James Alexander KERENS

Born

31 May 1881 , Hardwick, Massachusetts, USA

Died

24 May 1938 , Watertown, Massachusetts, USA

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Born: 31 May 1881 in Hardwick, Massachusetts, USA

Parents of James Alexander KERENS

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John KERENS

Mother

Mary SULLIVAN

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James Alexander married Minnie Alice RHEEL 21 January 1903 in Newton, Massachusetts, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
They divorced. Minnie Alice RHEEL was born May 1882 in Putnam, Connecticut, USA . Minnie Alice died 7 April 1953 in Medford, Massachusetts, USA. Minnie Alice was the child of George Phillip RHEEL and Minna Ernestine "Minnie Alice" THEINERT.

James Alexander married (2) Gussie MALLY abt. 1919 . Gussie MALLY was born 13 August 1881 in Germany. Gussie died 27 December 1926 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

James Alexander KERENS died 24 May 1938 in Watertown, Massachusetts, USA.

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Spouses, Marriages & Children of James Alexander KERENS

James Alexander KERENS married

Minnie Alice RHEEL
Marriage date: 21 January 1903
Marriage place: Newton, Massachusetts, USA
Source: Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1925
Researching Your Colonial New England Ancestors

Minnie Alice RHEEL was the child of George Phillip RHEEL and Minna Ernestine "Minnie Alice" THEINERT

Marriage notes:

He is 21. She is 20. It is the first marriage for both. He is a wool sorter, born in Gilbertsville, MA. She was born in Putnam, CT. He is the son of John Kerens and Mary Sullivan. She is the daughter of George Rheel and Minnie Tyner.

Groom's Name: James Alexander Kerens

Groom's Birth Date: 1882

Groom's Birthplace: Gilberteville

Groom's Age: 21

Bride's Name: Minnie Alice Rheel

Bride's Birth Date: 1883

Bride's Birthplace: Putnam, Ct

Bride's Age: 20

Marriage Date: 21 Jan 1903

Marriage Place: Newton, Massachusetts

Groom's Father's Name: John Kerens

Groom's Mother's Name: Mary Sullivan

Bride's Father's Name: George Rheel

Bride's Mother's Name: Minnie Tyner

Groom's Race: White

Groom's Marital Status: Single

Groom's Previous Wife's Name:

Bride's Race: White

Bride's Marital Status: Single

Bride's Previous Husband's Name:

Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M02744-4

System Origin: Massachusetts-EASy

Source Film Number: 2057588

Reference Number: B1903 P550 N23

Collection: Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910

Source: familysearch.org

Looks like they might have separated before 1910, stayed married until at least 1917 (he is in Chicago and lists her as his wife), then possibly divorced by 1920 because it looks like he remarried before then (appears in 1920 census with another woman).

Children of James Alexander KERENS and Minnie Alice RHEEL

Gertrude Ceccilia KERENS

Born: 4 November 1905, Stow, Massachusetts, USA
Died: ,

Married: Arthur Tobin SAWYER 1930 Place: , New Jersey, USA

James Alexander KERENS married

Gussie MALLY
Marriage date: abt. 1919
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Birth

Name: James Kerans
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 31 May 1881
Birth Place: Hardwick, Massachusetts, USA
Father: John Kerans
Mother: Mary Keraies

Source / record details
Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1925
Researching Your Colonial New England Ancestors

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1885 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

1886 - October 28 - Statue of Liberty is Unveiled

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1889 - Benjamin Harrison becomes President of the United States

1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)

The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)

First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented

1893 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

1897 - William McKinley becomes President of the United States

1898 - April 25 – Spanish-American War: The United States declares war on Spain

1898 - December 10 – The Treaty of Paris is signed, ending the Spanish-American War.

