Isabelle Conkey

Female9 November 1861–1926

Brief Life History of Isabelle

When Isabelle Conkey was born on 9 November 1861, in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, her father, Lewis Grant Osbourn, was 51 and her mother, Mary Deans Skeets, was 22. She married Wilhelm or William Henn on 15 November 1876, in Juda, Green, Wisconsin, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. She lived in Wisconsin, United States in 1870 and Clarno, Green, Wisconsin, United States for about 5 years. She died in 1926, in Monroe, Green, Wisconsin, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Monroe, Green, Wisconsin, United States.

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Family Time Line

Wilhelm or William Henn
1855–1932
Isabelle Conkey
1861–1926
Marriage: 15 November 1876
Lavern Henn
1885–1956
Grace Laura Henn
1893–1984
Blanch Henn
1895–1923
Daisy F Henn
1897–1939

Sources (10)

  • Isebell House in household of William House, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Isabell Conkey, "Wisconsin, Marriages, 1836-1930"
  • Isabelle Conkey Henn, "Find A Grave Index"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    15 November 1876Juda, Green, Wisconsin, United States
  • Children (4)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (4)

    World Events (8)

    1863

    Age 2

    Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

    1867 · The Chicago Water Tower

    Age 6

    The Chicago water tower was built out of Lemont limestone by William W. Boyington and was used for firefighting and also drawing clean water from Lake Michigan. The tower gained prominence after the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. Some believe that the tower was the only building to survive the Great Chicago Fire, but a few other buildings survived alongside the tower. The tower has become a symbol of old Chicago and how the city recovered from the fire. The tower has undergone only two renovations since 1913. 

    1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

    Age 20

    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.

    Name Meaning

    Scottish (Renfrewshire): shortened and altered form of McConnachie .

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

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