Willard Bigelow McKenna

1897 - 1950  (53 years)

• Name	Willard Bigelow McKenna  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Birth	16 Apr 1897	Shepherd, Isabella County, Michigan   [2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8]
  Gender	Male
  Death	25 Nov 1950	Akron, Summit County, Ohio   [2, 4, 9]
  Burial	Highland Park Cemetery, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio   [4]
  Notes	On his registration for the draft during World War I, he listed his full name as Willard Bigelow McKenna, and he was a resident of Detroit. He was married, and employed by Scroppe-Booth Corp Retail Store of Detroit. He was of medium heighth and build, and had brown eyes and light hair. Name Willard B Mckenna Titles and Terms: Event Type Death Event Date 25 Nov 1950 Event Place Peoples Hospital (DOA) Akron, Ohio Residence Place 353 Kenilworth Dr Akron 3, Summit, Ohio Address Gender Male Age 53 Marital StatusMarried Race White Occupation Purchasing Real estate-rubber industry Birth Date 16 Apr 1897 Birthplace Shepherd, Mich. Birth Year (Estimated) 1897 Cremation Nov 30, 1950 Burial Place Cemetery Highland Park Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio Father's Name John Mckenna Father's Titles and Terms: Father's Birthplace: Mother's Name Frances Elizabeth Bigelow Mother's Titles and Terms Mother's Birthplace: Spouse's Name Spouse's Titles and Terms File Number certificate GS Film number 2372787 Digital Folder Number 004109349 Image Number 03127 Citing this Record: "Ohio, Deaths, 1908-1953," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XXMC-8HW : accessed 08 Aug 2014), Willard B Mckenna, 25 Nov 1950; citing , reference certificate; FHL microfilm 2372787. (Research): Census Listings: 1930 Census Michigan, Wayne County, Pr 32 Detroit City, Ward 8 Block 101 ED 15 Apr 1930 ED 82-221 SD 20 Sheet 25A Stamped 42 Tuxedo Aven 1930/---/107 McKenna, Willard Head R 65 M W 33 m/20 Mich Canada-English NY Salesman Automobile McKenna, Helen Wf F W 33 m/20 Mich NY Canada/English McKenna, Mary H Dtr F W 12 S Mich Mich Mich McKenna, Jane Dtr F W 4 9/12 S Mich Mich Mich
  Person ID	I12036	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	John McKenna,   b. Apr 1839, Canada d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Frances Bigelow,   b. Mar 1856, Michigan d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	Abt 1888	Michigan
  Family ID	F9432	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Helen McDougall Benkelman,   b. 3 May 1896, Grayling, Crawford County, Michigan d. 20 Aug 1976, Livonia, Wayne County, Michigan (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	30 Oct 1916  [1]
  Children	1. Mary Helen McKenna,   b. 17 May 1918, Michigan d. Yes, date unknown   2. Living
  Family ID	F5035	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Dec 2006

  
  

• Event Map

  Death - 25 Nov 1950 - Akron, Summit County, Ohio  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S469] Williams, Dorothy Ball--Family Researcher (dotwfl@comcast.net) 3331 Southwest Villa Place, Palm City, FL 34990 ; based in part on BonnieMargaret Benkelman Jacob's unpublished typescript, THE FAMILY BENKELMAN. [S584] Gray, Helen Anne Rogers--Family Member (hgray@cebridge.net). [S384] 1900 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004, (Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls. This database is an index to individuals enumerated in the 1900 United States Federal Census, the Twelfth Census of the United States. Census takers recorded many details including each person's name, address, relationship to the head of household, color or race, sex, month and year of birth, age at last birthday, marital status, number of years married, the total number of children born of the mother, the number of those children living, birthplace, birthplace of father and mother, if the individual was foreign born, the year of immigration and the number of years in the United States, the citizenship status of foreign-born individuals over age twenty-one, occupation, and more. Additionally, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1900 Federal Census.), Michigan, Isabella County, Coe Township, Shepherd Village Enumerated 9 June 1900 SD 11 ED 65 Sheet 4B 100-100 (Reliability: 3). [S888] FamilySearch.org, Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953. [S1378] Ancestry.com - Michigan, Births and Christenings Index, 1867-1911, FHL Film # 1005117 (Reliability: 3). [S564] 1930 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com. database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2002., (Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626, 2,667 rolls. Containing records for approximately 123 million Americans, the 1930 United States Federal Census is the largest census released to date and is the most recent census available for public access. The census gives us a glimpse into the lives of Americans in 1930, and contains information about a household?s family members and occupants including: birthplaces, occupations, immigration, citizenship, and military service. The names of those listed in the census are linked to actual images of the 1930 Census.), Michigan, Wayne County, Pr 32 Detroit City, Ward 8 Block 101 ED 15 Apr 1930 ED 82-221 SD 20 Sheet 25A Stamped 42 Tuxedo Aven 1930/---/107 (Reliability: 3). [S487] Ancestry.com - U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. [S1378] Ancestry.com - Michigan, Births and Christenings Index, 1867-1911, FHL Film Number #1005117 (Reliability: 3). [S595] Striffler-Benkelman Broadcast, (Family Publication, published sporadically to record family milestones in connection with the annual Striffler-Benkelman Family Reunions, with Vol. 1, Number 1, published Sept. 7, 1936. Issues on file at the Rawson Memorial Library in Cass City, Michigan include Vol. 5 (1941), Vol. 7 (1944) and Volumes 8 (1945) through Vol. 28 (1968). Issues published from 1961 through 1964 were not assigned volume numbers, and 1963 appears to be missing. Xeroxes of the existing issues were also made by Melinda McLemore Strong in 2007. According to a article published by the Cass City Chronicle on August 6, 1981, commemorating the Fiftieth and Final Striffler-Benkelman Reunion, the final issue of the STRIFFLER-BENKELMAN BROADCAST appears to have been Volume 28, published in 1968.), Volume 14, September 3, 1951. (Reliability: 3).