Former Paulding County Man Dies Aged 61
Albert A. Ankney, 61, who has been ill for about a year with hight blood pressure, and who suffered a stroke Tuesday, died last Thursday morning at his late home in Defiance.
Mr. Ankney, a son of David and Ellen Ankney, was born March 19, 1879 in Paulding county. He was married Nov. 21, 1906, to Helen M. Wirtz, Defiance. For seven years he was employed at the Mallable Iron Works, Toledo, and the Findlay brick yard before returning to Defiance where he was employed until 1928 by C. J. Miller and Son, coal dealers. He then started farming and retired because of ill health a year ago.
Surviving are his wife, Helen M; two sons, Louis, Detroit, and Chester, Chicago; three daughters, Mrs. Vera Haise, Defiance, Mrs. Goldie Sculey, Detroit; and Mrs. Grace Mack, Detroit; four brothers, Gideon, Paulding county, Louis and William, both of Toledo, and Lester, Defiance; four sisters, Mrs. Carrie Louge, Charlton, Mich., Mrs. Henrietta Hale, Jackson, Mich., Mrs. Clara Evix, Toledo, and Mrs. Malinda Zimmerman, Port Washington, O., and four grandchildren.
August 1, 1940
Former Paulding County Man Dies Aged 61
Albert A. Ankney, 61, who has been ill for about a year with hight blood pressure, and who suffered a stroke Tuesday, died last Thursday morning at his late home in Defiance.
Mr. Ankney, a son of David and Ellen Ankney, was born March 19, 1879 in Paulding county. He was married Nov. 21, 1906, to Helen M. Wirtz, Defiance. For seven years he was employed at the Mallable Iron Works, Toledo, and the Findlay brick yard before returning to Defiance where he was employed until 1928 by C. J. Miller and Son, coal dealers. He then started farming and retired because of ill health a year ago.
Surviving are his wife, Helen M; two sons, Louis, Detroit, and Chester, Chicago; three daughters, Mrs. Vera Haise, Defiance, Mrs. Goldie Sculey, Detroit; and Mrs. Grace Mack, Detroit; four brothers, Gideon, Paulding county, Louis and William, both of Toledo, and Lester, Defiance; four sisters, Mrs. Carrie Louge, Charlton, Mich., Mrs. Henrietta Hale, Jackson, Mich., Mrs. Clara Evix, Toledo, and Mrs. Malinda Zimmerman, Port Washington, O., and four grandchildren.
August 1, 1940
Family Members
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Gideon Ankney
1874–1945
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Mary Ann Ankney VanVlerah
1879–1926
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Louis S. Ankney
1880–1942
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Jacob Ankney
1882–1932
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Frank Edward Ankney
1884–1928
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Carrie Ankney Cline
1886–1952
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Henrietta "Yetta" Ankney Hale
1887–1953
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Clara E Ankney Evick
1889–1963
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Daniel H. Ankney
1891–1913
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William Henry Ankney
1892–1946
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Malinda M Ankney Zimmerman Metzger
1895–1971
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Lester Carl Ankney
1898–1946
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Matilda Mable "Tillie" Ankney Curtis
1900–1940
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