The following material on the immediate ancestry of Donald Rumsfeld should not be considered either exhaustive or definitive, but rather as a first draft.
| Ancestry of Donald Rumsfeld | |
|---|---|
| 1 | Donald Henry Rumsfeld, b. Evanston, Ill., 9 July 1932, US Representative from Illinois 1963-1969, US Secretary of Defense 1975-1977 and 2001-2006 | 
| PARENTS | |
| 2 | 
George Donald Rumsfeld,
b. ... , Ill., 10 Oct. 1904,
d. ... Sept. 1974
[SSDI 326-01-4772]
 m.  | 
| 3 | Jeannette Huster, b. ... , Ill., 27 May 1903, d. 3 May 1988 [SSDI 562-34-0478] | 
| GRANDPARENTS | |
| 4 | 
 ... Rumsfeld,
b. ... ,
d. ... 
 m.  | 
| 5 | ... , b. ... , d. ... | 
| 6 | 
 ... Huster,
b. ... ,
d. ... 
 m.  | 
| 7 | ... , b. ... , d. ... | 
| GREAT-GRANDPARENTS | |
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1930 - Illinois, Cook Co., Evanston, ED 2112, sheet 6B, line 58
Rumsfeld George      H   M W 25 M 23   IL IL IL      ----    Real Estate
         Jeanette    W   F W 25 M 22   IL IL IL
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