Thenia Jane Kuykendall

Female9 February 1923–30 June 1976

Brief Life History of Thenia Jane

When Thenia Jane Kuykendall was born on 9 February 1923, in Texas, United States, her father, Willis Lowell Rogers, was 19 and her mother, Stella Lask, was 18. She had at least 1 daughter with James Arylan "Jimmy" Kuykendall. She lived in Justice Precinct 1, McLennan, Texas, United States in 1940 and Carlsbad, Eddy, New Mexico, United States in 1950. She died on 30 June 1976, in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States, at the age of 53, and was buried in Blue Ridge, Collin, Texas, United States.

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Family Time Line

James Arylan "Jimmy" Kuykendall
1920–
Thenia Jane Kuykendall
1923–1976
Patricia Ann Krajcik
1944–2015

Sources (7)

  • Thenia Kuykendall, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Thenia Jane Kuykendall, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976"
  • Thenia Jane Rogers in entry for Patricia Ann Kuykendall, "Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997"

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Children (1)

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World Events (8)

1927

Age 4

Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.

1929 · The Great Depression Arrives

Age 6

Like most of the country, the economy of Texas suffered greatly after the Stock Market Crash of 1929. Thousands of city workers were suddenly unemployed and relied on a variety of government relief programs; unemployed Mexican citizens were required to take one-way bus tickets to Mexico.

1940 · Roosevelt County Museum Opens

Age 17

Six years after Eastern New Mexico University opened, the Roosevelt County Museum opened on the campus. The museum exhibits artifacts going back to the time of the early settlers and the Native Americans. It portrays the customs, folklore, technology, and more.

Name Meaning

Americanized form of Dutch Koekendaal or Koekendal: habitational name from a farmhouse so named near Doetinchem in Gelderland province, from daal, dal ‘valley’ and kuiken, kieken ‘chicken’. Both original Dutch forms are quite rare in the Netherlands. Compare Coykendall , Kirkendall and Kuykendoll .

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

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