Researched and contributed
by great
grandson of Viola:
Chris
Wacker
I REMEMBER, I
remember
The house where I was born.
The little
window where the sun
Came peeping in at morn;
He
never came a wink too soon
Nor brought too long a day;
But now I often wish the night
Had borne my breath
away. |
McKenney Family Cabin in
Maple Valley
From
left:
William Colbrook McKenney, Emily Cooley
McKenney, Unnamed Work Hand, William
McKenney, Florence McKenney, Viola
McKenney, Gladys McKenney,
Addell McKenney, Howard McKenney.
The photo that mother Emily is holding is that of her
oldest child, Marietta McKenney who was married to
James Volk and not present at the time.
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William Colebrook McKenney
in 1897 |
Emily Nancy Cooley McKenney
in 1897 and c: 1920
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McKenney Family
Howard, Emily, Addell, Marietta, Flo,
Viola, Oliver McKenney (seated)
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contributed by Dick Volk
The three children of
Viola McKenney (Henry) Kingston are present on this April
22, 1904 photograph from Mountain, Oconto County,
Wisconsin. Marietta McKenney (James) Volk, was
mother of Hazel, Oliver and Emily Volk, was the sister of
Viola McKenney
Top: Hazel Volk,
Oliver Volk, Olive Kingston (b: 1899),
Lower: Lyle Kingston
(b: 1901), Russell Kingston (6 mo b: 1903), Emily Volk (3
mo), Norman Volk
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Please click on each photo
below for a full size view
Researched and
contributed by descendant: Gayle
Volk
Neil,
Howard Jr. and Kent McKenney.
Kent died in Belgium
December 23, 1944 during World War II |
Howard
McKenney Sr.
|
William Colebrook McKenney
b: March 21, 1848 in Fair Haven, Deer
Island, New Brunswick, Canada.
immigrated: 1864 (1900 U.S.census)
occupation: 1880 farm laborer in Oconto, Oconto County; 1910
Store Keeper, general store in Spruce, Oconto County;
d: May 13, 1921 in Maple Valley, Oconto County, Wisconsin
burial: Hickory Cemetery, Oconto County, USA
( notes on William C. McKenney:
1920 living in Oconto Falls with wife Emily
paternal grandparents: John
McKenney 1785 -
1862, Rachel
Leonard 1788 -
1877 [from William McKenney death certificate in Canada]
father: William
McKenney b:
December 25, 1819 in Deer Island, Fairhaven, New Brunswick, Canada d:
1875 in
Deer Island, Fairhaven, New Brunswick, Ca.
mother: Marietta
McHenry b: December 25, 1818 in Deer Island,
Fairhaven, New Brunswick, Canada d: March 31, 1848 in
Deer Island, Fairhaven, New Brunswick, Canada)
+ Emily (Ema) Nancy Cooley - wife
of William McKenney
b: May 20, 1850 in Loraine County, Ohio.
(obituary and 1900 census give year of birth 1850)
married
1871 in Wisconsin, USA
d: October 10, 1922 in Maple
Valley, Oconto County, Wisconsin, USA
burial: Hickory
Cemetery, Oconto County, USA
(notes on Emily Cooley: 1900
census 7 births, 7 living; 1920 living in Oconto Falls with husband
William C.;
father: Harrison
Cooley b: April
1, 1819 in North Eaton, Lorain County, Ohio d: March 3, 1904 in
Maple Valley, Oconto County Wisconsin, burial Hickory Cemetery,
Oconto County, Wisconsin
mother: Harriet
Day b:
March 12, 1821 in
North Eaton, Lorain County, Ohio m: 1842 d: March 22, 1895 in Maple
Valley, Oconto County Wisconsin, burial Hickory Cemetery, Oconto
County, Wisconsin)
children of William C. and
Emily:
1. Marietta (Mattie) Adeline
McKenney
b: February 1873 in
Wisconsin
d: July 17, 1952
burial:
Woodlawn Cemetery, Oconto County, Wisconsin.
+ James Richard Volk - husband of Marietta
McKenney (please
click VOLK
Family Page )
b: June
16, 1872 in Illinois (Oconto Falls, according to Norman Volk's
autobiography)
married: Sept. 7, 1898 in Oconto County,
Wisconsin
d: June
6, 1946
burial: Woodlawn
Cemetery, Oconto County, Wisconsin.
children of James
R. Volk and Marrietta McKenney:
1. Hazel
Volk born September 12, 1899 died 1972 Married #1 Clarence
Arton, #2 Ed Wranosky; burial
Woodlawn Cemetery, Oconto County, Wisconsin
2. Norman
Volk born January 16, 1901; married Lois
N. Gaskell February 4, 1928; died April 24, 1990;
burial LaFayette, Indiana
3. Emily
Volk married (?) Suettinger (Two
Rivers)
4. Garth
William Volk born June 12, 1905 died June 8, 1986;
married Alice Peters;
burial Oak Lawn Cemetery
5. Gaylord
Volk born Aug 5 1908
2. Florence
McKenney
b: April 24, 1875 in Wisconsin
d: September 28, 1949
burial: Hickory Cemetery,
Oconto County, Wisconsin
(notes on Florence McKenney: Teacher
at Tar Dam Public School, Oconto County, 1908 - 1909 [Mountain Memories
Page 56]
+ Herbert
Baldwin - husband of Florence McKenney
b: August 30, 1875 in England
immigration: 1881
marriage: 11 Sep 1899 in Oconto County, Wisconsin
occupation: 1900 Grocer; 1910, 1920 Merchant, drygoods store
d: August 16, 1924
burial: Hickory Cemetery,
Oconto County, Wisconsin
(notes on Herbert Baldwin:
1900, 1910, 1920 lived in Armstrong [now Mountain] )
child of Florence and Herbert:
1.
