Trenna was born 8 September 1887 in Keno, Oregon -- the first of the McCormick children born after Thomas and Georgianna Andrews McCormick settled in Klamath County. She was their ninth child. Trenna -- fondly known as "Tena" -- grew up in Keno and attended school there. She was a bit more reserved than some of her sisters.
On 8 October 1905 , soon after her 18th birthday, Trenna married Clyde Nickerson of Keno, but was a widow by age 23. She was living in her parents home again by the 1910 U.S. Census. On 25 September 1912, she and Bayard "Mac" McKimens married in Klamath County. Mac was a veteran of World War I.
Their marriage was announced in the newspaper:
Klamath Falls Northwestern
Vol. I, September 1912:
"DAUGHTER OF PIONEER WEDS
Bayard T. McKimmens Takes Trenna A. Nickerson as Bride.
Bayard T. McKimmens and Mrs. Trenna Nickerson were married at 9 o'clock yesterday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. L. O. Mills in the Hot Springs Addition. the Rev. Geo. ______ officiating. Mr. and Mrs. Mills acted as best man and bridesmaid and the ring ceremony was used. Following the wedding, refreshments were served to a number of friends of the contracting parties. Mr. McKimmens is a prominent young man of the Keno section and Mrs. McKimmens is the daughter of Thomas McCormick, one of the best known pioneers of the country. They will make their home at Keno."
The couple began their marriage in Keno, but Mac was and Oregon State brand inspector so they also lived at times in Olene, Tulelake, and Klamath Falls. Although she and Mac didn't have children, Tena took a very active part in raising her brother Lyle Dale McCormick's daughter.
(From McCormick published 2001 by Louise Linman Moore with Letty Linman Hicks).
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KF Woman Succumbs
Trenna (Tena) May McKimens, 78, died Saturday on arrival at Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital following a heart attack at her home, 2150 Orchard St. She had been in failing health for the past year.
She was born in Keno on Sept. 8, 1887, to Anna and Thomas McCormick, pioneers in that area. Her early years were spent in the Keno region where her father operated a sawmill on the Klamath River.
Trenna McCormick was married Sept. 25, 1912, to Bayard T. McKimens.
In the early years of their married life they lived in Lakeview, later homesteading in Tulelake.
They moved to Klamath Falls, in 1945. McKimens, a state brand inspector died in 1955.
Mrs. McKimens' survivors include a brother, Lyle McCormick, Klamath Falls; nieces Sharon Poole, Marjorie Howe, Dorothy Dehlinger, all of this city, and Velda Haley, Bonanza; nephews, Orin Reeder, Delos Mills, and Harley Inman, Klamath Falls. Other nieces and nephews live elsewhere. Memorial Services will be held tomorrow at 2 p.m. in O'Hair Memorial Chapel with the Rev. Robert L. Greene officiating. Cremation will follow.
Herald and News, Klamath Falls, Oregon, November 29, 1965.
__________Transcribed from Klamath County Library microfilm by G. Louise Linman Moore
Note; spelling of Bayard "Mac" McKimens name varies. It aften appears with two m's.