1900 Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Name: James A Kerans
titles:
Residence: Newton city, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Birth Date: May 1881
birthPlace: Massachusetts
relationship to head-of-household: Son
spouse Name:
spouse titles:
spouse birth Place:
father Name: John Keston
father titles:
father birthPlace: Canada Eng
mother Name: Mary Kerans
mother titles:
mother birthPlace: Ireland
race or color (expanded): White
head-of-household Name: John Keston
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Single
years Married:
estimated marriage year:
mother how many children:
number living children:
Immigration Year:
enumeration District: 0890
Sheet Number and Letter: 2A
Household ID: 23
reference number: 07
gsu Film Number: 1240664
Image Number: 00000039
Household Gender Age
parent John Keston M
parent Mary Kerans F
James A Kerans M
John L Kerans M
Elizabeth G Kerans F
Angie V Kerans F
Mary E Kerans F
Agnes H Kerans F
William E Kerans M

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1900 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
Exploring the U.S. Census: Your Guide to America’s Data

1901 City of Newton

Kerens, John, 45, mill, house 305 California street
Kerens, James A., 20, mill, house 305 California street

newtonfreelibrary.net/ digital_newton/ Assessed_Polls/ 1901.pdf

1901 - King Camp Gillette and William Emery Nickerson invented the world's first disposable razor blade in 1901. (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

1901 - William McKinley, the 25th president of the United States, was shot on the grounds of the Pan-American Exposition in the Temple of Music in Buffalo, New York, on September 6, 1901, six months into his second term. He was shaking hands with the public when an anarchist, Leon Czolgosz, shot him twice in the abdomen. Theodore Roosevelt becomes President of the United States.

1902 City of Newton

Kerens, James A., 21, teamster, house 305 California street
Kerens, John, 46, mill, house 305 California street

newtonfreelibrary.net/ digital_newton/ Assessed_Polls/ 1902.pdf

1902 - July 17 - Willis Haviland Carrier designed the first modern air-conditioning system. (Buffalo, New York, USA)

1903 Marriage / Partner
James Alexander KERENS and Minnie Alice RHEEL 21 January 1903, Newton, Massachusetts, USA

He was 21 years old.

1903 - The first engine-powered airplane is invented (Wilbur & Orville Wright, United States)

1904 - June 28 - U.S. begins construction of Panama Canal.

1905 Birth of Child
Gertrude Ceccilia KERENS was born 4 November 1905, Stow, Massachusetts, USA

James Alexander was 24 years old.

1906 - August 22 – The first Victor Victrola, a phonographic record player, was manufactured, revolutionizing the way people listened to music at home.

In 1906, Reginald Fessenden made the first AM radio broadcast on December 24th. This event marked a significant advancement in radio technology, paving the way for the modern broadcasting industry.

1907-1908 - The electric washing machine is invented (Alva J. Fisher, United States)

1908 - First Model-T car is produced by Henry Ford (United States)

1909 - William Howard Taft becomes President of the United States

1912 - April 15 - Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic

1913 - The assembly line is invented (Henry Ford, United States)

The bra is invented (Mary Phelps Jacob, United States)

1913 - Woodrow Wilson becomes President of the United States

1913 - October 31 – The Lincoln Highway, the first automobile road across the United States, is dedicated

1915 - January 25 - First United States coast-to-coast long-distance telephone call

1917 - March 2 – The enactment of the Jones Act grants Puerto Ricans United States citizenship.

1917 - April 6 – WWI: The United States declares war on Germany

1917 Chicago, Cook, Illinois

James Alexander Kerens
168 ??? Chicago, Cook, Ill
age 37
born May 31, 1881
white
wool sorter, Boynton Wool ? Co
3601 Drow? St. Chicago
nearest relative - Minnie Kerens (wife) 38 Parker St. Maynard Mass
medium height, medium build, blue eyes, gray hair
Sept. 12, 1918

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U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
A World Undone: The Story of the Great War, 1914 to 1918

1918 - March 19 – The United States Congress establishes time zones and approves daylight saving time

