Ancestry has the total index for the 1930 census out and I decided to follow up on the Indian Bunkers in Mahnomen Co., MN on the White Earth Indian Reservation that I reported on in the last Banner issue. I was hoping that I would be better able to read where William Bunker's father was born as I could not read it in the 1920 census. In the 1930 census the enumerator just decided to put down for nearly all the Indians "mixed blood Chippewa" and that is what it says of both of William's parents. In 1930 this Bunker family is still the only Bunker family in Mahnomen Co. and the only ones called Indians in Minnesota. William is living in Twin Lakes age 65, with his wife Lottie age 60, dau. Adeline age 24 who is working as a saleslady at a general store; son LaVerne age 21 who is working as a fur trapper; and son Richard age 14. Bert is living in Island Lake age 36 working as a laborer at the timber camp. He is living with his wife Susan age 38, son Wilmer age 16 and daughter Bertina age 12. George is living in Twin Lakes age 30 working as a laborer at the sawmill. He is living with his wife Mary O. age 27, and sons Leonard age 6 and Glenn age 3 8/12. The 1930 census is very interesting. It lists the value of your house or the amount of rent you pay per month. Most homes were valued at about $2000-3000 that I saw but my millionaire cousin was living in Pontiac, MI in a home valued at $30,000 (I checked that out just to see if the values were making sense). The census lists whether you own a radio. Many pages list the name of the street and the number of the house for each family. If you are an immigrant it lists the year you came to the country and the language you speak. It also lists whether you are a veteran. The WW veterans (remember this is WWI as WWII came in the 1940's) were: Allen P. Bunker, age 35 b. Iowa with his parents born in Iowa. He was living in Minneapolis with his wife Claire M. age 34 who was born in ND and her parents were born in Germany. Allen was working as a building laborer in dry goods. I haven't a clue as to who Allen's parents were. Lee C. Bunker (RN21232) age 39 b. Iowa with his parents born in Iowa was also a WW veteran. He was living in Minneapolis and was a chiropractor. He was the son of Andrew Melville Bunker. Our database does not give any information about him except his name so this is new information for us. The last veteran of the WW listed was Theodore Bunker age 33, b. Minnesota with his father born in Maine and mother born in Minnesota. He was in trucking gasoline. He lived in Bird Island Township, Olivia Village, Renville Co., MN with his wife Christine J. age 32 who was born in MN and her parents were born in Sweden. I haven't a clue who he is either but also in the same place was Scott E. Bunker a bookkeeper at a garage who owned a house worth $3000. He was 38, b. WI with parents born in Maine. Maybe he was Theodore's brother? At any rate he was living with his wife Mabel E. age 37 b. MN with father born in Iowa and mom in MN. All the kids were born in MN. They were: Roger B. 12, Virginia M. 10, Wilbur M. 7, Mayme L. 5, and Robert S. 2. If anyone can figure out who these unknown Bunkers were related to, I would appreciate it. Thanks. There were 85 Bunkers counted in Minnesota in the 1930 census. I have the list of all of them if anyone would like me to look for a specific person. Bette