Lori Diane Wilkens

Joseph married Barbara Conti in Private. Barbara was born in Private. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

"THE HISTORY OF THE GABRIEL McKENZIE AND RACHEL BLUBAUGH FAMILY OF MARYLAND AND OHIO" by Father Homer Blubaugh:

Wilkens, Bernard Thomas, Sr., born Feb.18,1907, on Nov.19, 1930, at Assumption Church, Geneva, Ohio,
married Evelyn Agnes Bartlett, born Feb.8, 1907, daughter of August and Susanna (Schmitt) Bartlett of New York City. Mr. Wilkens' Dec. 14, 1994, obituary states that "He came to Youngstown in 1919 and was a 1924 South High
School graduate. He attended Youngstown College where he taught in the electrical engineering department. "A graduate of Dodge Radio Institute of Valparaiso, he started in broadcasting in Columbus and worked in Akron before joining WKBN Broadcasting, when its studios where in the YMCA building downtown. He supervised installation of equipment there and at the studios on Sunset Boulevard. He was the chief engineer at WKBN for 44 years until his retirement in 1974. "He was also a veteran of the Naval Reserves and worked with Bell Laboratories during World War II.
Bernard and Evelyn are the parents of Bernie Jr., Joseph and Mary Ann German. He spoke German, travelled to Europe and spent many productive years patiently researching our McKenzie History. Bernie resided at Ron-Joy Nursing Home, Boardman, Ohio, until his death, Dec.13, 1994. Evelyn predeceased him Dec. 28, 1993. Both are buried at Calvary Cemetery., Youngstown.

Bernard married Evelyn Agnes Bartlett on 19 Nov 1930 in Assumption Church, Geneva, Ashtabula County, Ohio. Evelyn (daughter of August Bartlett and Susanna Schmitt) was born on 8 Feb 1907 in New York City, New York; died on 28 Dec 1993. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Johann married Mary Anna McKenzie on 14 May 1906 in St. Joseph's Church Circleville, Pickaway County, Ohio. Mary (daughter of Thomas Richard McKenzie and Johanna Frances Brophy) was born on 18 Aug 1880 in Vinton County, Ohio; died on 26 Nov 1957. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Wilkens, Mary Ann(McKenzie), born Aug. 18, 1880, in a log cabin in Jackson Township, on May 14, 1906, married Johann Bernhard Wilkens Sr. at St. Joseph Ch., Circleville, Ohio. He was a widower, whose wife and firstborn child both died in childbirth. Johann was born Nov. 11, 1865, in Altenmarhorst, Province Hanover, Germany.
The Wilkens family lived in Youngstown, Ohio. Their six children are Bernard Sr., John, Thomas, Cecilia Jackamo, Jane Young and Joseph. Johann died March 7, 1938, and Mary, Nov. 26, 1957, with burial at Calvary Cem., Youngstown.

August + Susanna Schmitt. Susanna died in UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]