Clarion Vernon Kenney (1907-1980)

 

Family Links Spouses/Children: 1. Laney Elenor "Kitty" Carson Clarion Vernon Kenney 2 Born: 16 Feb 1907, Frankfort, ME 2 Marriage (1): Laney Elenor "Kitty" Carson on 16 Sep 1946 in ME 1 Died: 4 May 1980, Belfast, ME at age 73 Buried: Morrill Village Cemetery, Morrill, ME    FamilySearch ID: L1FC-PWB. Find a Grave ID: 55164695.   Events • Birth Name: Clarion Vernon Huntley, 16 Feb 1907, Frankfort, ME. • Adoption: Heber and Georgia Ellen (Alley) Kenney, After 16 Feb 1907. Georgia was his biological maternal grandmother. • Census, 28 Apr 1910, Frankfort, ME. 3 Vernon was living with Heber and Georgia Kenney and listed as their grandson "Vernon E. Worthy". • Census, 9 Jan 1920, Frankfort, ME. 4 It looks like he was listed as "Clare Bernard" and the step-grandson of Heber and Georgia. • Census, 5 Apr 1930, Searsport, ME. 5 • Census, 1 May 1940, Searsport, ME. He's listed as "Clarion Vernon" and his wife as "Lydia E. Vernon". They're living with Heber and Georgia Kenney. • Census, 13 Apr 1950, Belfast, ME. • Obituary: Bangor Daily News, 6 May 1980, Bangor, ME. BELFAST -- Clarion V. Kenney, 73, died May 4, 1980, at his residence. He was born in Searsport Feb. 16, 1907, the son of Heber and Georgia Alley Kenney. He is survived by his wife, Laney Carson Kenney of Belfast. Graveside services will be held Wednesday, 2 p.m., at the Village Cemetery in Morrill. Arrangements are by the Rackliffe Funeral Home in Belfast. Clarion married Laney Elenor "Kitty" Carson, daughter of Frank Alden Carson Sr. and Laney Elenor McDermott, on 16 Sep 1946 in ME.1 (Laney Elenor "Kitty" Carson was born on 19 Feb 1912 in Jackson, ME,6 7 died on 8 May 1985 in Belfast, ME 8 and was buried in Morrill Village Cemetery, Morrill, ME.)

1 Maine State Archives, "Maine Marriages, 1892-1996," database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 12 Jul 2012), entry for Clarion V. Kenney and Laney E. Briggs.

2 Maine Maine State Archives, Maine, Birth Records, 1715-1922, Clarion Vernon Huntley; digital image, Ancestry.com (https://ancestry.com: 15 Dec 2020).

3 1910 U.S. census, Waldo County, Maine, population schedule, Frankfort, enumeration district (ED) 0248, sheet 11A, p. 21, dwelling 222, family 228, Weber Kenney; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 19 Feb 2024); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T624, roll T624_546.

4 1920 U.S. census, Waldo County, Maine, population schedule, Frankfort, enumeration district (ED) 131, sheet 6B, p. 12, dwelling 137, family 142, Heber Kenney; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 19 Feb 2024); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T625, roll T625_649.

5 1930 U.S. census, Waldo, Maine, population schedule, Searsport, enumeration district (ED) 0023, sheet 2B, p. 4, dwelling 45, family 45, Heber Kenney; digital images, Ancestry.com (https://ancestry.com : accessed 19 Feb 2024); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T626.

6 1920 U.S. census, Waldo County, Maine, population schedule, Thorndike, enumeration district (ED) 134, sheet 2, p. 2A, dwelling 36, family 36, Frank A. Carson; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 22 Sep 2011); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T625, roll T625_649.

7 Maine Maine State Archives, Maine, Birth Records, 1715-1922, Not Named Carson; digital image, Ancestry.com (https://ancestry.com: 16 Oct 2011).

8 State of Maine Department of Human Services, "Maine Death Index, 1960-1997," database, Ancestry.com (https://ancestry.com : accessed 12 Dec 2012), entry for Laney E Kenney's 1985 death.