Re: Ralph Johnson Bunch, 7 Aug 1904
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Ralph Johnson Bunch, 7 Aug 1904
Laree Pezzullo 11/28/07
Hi LaRee:
There's a 1900 census entry for Cleveland or Toledo that shows William Bunch as head of household with wife Mary A. Bunch and stepsons Clarence Bunch & Fred Bunch.I believe Fred is Ralph Bunche's father, and this entry explains why there may be a bit of a mystery about Ralph Bunch's genealogy beyond his grandmother.It would appear that the Nobel laureate Ralph Bunche's name came to him by his father's stepfather, not by bloodline.I wonder if this fact may not partially explain Ralph's appending an "e" to the end of his step grandfather's surname...
-Mark Bunch