Henry Kennebeck

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Henry Kennebeck

Birth
Pistakee, McHenry County, Illinois, USA
Death
7 Feb 1911 (aged 46)
McHenry, McHenry County, Illinois, USA
Burial
McHenry, McHenry County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section A Plot 2
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There is an incorrect year of birth etched on stone
St John the Baptist Catholic Church Early Records Volume I
Johnsburg, McHenry County, Illinois
Bernard Heinrich
b 15 Jan 1865 bap 16 Jan 1865
s/o Johann Bernard & Adelheid Hemling
Godparents:
Johann Bernard Fester
Catharina [nee Homolle] Kernebeck [Gerhard]

Henry married Elisabeth Schaefer, daughter of Nicholas Schaefer and Gertrude Schmitt, (daughter of Jacob Schmitt and Anna Goedert), on 13 February 1890, at St John the Baptist Catholic Church in Johnsburg, McHenry County, Illinois. Witnesses to their marriage were Heinrich Tonyan and John Schaefer ~

1900: McHenry Twp., McHenry Co., Illinois
Occupation: Farmer, own farm
Henry Kennebeck Head 35 Illinois
Elizebeth Kennebeck Wife 29 Illinois
Bernard Kennebeck Son 9 Illinois
John Kennebeck Son M 7 Illinois
Henry Kennebeck Son 4 Illinois
Therasa Kennebeck Dau 4 Illinois

7 May 1910: McHenry Twp., McHenry Co., Illinois
Occupation: Farmer, own farm
Married 20 years 12 children 8 living
Henry Kennebeck Head 45 Illinois
Elizabeth Kennebeck Wife 38 Illinois
Bernard Kennebeck Son 17 Illinois
John Kennebeck Son 15 Illinois
Henry Kennebeck Son 13 Illinois
Thresa Kennebeck Dau 13 Illinois
Edward Kennebeck Son 7 Illinois
Arthur Kennebeck Son 4 Illinois
Mecille Kennebeck Dau 1&8/12 Illinois
Theodore Kennebeck Son 1/12 Illinois

McHenry Plaindealer
16 February 1911
Excerpt from Henry's obituary
...There are left to mourn him a sorrowing widow and eight children...The living children all of whom were at their father's bedside when death came, are as follows: Ben, John, Theresa, Henry, Edward, Arthur, Marcella and Theodore....

Henry and Elisabeth (Schaefer) Kennebeck are my maternal great-grandparents, through their son, Henry Joseph, my grandfather ~
There is an incorrect year of birth etched on stone
St John the Baptist Catholic Church Early Records Volume I
Johnsburg, McHenry County, Illinois
Bernard Heinrich
b 15 Jan 1865 bap 16 Jan 1865
s/o Johann Bernard & Adelheid Hemling
Godparents:
Johann Bernard Fester
Catharina [nee Homolle] Kernebeck [Gerhard]

Henry married Elisabeth Schaefer, daughter of Nicholas Schaefer and Gertrude Schmitt, (daughter of Jacob Schmitt and Anna Goedert), on 13 February 1890, at St John the Baptist Catholic Church in Johnsburg, McHenry County, Illinois. Witnesses to their marriage were Heinrich Tonyan and John Schaefer ~

1900: McHenry Twp., McHenry Co., Illinois
Occupation: Farmer, own farm
Henry Kennebeck Head 35 Illinois
Elizebeth Kennebeck Wife 29 Illinois
Bernard Kennebeck Son 9 Illinois
John Kennebeck Son M 7 Illinois
Henry Kennebeck Son 4 Illinois
Therasa Kennebeck Dau 4 Illinois

7 May 1910: McHenry Twp., McHenry Co., Illinois
Occupation: Farmer, own farm
Married 20 years 12 children 8 living
Henry Kennebeck Head 45 Illinois
Elizabeth Kennebeck Wife 38 Illinois
Bernard Kennebeck Son 17 Illinois
John Kennebeck Son 15 Illinois
Henry Kennebeck Son 13 Illinois
Thresa Kennebeck Dau 13 Illinois
Edward Kennebeck Son 7 Illinois
Arthur Kennebeck Son 4 Illinois
Mecille Kennebeck Dau 1&8/12 Illinois
Theodore Kennebeck Son 1/12 Illinois

McHenry Plaindealer
16 February 1911
Excerpt from Henry's obituary
...There are left to mourn him a sorrowing widow and eight children...The living children all of whom were at their father's bedside when death came, are as follows: Ben, John, Theresa, Henry, Edward, Arthur, Marcella and Theodore....

Henry and Elisabeth (Schaefer) Kennebeck are my maternal great-grandparents, through their son, Henry Joseph, my grandfather ~

Gravesite Details

There is an incorrect year of birth inscribed on the stone, 1864, it should be 1865. There is an incorrect year of death inscribed on the stone. It should be 1911.