Helen M Kenyon

Brief Life History of Helen M

When Helen M Kenyon was born in September 1879, in Iowa, United States, her father, Hugh H Kenyon, was 36 and her mother, Martha Aleya, was 29. She lived in Chickasaw, Iowa, United States in 1895 and New Hampton Township, Chickasaw, Iowa, United States in 1900. She died on 16 January 1967, in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in New Hampton, Chickasaw, Iowa, United States.

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Family Time Line

Hugh H Kenyon
1843–1906
Martha Aleya
1850–1938
Carl Henry Kenyon
1876–1924
Helen M Kenyon
1879–1967
Kate B Kenyon
1882–1971

Sources (5)

  • Helen M Kenyon in household of Hugh H Kenyon, "Iowa State Census, 1895"
  • Helen M Kenyon, "Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1878-1994"
  • Helen Mar Kenyon, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"

World Events (8)

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Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

1885 · The World's First Skyscraper

The Home Insurance Building is considered to be the first skyscraper in the world. It was supported both inside and outside by steel and metal that were deemed fireproof and also it was reinforced with concrete. It originally had ten stories but in 1891 two more were added.

1902 · So Much Farm Land

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

Name Meaning

English (Lancashire): habitational name from a place near Warrington, which is of uncertain etymology. There was formerly an ancient burial mound there and Ekwall has speculated that the name is a shortened form of a British name composed of the elements crūc ‘mound’ + a personal name cognate with Welsh Einion (see Eynon ).

Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Coinín ‘son of Coinín’, a byname based on a diminutive of cano ‘wolf’, also Anglicized as Canning and Cunneen . The similarity to the borrowed word coinín ‘coney, rabbit’ has sometimes caused this name to be Anglicized as Rabbitt .

Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Fhinghin, ‘son of Finghen’, a personal name meaning ‘fair-born’.

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

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