CARL MARX8 SUNDAY (Carl7, Franklin6, Frederick5, Daniel4, Andrew3, Jacob2, Hans Adam1) was born at Angola, Steuben County, Indiana, on 11 August 1924 a son of Carl Motsolf Sunday and his wife Leona S. Carpenter, and died at Angola on 17 April 1995.[1] He married on 19 January 1945 BARBARA JANE MURPHY.[2] She was born at Gary, Lake County, Indiana on 22 September 1926, a biological daughter of Evelyn Russell and adoptive daughter of Thomasd J. Murphy and his wife Edna Grace Salisbury. She died at Angola on 19 April 1993.[3]
Carl Sunday grew up in Angola, the fifth of five children, but the third of three to be born live and live to adulthood. His family owned and operated a restaurant in Angola. Barbara Murphy was born at Gary, and adopted by Thomas and Edna Murphy on 27 September, 1926, five days after her birth.[4] Thomas and Edna were forty-two and thirty-nine years old when they adopted Barbara. They already had children ages nineteen, fifteen and ten. The family lived at Gary, where Thomas worked for the railroad. Edna died when Barbara was three years old; Thomas died when she was fifteen. But she was already out of the home. The 1940 Census reported Barbara Murphy, 13, at Angola, living with Ben and Blanche James, and their children Bonita, 25, and Robert, 22. Ben James was county sheriff, and their residence was also the county jail, which at the time of that census had one "jail lodger."
Carl Sunday registered for the draft at Angola on 12 December 1942. He was living with his parents and working for Gaycrest Dairy. The registration described him as 5' 7" tall, 138 pounds, white, blue eyes, blonde hair, light complexion, scar on left wrist and scar on inside of left hand.[6] According to his death record, Carl was a veteran, discharged in 1946.
Carl and Barbara were ages twenty and eighteen respectively when they married. They had three children, all born at Angola. Carl's death was reported in the South Bend Tribune on 19 April 1995 as follows:[7]
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Carl Marx Sunday and his wife Brabara Jean Murphy had the following children:[8]
1Indiana State Board of Health, Death Certificates, 1900–2011, Elkhart Co., no. 95-013583, Carl Marx Sunday, 1995; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 1 March 2019); Indiana Archives and Records Administration, Indianapolis, Indiana.
2"Michigan Obituaries, 1820-2006," digital images, Family Search (familysearch.org : accessed 6 March 2019), "Carl M. Sunday," obituary, 19 April 1995; Grand Rapids Public Library, Michigan
3Indiana Death Certificates, 1900–2011, Steuben Co., no. 93-016472, Barbara M. Sunday, 1993.
4Christine Sunday Maxfield.
5Sixteenth Census of the United States: 1940, population, Angola, Steuben County, Indiana, enumeration district (ED) 76-13, roll 1096, p. 14A, household 337, Ben H. James household; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 2 January 2014); NARA microfilm group T627.
6United States, Selective Service System, "World War II Draft Registration Cards," digital image, Fold3 (fold3.com : accessed 30 March 2019), Carl Marx Sunday, Jr.; citing National Archives, record group 147, IN, Steuben Co., order 11,132.
7"Carl M. Sunday," obituary, 19 April 1995.
8Ibid.
Indiana State Board of Health. Death Certificates, 1900–2011. Digital images. Ancestry. ancestry.com : 2019.
Maxfield, Christine Sunday. Notes. Before 2000. Charles A. Maxfield, Lansdale, Pennsylvania.
"Michigan Obituaries, 1820-2006." Digital images. Family Search. familysearch.org : 2019.
United States Department of the Census. Sixteenth Census of the United States: 1940, population. Digital images. Ancestry. ancestry.com : 2014.
United States Selective Service System. "World War II Draft Registration Cards." Digital images. Fold3. fold3.com : 2019.