Brief Life History of James Roy
When James Roy McKenna was born on 28 May 1887, in Illinois, United States, his father, John McKenna, was 45 and his mother, Mary Elizabeth Trulock, was 23. He married Kathryn Josephine Ryan on 22 January 1913, in Sterling, Whiteside, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Montmorency Township, Whiteside, Illinois, United States in 1940 and Portland, Whiteside, Illinois, United States in 1950. He died on 12 September 1979, in Prophetstown, Whiteside, Illinois, United States, at the age of 92, and was buried in Sterling, Whiteside, Illinois, United States.
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- Roy McKenna, "United States 1950 Census"
- J Roy McKenna, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
- Roy Mckenna, "United States Social Security Death Index"
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1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
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1892 · The Chicago Canal
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1912 · The Girl Scouts
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Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Irish Brendan, Kieran, Aidan, Caitlin, Eamon, Eamonn, Seamus, Siobhan, Aileen, Colum, Donal, John Patrick.
Irish and Scottish: variant of McKinney 1. McKenna (Gaelic Mac Cinaedha) was the surname of an Irish chieftain family in northwest Monaghan, barony of Trough.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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