Oliver William Baldwin - married Irene
Shipley (1904 - 1997)
b: January 8, 1901
occupation: 1930, 1940 chemist in steel mill, Gary, Indiana
d: 1978
burial: Hickory
Cemetery, Oconto County, Wisconsin
3. Viola
McKenney
birth: January 18, 1878 in
Oconto, Wisconsin
death: June 24, 1969 (Social
Security Death Index: last known address, Little Suamico, Oconto County,
Wisconsin)
burial: Hickory Cemetery, Oconto County,
Wisconsin
(notes on Viola
McKenney: The couple had three children)
+ Henry Kingston - husband of Viola McKenney
(please click KINGSTON
Family Page - Richard & Family)
birth: Feb 15, 1877 in
Gillett, Oconto County, Wisconsin
marriage: Mar. 10, 1898
in Oconto County, Wisconsin
occupation: Real Estate
Man in Timber, Logging, Lumber Mill Owner
death: December
5, 1945 in Stambaugh, Iron County, Michigan
burial:
Hickory Cemetery, Oconto County, Wisconsin
(notes on Henry Kingston:1903
Armstrong Township Assessor; lived until 1920 at Mountain, Oconto
County, where Mr. Kingston became a well known logger, then moved to
Marinette where they lived until 1940. They then moved to Stambaugh,
Michigan where Mr. Kingston established a saw mill.)
children
of Viola and Henry:
1. Olive Kingston b: March 13, 1899 in
Mountain, Armstrong (now Mountain) Oconto County, Wisconsin; married Eyston
Lund Anderson; died 1982; burial in Hickory Cemetery, Oconto
County, Wisconsin
2.
Lyle Henry Kingston b: December 17, 1901 in
Armstrong (now Mountain), Oconto County, Wisconsin; married Viola
Anderson; d: 1990 Armstrong (now Mountain), burial in Hickory
Cemetery, Oconto County, Wisconsin;
3. Russell
Kingston b: 1903 in Armstrong (now Mountain), Oconto
County, Wisconsin, d: 1969, burial in Hickory Cemetery, Oconto County,
Wisconsin 4. Howard
L. McKenney
b: 1 Jan 1883 in
Oconto County, Wisconsin, (Wisconsin
Pre-1907 Birth Index)
occupation: public school teacher; school superintendant
d: August 1973 in
Tampa, Florida; in Indiana; Howard
(notes on Howard
L. Kingston: 1910
teacher single in Louisiana; 1920 teacher in Union DeKalb County,
Indiana with 1 son Howard Jr. b: 1919 in Indiana; 1930 Howard was
superintendant of schools in Auburn, DeKalb, Indiana)
+ Nell
nee?
b: August 17, 1885
children Howard L. and Nell:
1. Howard L. McKenney Jr.
b: May 23, 1918 in Indiana, d: September 20, 2009 in Bloomington,
Indiana
2.
Neil R. McKenney
3.
Kent H. McKenney
5. Addell H. (Addie) McKenney
b. January 6, 1885 in Wisconsin
occupation:
public school teacher
d: July 1970 Little Suasmico,
Oconto County, Wisconsin (Social Security Deth Index)
burial: Hickory Cemetery, Oconto
County, USA;
(notes
on Addell McKenney: 1914 teaching at Kingston Station, Oconto County;
1930 single, teaching in Waukesha, Wisconsin and living with brother
William L. and his wife Emma A. nee ?)
6. William Leslie McKenney
b. July
30, 1893 in Hickory, Oconto County, Wisconsin.
occupation: 1930 foreman
at Church Furniture;
d: 1976 in King, Waupaca County, Wisconsin:
( notes on William L McKenney: 1930
living in Waupaca)
+ Emma A. nee
? - wife of William L. McKenney
b: 1891 in Wisconsin,
(notes on Emma A.: no children listed on censuses)
7. Gladys E. McKenney
b: January
30, 1895 in Maple Valley, Wisconsin
occupation: 1940
farming
d: December 25, 1986 in Waukesha, Wisconsin,
burial: Hickory Cemetery, Oconto County, Wisconsin
(notes on Gladys McKenney: 1940 widowed, living with children in Bear
Creek, Waupaca County, Wisconsin; buried under the surname Johnson;
Listed as Mrs. Leo and Gladys Polzin in sisters Marietta and Viola
obituaries) +
Alfred William Johnson - husband #1 of Gladys
McKenney
b: : May 22, 1883 in Frostville, Maple Valley,
Wisconsin,
occupation: 1930 Dairy Farmer
d: April 4, 1939 in Bear Creek, Waupaca County, Wisconsin
burial: Hickory Cemetery, Oconto County, Wisconsin
(notes on Alfred Johnson:
Private in Company C, 308th Machine Gun Battalion, World War I; 1930
living in Bear Creek, Waupaca, Wisconsin)
children of Gladys and Alfred:
1.
