Bertha Adria McKenna^[1]

1896 - 1968  (71 years)

• Name	Bertha Adria McKenna  [2]
  Birth	08 Dec 1896	Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, USA   [2]
  Gender	Female
  Occupation	Teacher, Public Grade School
  Death	23 Nov 1968	Auburn, New Hampshire, USA
  Burial	26 Nov 1968	St. Joseph's Cemetery, Bedford, New Hampshire, USA
  Person ID	P1537	The McIver Family Tree
  Last Modified	14 May 2021

  
  

  Father	Charles William McKenna,   b. 13 Jan 1869, DeSable, Prince Edward Island, Canada d. 07 Feb 1951, Manchester, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, USA (Age 82 years)
  Mother	Bertha Nichels Marshall,   b. 01 Oct 1868, Clarence, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 04 Apr 1943, Deland, Volusia, Florida, USA (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	29 Nov 1890	Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, USA   [2]
  Family ID	F327	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos		Photo - Charles and Bertha McKenna with their children Farmily portrait circa 1911: Children left to right: Helen, Harold, Pauline, Mary, Kathleen, Charles, Bertha, Laura
  		Photo - Charles and Bertha McKenna with their family The following order is not confirmed, but is best guess: Back row: Pauline, Charles, Kathleen, Helen, Harold, Bertha Middle: Charles, Bertha Front: Laura, Mary

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		Birth Record - Bertha Adria McKenna Born on December 8, 1896 in Lynn, Massachusetts.
  		Census - 1900 US Census - Lynn City, Essex, Massachusetts
  		Census - 1910 US Census - Manchester, New Hampshire
  		Document - Manchester Directory, 1917 Charles was running the Wet Wash Laundry. Bertha Adria was a student, still living at home.
  		Census - 1920 US Census - Manchester, New Hampshire, USA
  		Document - Laura and Bertha McKenna Passenger list, sailing on the SS Homeric from Cherbourg, France on August 4, 1926, arriving in New York on August 11, 1926.
  		Photo - SS Homeric Photo of the ship that Laura and Bertha McKenna sailed on from Cherbourg, France to New York, in August 1926.
  		Document - Laura and Bertha McKenna Passenger list, sailing on the Leviathan from New York, arriving in Southampton, England on July 9, 1926.
  		Photo - Leviathan Photo of the ship that Laura and Bertha McKenna sailed on from New York to Southampton, England, in July 1926.
  		Document - McKenna family trip to Cuba (Charles and Bertha, with daughters, Laura and Bertha) Passenger list, sailing on the SS Florida from Havana, Cuba on December 29, 1938, arriving in Miami, Florida on December 30, 1938.
  		Census - 1940 US Census - Ward 4, Manchester, New Hampshire
  		Death Record - Bertha and Pauline McKenna Article published on the Nashua Telegraph (New Hampshire) on November 25, 1968, which states that Bertha and Pauline died in a two-car crash on Route 201 in Auburn. While not noted in this article, Laura McKenna was also injured in the accident.
  		Death Record - Bertha and Pauline McKenna Article published on the Portsmouth Herald (New Hampshire) on November 25, 1968, which states that Bertha and Pauline died in a two-car crash on Route 201 in Auburn. The article also notes that Laura McKenna was hospitalized.
  		Death Record - Bertha Adria McKenna Certificate of Death, State of New Hampshire
  		Document - 1952 Manchester City Directory (Massachusetts) Bertha, Pauline and Laura McKenna were all living together at 552 Smyth Road, Manchester, Massachusetts.

  
  

  Histories

  Document - McKenna family history Family history written by Laura McKenna, that was found in an envelope in a desk drawer following her death, which documents the early years with her siblings, and life on her own until 1919.

  
  

• Notes

  Bertha Adria McKenna was born in Lynn, Massachusetts, on December 8, 1896. She worked as a school teacher in Manchester, New Hampshire, and she never married. Bertha died in a two-car crash on Route 101 in Auburn, New Hampshire, on Saturday, November 23, 1968. She and her sister, Pauline, were both killed in the accident, and another sister, Laura, was hospitalized. Based on several passenger lists, it appears that Bertha and her sister Laura often travelled together, visiting Florida, England, and France.

  
  

• Sources

  [S218240922] Ancestry Family Trees, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.), Ancestry Family Tree. http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=119634274&pid=1537 [S227379023] Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census, (Ancestry.com Operations Inc), Year: 1900; Census Place: Lynn Ward 3, Essex, Massachusetts; Page: 10; Enumeration District: 0372; FHL microfilm: 1240644.