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Willard Bigelow McKenna

Male 1897 - 1950  (53 years)


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  • Name Willard Bigelow McKenna  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
    Birth 16 Apr 1897  Shepherd, Isabella County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8
    Gender Male 
    Death 25 Nov 1950  Akron, Summit County, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4, 9
    Burial Highland Park Cemetery, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location  [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 Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown 
    Mother Frances Bigelow,   b. Mar 1856, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown 
    Marriage Abt 1888  Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F9432  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 25 Nov 1950 - Akron, Summit County, Ohio Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [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.

    2. [S584] Gray, Helen Anne Rogers--Family Member (hgray@cebridge.net).

    3. [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).

    4. [S888] FamilySearch.org, Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953.

    5. [S1378] Ancestry.com - Michigan, Births and Christenings Index, 1867-1911, FHL Film # 1005117 (Reliability: 3).

    6. [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).

    7. [S487] Ancestry.com - U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918.

    8. [S1378] Ancestry.com - Michigan, Births and Christenings Index, 1867-1911, FHL Film Number #1005117 (Reliability: 3).

    9. [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).