton Coal Company's Twin Shaft Mine in Pittston, Pennsylvania results in a massive cave-in that kills 58 miners.

Day of death June 26, 1948

  • The temperature on June 26, 1948 was between 9.1 °C and 20.6 °C and averaged 15.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till September 4, 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
  • From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
  • In the year 1948: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.7 million citizens.
    • May 15 » Following the expiration of The British Mandate for Palestine, the Kingdom of Egypt, Transjordan, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Saudi Arabia invade Israel thus starting the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.
    • July 5 » National Health Service Acts create the national public health system in the United Kingdom.
    • August 25 » The House Un-American Activities Committee holds first-ever televised congressional hearing: "Confrontation Day" between Whittaker Chambers and Alger Hiss.
    • September 12 » Marshal Lin Biao, commander-in-chief of the Chinese communist Northeast Field Army, launched a massive offensive toward Jinzhou, Liaoshen Campaign has begun.
    • September 22 » Israeli-Palestine conflict: The All-Palestine Government is established by the Arab League.
    • December 20 » Indonesian National Revolution: The Dutch military captures Yogyakarta, the temporary capital of the newly-formed Republic of Indonesia.


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