The existing dated milestones, keeping publication dates distinct from event dates.
Family milestones in the newspapers
Small events belong in the family record too. Dates below identify the newspaper issue, not necessarily the day of the event. Exact event dates are stated when the report gives them; plans and candidacies remain plans and candidacies.
1930s milestones
- Reported October 22, 1937: Edd Kunkel announced a farm sale and a planned move to Kansas City police work, with duties expected to begin about December 1. His connection to this family has not been established. Source: Salisbury Press-Spectator, 1937-10-22, p. 1.
- Reported July 29, 1938: Friends and relatives surprised John Kunkel of the Wien community for his eighty-second birthday. Source: Salisbury Press-Spectator, 1938-07-29, p. 1.
1940s milestones
- Reported January 28, 1944: Ernest and Clarence Kunkel visited family while in military service; Ernest was honored at a dinner with Louis Hagen's household. Source: Salisbury Press-Spectator, 1944-01-28, p. 1.
- Reported December 29, 1944: A newspaper feature pictured Clarence, Ernest and Alvin Kunkel and reported their wartime service. Later accounts differ on details of Ernest's wounds. Source: Chariton Courier, 1944-12-29, p. 1.
- Reported January 12, 1945: Ernest Kunkel was reported back in the United States aboard a hospital ship and receiving treatment in Charleston. The same page separately reported Johnny Roling wounded in action. Source: Salisbury Press-Spectator, 1945-01-12, p. 1.
- Reported June 29, 1945: The newspaper reported Alvin Fidelus Kunkel's death aboard USS South Dakota on May 6 and memorial services in Wien on May 24. Source: Salisbury Press-Spectator, 1945-06-29, p. 1.
- Reported July 12, 1946: The Ignatius Kunkel family hosted about forty guests for Mrs. Anna Hagen's seventy-fourth birthday. Source: Salisbury Press-Spectator, 1946-07-12, p. 1.
- Reported May 2, 1947: Kathleen Kunkel married Leo Fessler on April 22 at St. Mary's Church in Wien. Source: Salisbury Press-Spectator, 1947-05-02, p. 1.
1950s milestones
- Reported January 5, 1950: Ernest J. Kunkel announced his candidacy for re-election as Circuit Clerk and Ex-Officio Recorder of Deeds. The notice does not supply the primary result. Source: The Brunswicker, 1950-01-05, p. 7.
- Reported August 31, 1951: Elsie Wolfskill and John Kunkel married August 25 at St. Bonaventure Church in Marceline. Source: Salisbury Press-Spectator, 1951-08-31, p. 1.
- Reported October 31, 1952: An obituary reported Mike A. Kunkel's September 20 death in Norman, Oklahoma, and named his parents, siblings and children. Its family links remain tied to this particular report. Source: Salisbury Press-Spectator, 1952-10-31, p. 1.