Louis Johnson
2. Evelyn Johnson
3. Kathleen Johnson
4. Enid Johnson
5. Dale Johnson
+
Leo Polzin - husband #2 of Gladys McKenney
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Related News Articles and Obituaries
Mountain Memories
By 1876 the community was becoming more heavily
populated. Among these early settlers Al Johnson, Darius Martin, the Cooleys,
Ways, Posts, Clapps, Mathewsons,
Sylvesters, McKenney's,
Christensens and the Davis and Saunders families to name but a few.
(notes: thie families
highlighted in red are all directly related. Mathewson to the Kingston;
Kingston to the Cooley/McKenney)
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Oconto
County Reporter
Thursday, May 28,
1914
MOUNTAIN
Addie McKenney returned to her
school at Kingston (Station) Sunday.
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Mrs. James (Marietta
McKenney) Volk
contributor: Richard LaBrosse
July 17, 1952
Oconto Falls-Funeral services for Mrs. James R.
Volk were conducted at the Methodist church on Sunday afternoon, with
the O'Neill funeral home in charge of arrangements. The Rev. John P.
Simon and the Rev. David Johnson of Madison, officiated and burial took
place in the family lot in the Volk Family cemetery. The casket was
carried by Bernard, Thorpe, and Loval Bunn, John Dobbertin, Albert
Gillis and Edwin Kain. The Rev. Mr. Johnson is a former pastor of the
Falls Methodist church.
Mrs. Volk, who was 79 years of age, died at the Pine Manor Rest
Home at Embarrass on Thursday morning. She had been a resident of Oconto
Falls for many years. Mr. Volk died in June of 1946.
Mrs. Volk is survived by two daughters, Hazel, Mrs. Edward
Wranovsky of Shawano, and Miss Emily Volk of Two Rivers; three sons,
Norman of LaFayette, Ind., Garth of Worthington, Ohio, and Gaylord of
Gainesville, Florida. She is also survived by three sisters, Mrs. Henry
Kingston of Stambaugh, Mich., Miss Adele McKenney of Port Washington,
and Mrs. Leo Polzin of Green Bay; two brothers, H.L. McKenney of Auburn,
Ind., and W.L. McKenney of Waukesha.
Although she maintained her membership in the church of Christ
at Hickory, where she grew to womanhood, Mrs. Volk was active in the
Methodist church in Oconto Falls throughout her residence here. She will
be remembered by many as a teacher of a class of boys for a number of
years in the Methodist church school. She was a kindly neighbor and
friend, and the memory of Mrs. Volk always will be a blessed one.
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Newspaper unknown
June 1969
Mrs. Henry
(Viola McKenney) Kingston
Mrs. Henry
Kingston, 91, former Oconto County resident passed away Tuesday
afternoon at Mercy Hospital, Oshkosh. The former Viola McKenney was
born Jan. 18, 1878, in Oconto, and grew up on a farm in the town of
Maple Valley. She married Henry Kingston, Mar. 10, 1898 and from
then until September of 1920, they resided at Mountain, where Mr.
Kingston became a well known logger.
In 1920 the
couple moved to Marinette where they lived until 1940. They then
moved to Stambaugh, Mich. where Mr. Kingston established a saw mill.
Mr. Kingston preceded her in death Dec. 5, 1945. She lived at
Stambaugh until January of 1968. She was a charter member of the
Christian Church at Hickory and was very instrumental in the
establishment of the Christian Church, Mountain.
Survivors are
one daughter, Mrs. Eysten (Olive) Andersen, Miami Lakes, Fla.; one
son, Lyle, Green Bay; two sisters, Mrs. Gladys Polzin; Addell
McKenney, both of Oshkosh; one brother, William, Waukesha; six
grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren. One son, Russell, died Nov.
4, 1968, at Key Largo, Fla.
At Soulek
Funeral Home, Suring, after 2 p.m. Thursday. Funeral services Friday
at Christian Church, Hickory. Burial will be in Hickory Cemetery. A
memorial fund has been established.
( Note to John Green, January 12, 2014 :
In searching for my ancestors in Oconto County I
found this page Obits/vmkingston.htm ,
which is your posting of my great grandmother's obituary. I can add
that the date of her death was June 24, 1969.
Her
parents were William Colbrook McKenney (B. 1848, Fair Haven, Deer Isle,
New Brunswick, Canada; d. 1921) and Emily Cooley (b. 1852, d. 1922).
Best regards, Chris
Wacker -
South Africa.)
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