Karl King Kenner

Brief Life History of Karl King

When Karl King Kenner was born on 6 April 1898, in Kingston, Piute, Utah, United States, his father, Harrison Boat Kenner, was 26 and his mother, Ella Vilate King, was 34. He married Lucille Victoria Shill on 15 January 1926, in Maricopa, Pinal, Arizona, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Fossil, Wheeler, Oregon, United States in 1942 and United States in 1949. He died on 18 January 1982, in The Dalles, Wasco, Oregon, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in The Dalles, Wasco, Oregon, United States.

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Family Time Line

Karl King Kenner
1898–1982
Lucille Victoria Shill
1907–1983
Marriage: 15 January 1926
Gayle Douglas Kenner
1927–2002
Barbara Louise Kenner
1928–2017
Anber Kay Kenner
1932–2012

Sources (29)

  • Carl K Kenner, "United States, Census, 1920"
  • Kenner, "Utah, County Birth and Death Records,1892-1951"
  • Unknown, "Oregon, Oregon State Archives, Marriage Records, 1906-1968"

World Events (8)

1900 · Gold for Cash!

This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.

1901 · The Daughters of Utah Pioneers

The Daughters of Utah Pioneers was organized by Annie Taylor Hyde after she invited a group of fifty-four women to her home to find ways to recognize names and achievements of the men, women and children who were the pioneers. They followed the lead of other national lineage societies, such as the Daughters of the American Revolution. They were legally incorporated in 1925.

1920

The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.

Name Meaning

German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): from Kenner ‘connoisseur’ (from kennen ‘know’), hence a nickname for someone considered to be knowledgeable or an expert of some kind; it may also have been used ironically to denote a ‘know-all’.

German: habitational name for someone from Kenn, near Trier.

German: topographic name for someone living near a water pipe or channel, from Middle High German kener ‘water channel’, ‘drainage pipe’.

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

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