6/11/1900 Circleville Ward 1, Pickaway Co, OH. In that census wereDa vid and Rose Vangunda, 24, married 4 yers with one little girl,Ester, 3 , the only child Rose ever had.
4/26/1910 Lancaster Ward 1, Fairfield Co, OH. Before the nextcensus, t he family moved to the next door county. He was recorded asDavid J Va n Gundy, 35, married 13 years to Rosetta S, 34, she hadbirthed only th e 4 children posted: Estie W, 13, Gadye L, 7,Kathleen M, 4, and Mildr ed E, 3. Two boarders were also countedthere, Bertha M and Mary A Big ham, 18 and 16 respectively but neitherof them had a job. David was a s elf employed house carpenter.
9/12/1918 136 W Mulberry, Lancaster, Fairfield Co, OH was his addressw hen he registered for the WWI draft. He verified his birth date andsa id he was a general contractor at the same address so apparentlywas se lf-employed. His next of kin was Rosetta S Van Gundy, sameaddress. Ac cording to the Registrar's Report, he was medium height,stout, with gr ey eyes and brown hair.
He wrote several letters to family members, many of which havesurvived f or verification of the early ancestors. His returnaddress was:
The J.D. Van Gundy Co.
General Contractors
Lancaster, Ohio
147 Union St.
1/14/1920 Still on Mulberry St. Lancaster Ward 1, Fairfield Co, OH.T he family of John D Van Gundy at census time included: John at 45,Ros e, 44, Gladys, 17, Mildred, 12, son-in-law Wilbur G Beck, 23, anddaugh ter Esther Beck, 22. John's occupation was County Treasurer atthe cou rt house, he owned the home but with a mortgage. Beck was DepTreasure r at the court house.
4/10/1930 Union St, Lancaster, Fairfield Co, OH The world hadchange d for John since the last census. He lost his first wife,remarried, a nd moved into a house he probably built. In the censuswere John Van G undy, 55, wife Altha, 42, and still at home wasdaughter Mildred, 22. J ohn married for the first time at age 21,Altha, married at 18. John w as a general contractor and owned thehome valued at $8000, a nice hous e for the day. They also had thelatest thing....a radio.
