Helen Margaret McKenna^[1]

1905 - 1978  (72 years)

• Name	Helen Margaret McKenna
  Birth	26 May 1905	Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
  Gender	Female
  Occupation	Teacher
  Death	1978	Manchester, New Hampshire, USA
  	Helen passed away from Lupus at the age of 73 in 1978.
  Burial	1978	Pine Grove Cemetery, Manchester, New Hampshire, USA
  Person ID	P1543	The McIver Family Tree
  Last Modified	15 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

  
  

  Family	Gustav Herman Simons,   b. 5 May 1899, Manchester, New Hampshire, USA d. Jan 1987 (Age 87 years)
  Marriage	4 Oct 1930	Manchester, New Hampshire, USA
  Children	+ 1. Marjorie Emma Simons,   b. 14 Dec 1922, Manchester, New Hampshire, USA d. 2 Oct 2001 (Age 78 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Stepchild] + 2. Lorraine Simons,   b. 17 Sep 1925, Manchester, New Hampshire, USA d. 26 Dec 2003, Londonderry, New Hampshire, USA (Age 78 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Stepchild] + 3. Arline Ruth Simons,   b. 1 Jun 1928, Manchester, New Hampshire, USA d. 11 Jul 2016, New Hyde Park, New York, USA (Age 88 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Stepchild] + 4. George Herman Simons,   b. 14 Sep 1931, Manchester, New Hampshire, USA d. 3 Mar 2006, Lewisville, North Carolina, USA (Age 74 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] + 5. Living   6. Charles William Simons,   b. 21 Jun 1934, Manchester, New Hampshire, USA d. 24 Aug 2023, Simsbury, Connecticut, USA (Age 89 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] + 7. Harry Gustave Simons,   b. 4 Jul 1935, Manchester, New Hampshire, USA d. 15 Aug 2010, Bedford, New Hampshire, USA (Age 75 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]   8. (stillborn) Simons,   b. 29 Sep 1942, Manchester, New Hampshire, USA d. 29 Sep 1942, Manchester, New Hampshire, USA (Age 0 years)
  Family ID	F567	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 May 2021

  
  

• 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		Census - 1910 US Census - Manchester, New Hampshire
  		Census - 1920 US Census - Manchester, New Hampshire, USA
  		Marriage Record - Helen McKenna and Gustav Simons Married on October 4, 1930 in Manchester, New Hampshire. This was Helen's first marriage and Gustav's second marriage.
  		At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
  		Birth Record - Helen McKenna Born on May 26, 1905 in Lynn, Massachusetts, USA.

  
  

  Headstones		Headstone - Helen and Gustav Simons - Front Located at Pine Grove Cemetery, Manchester, New Hampshire, USA. Also buried in this plot is Gustav's first wife, Emma (Herkner) Simons, and Emma's parents, Micheal and Johanna Herkner. Plot: Poplar Lawn Lot #4433
  		Headstone - Helen and Gustav Simons - Back Located at Pine Grove Cemetery, Manchester, New Hampshire, USA.

  
  

  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

  Helen Margaret McKenna was a shy, sensitive child, the 9th of 11 children. She graduated from Plymouth Normal School and taught 5th Graders at the Wilson School in Manchester, NH. She shared an apartment with two sisters, and walking to/from her teaching job each day, she passed a Children's Home. Two beautiful blond youngsters would come close to the fenced-in yard when she passed, and she chatted with them often. The 2 girls mentioned the nice "Schoolmarm" they had befriended to their Dad, and in time, those 2 girls and an even younger sister became Helen's 3 "daughters" when she married widowed Gustav Simons in 1930. Four more children were added to the family in the next 5 years, and Helen devoted her energy and love to being a wonderful Mother. Once the family was grown, she was employed soldering small parts in meters used in Airplane cockpits. She played classical piano and the clarinet (in the Plymouth Normal School Bank) and fostered a love of music to several of her children and grandchildren. She had a "knack" for repairing broken appliances, etc., and figuring how things "worked". Her sons must have had this same curiosity, because one became a Chemical Engineer; one a Mechanical Engineer; and one an Electrical Superintendant. She and Gustav always had a vegetable garden, and took great pride in picking fresh vegetables all summer to feed their "brood." She passed away in 1978 at the age of 73 from Lupus. Submitted by Kathleen Simons Bayko (with corrections)

  
  

• 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=1543 [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.