Willene Beatrice Killian

Brief Life History of Willene Beatrice

When Willene Beatrice Killian was born on 6 September 1930, in Grundy, Tennessee, United States, her father, Lawson William Killian, was 48 and her mother, Ruth Gertrude Savage, was 35. She married Alton Enich Barnes on 23 August 1946, in Warren, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Civil District 8, Grundy, Tennessee, United States in 1940 and Warren, Tennessee, United States in 1950. She died on 25 June 2007, at the age of 76, and was buried in Philadelphia Cemetery, Mount Olive, Grundy, Tennessee, United States.

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Alton Enich Barnes
1922–1992
Willene Beatrice Killian
1930–2007
Marriage: 23 August 1946
Alene Barnes
1947–1948

Sources (9)

  • Willene Barnes, "United States Census, 1950"
  • Willene Killian, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
  • Willene B Barnes, "United States Social Security Death Index"

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World Events (8)

1931

The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the national anthem.

1931 · The Parthenon is Built

In 1931, a full scale replica of the Parthenon in Greece was erected in Nashville, Tennessee. The Parthenon was meant to be temporary, but became a permanent part of Tennessee culture. It also has a replica of the statue of Athena the Goddess of War.At the same time a city over Memphis built  giant pyramid replica to remind everyone what the city was named for. 

1951 · The Twenty-Second Amendment

Before the Twenty-second Amendment, the Presidency didn’t have a set number limit on how many times they could be elected or re-elected to the office of President of the United States. The Amendment sets that limit to two times, consecutively or not, and sets additional conditions for presidents who succeed to the unexpired terms of their predecessors.

Name Meaning

Irish: variant of Killeen .

German and Dutch: variant of Kilian .

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

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