Hi all, I am looking for information on my 3rd great grandparents. I have been able to find out information on John S Bunker's family. He was born 1860 in Montgomery County, Indiana to Charles David and Harriet (Stonebraker) Bunker. He married Ida Stump July 1880 in Montgomery Co, Indiana, and the two moved to Johnson or Pulaski County, Illinois between 1887 and 1892 (three children were born in Indiana, the rest in Illinois). He died in 1906. Ida May, on the other hand, has been a mystery from the beginning. She was born 1864 in Indiana; however, I have been unable to find her in either the 1870 or 1880 censuses. There are a number of Stump families in Montgomery County, but none have an Ida May or even a daughter of the right age. The first Ida May appears is her marriage certificate in July 1880. Family story has it that Ida May and her mother came to town with a band of gypsies. Also, some have said she was part Indian. Also, Ida May and her parents had a falling out when she married John, and they disowned her and she them. Because they did not approve, she refused to talk about them to her children, so the descendants now know nothing. We do have a photograph that is a young (preteen/teen) Ida May Stump and her mother. But we have been unable to find out anything on her mother. If anyone would have any ideas for who Ida May's parents might be, or know where I can look, I would LOVE to get in touch with you. There have been numerous descendants of Ida May and John Bunker that have searched and searched for information on the couple, and none of us have been able to track anything down. Thank you! Erin Ragsdale