Mary Helen Buchen

Female8 April 1901–22 January 1985

Brief Life History of Mary Helen

When Mary Helen Buchen was born on 8 April 1901, in Illinois, United States, her father, Samuel Buchen, was 26 and her mother, Leona Brant, was 23. She married Trell Bailey Jones on 5 August 1922, in Galesburg, Knox, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She died on 22 January 1985, in Canton, Fulton, Illinois, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Canton, Fulton, Illinois, United States.

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Family Time Line

Trell Bailey Jones
1891–1972
Mary Helen Buchen
1901–1985
Marriage: 5 August 1922
Samuel Alvin Jones
1933–1935
Infant Jones
1935–1935

Sources (10)

  • Helen Jones in household of Trill Jones, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Helen Buchen, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
  • Mary Helen Jones, "Find A Grave Index"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    5 August 1922Galesburg, Knox, Illinois, United States
  • Children (2)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (2)

    World Events (8)

    1902 · So Much Farm Land

    Age 1

    A law that funded many irrigation and agricultural projects in the western states.

    1910 · Boy Scouts of America

    Age 9

    When W. D. Boyce was visiting London, he encountered a boy that helped him find his destination. The boy refused the tip that Boyce offered to him and told him that he was just doing his daily good turn. Being inspired, Boyce incorporated the Boy Scouts of America to help teach young men how to have an attitude of service always. Since its foundation, The Boy Scouts of America has become one of the largest Scouting organizations in the United States. Around 110 million people have been participants at some time in their life. The BSA was established to help young people make better choices in life and showing selflessness by serving the community.

    1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack

    Age 22

    Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.

    Name Meaning

    Some characteristic forenames: German Ernst, Horst, Walther.

    German (also Büchen): habitational name from Buchen, a place east of Hamburg and in Odenwald district (Hesse), so named with Middle High German buoche ‘beech tree, beech wood’.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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