Sunday, September 30, 2012

Amasa Loren Kenney & Cannie Christine Tullgren

I look forward to meeting my Great-Grandma Kanney Christine Kenney Squire Peterson.  Seriously, anyone that can handle that tongue-twisting name must be amazing!  So I decided to gather information on her parents, Amasa Loren Kenney and Cannie Christine Tullgren.  Just as a reminder from a previous post, Kanney Christine Kenney's mom, Cannie Christine Tullgren, died just ten days after she was born.  So her father, Amasa Loren Kenney, legally signed Kanney Christine Kenney over to her Aunt Lena (the deceased mother's sister.)


Amasa Loren Kenney

Amasa Loren Kenney was born on 9 April 1858 in Fillmore, Millard County, Utah to Loren Edward Kenney and Mary Ann Tucker.  Amasa married Cannie Christine/Christena Tullgren in about 1876.  Amasa and Cannie had two children, Amasa Axel Kenney, born 9 March 1877, and Cannie Christena Kenney, born 12 January 1879. Amasa's wife, Cannie, died ten days after their daughter's birth.  Amasa signed Cannie over to her aunt, but he may have kept Amasa, Jr. 

Amasa then married Ann Eliza Gledhill in about 1880 and they had five children together; Charles Loren b. 1881, Samuel Eugene b. 1883, Vinnie Elizabeth b. 1886, Vance Elmer, b. 1893, and Mary Iris b. 1894.

Amasa died in Fillmore, Utah on 29 April 1896.  He was buried on 1 May 1896 in the Gunnison City Cemetery.  Plot 02.58.06



Cannie Christine Tullgren

Cannie Christine Tullgren was born on 16 August 1858 in Spanish Fork, Utah County, Utah to Axel Tullgren and Elena/Ellen Nieson.  She was the fourth of seven children.  Cannie bore two children and died ten days after giving birth to her namesake Kanney/Cannie.  She died on 22 January 1879 and was buried in the Spring City Pioneer Cemetery.  

The pioneers established the Spring City Cemetery in 1857 and laid it out in the shape of Utah.  Many of the markers were made out of local sandstone and the elements have washed away some of the names and dates.  The cemetery was once nearly covered with wooden markers, mostly children's graves.  The last burial was in 1910.



The sources for this post came from Ancestry.com, Find A Grave, New Family Search, and A Genealogy and Family History by Loren DeLance Squire

The above ancestors were not buried in the Spring City Pioneer Cemetery.  I went there to find them and found them to be buried in the main Spring City Cemetery.


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