1919 - June 4 – Women's rights: The United States Congress approves the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which would guarantee suffrage to women, and sends it to the U.S. states for ratification

1920 - Chicago, Illinois

Name: James Kerens
Residence: Chicago City 21st, Cook, Illinois
estimated Birth Year: 1882
Age: 38
birthPlace: Massachusetts
Relationship to Head of Household: Self
Gender: Male
Race: White
Marital Status: Married
father's birthPlace:
mother's birthPlace:
Film Number: 1820332
Digital Folder Number: 4300483
Image Number: 00028
sheet number: 1
Household Gender Age
James Kerens M 38y
spouse Gussie Kerens F 39y

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1920 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
Exploring the U.S. Census: Your Guide to America’s Data

1920 - January 17 - Prohibition goes into effect on January 17, 1920, under the provisions of the 18th Amendment to the United States Constitution

1921 - Warren G. Harding becomes President of the United States

1921 - Charles Strite of Minnesota patents the pop-up toaster.

1923 to 1927 - Television is invented (Vladimir Kosma Zworykin (Russia), Philo Taylor Farnsworth (United States))

1923 - Calvin Coolidge becomes President of the United States

1926 Death of Spouse/Partner
Gussie MALLY died 27 December 1926, Chicago, Illinois, USA

1927 - The aerosol can is invented (Erik Rotheim, Norway)

1927 - April 7 – Bell Telephone Co. transmits an image of Herbert Hoover (then the Secretary of Commerce), which becomes the first successful long distance demonstration of television

1928 - Sliced bread (bread slicing machine) is invented by Otto Frederick Rohwedder (United States)

1929 - Herbert Hoover becomes President of the United States

1929 - October 29 - Black Tuesday - Stock market crash - The Great Depression Begins - It lasted until 1941 (WW2)

1930 - Boston, Massachusetts

Name: James A Kerens
event: Census
Event Date: 1930
Event Place: Boston (Districts 1-250), Suffolk, Massachusetts
Gender: Male
Age: 48
Marital Status: Widowed
Race: White
birthPlace: Massachusetts
estimated Birth Year: 1882
Immigration Year:
Relationship to Head of Household: Lodger
father's birthPlace: Canada English
mother's birthPlace: Canada
enumeration district number: 240
family number: 93
Sheet Number and Letter: 6B
Line Number: 91
nara publication: T626, roll 958
Film Number: 2340693
Digital Folder Number: 4607694
Image Number: 00667
Household Gender Age
Malcolm Stuart M 48
Maude Stuart F 39
Louise A Stuart F 18
Fay L Stuart F 16
G. Ruth Stuart F 13
Dorothy E Stuart F 11
Norman C Stuart M 8
Hazel C M Stuart F 3
James A Kerens M 48
Lizzie Garner F 78
Maude H Mcardle F 52
David F Tobin M 36
Frank R Chalmers M 42
John J Murphy M 31
Edward Artley M 40

Source / record details
1930 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
Exploring the U.S. Census: Your Guide to America’s Data

1930 - Scotch tape is invented (Richard Drew (3M), United States)

In 1930, on February 18, Pluto was discovered by astronomer Clyde Tombaugh at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, marking a significant milestone in the study of our solar system.

1931 - The paper towel is invented (Arthur Scott, United States)

1931 - March 3 – The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the United States National anthem.

1933 - Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes President of the United States

1933 - December 5 – The 21st Amendment to the United States Constitution is passed, repealing Prohibition

1934 - The metal beverage can is invented (American Can Co., United States)

1935 - The snowmobile was invented by Joseph Bombardier (Quebec, Canada)

1935 - August 14 – United States President Franklin Roosevelt signs the Social Security Act into law

Death

Name: James Alexander Kerens
Death Date: 1938
Death Place: Waltham, Massachusetts, USA
Volume Number: 83
Page Number: 458
Index Volume Number: 96
Reference Number: F63.M363 v.96

Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Death Index, 1901-1980 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.
Original data: Department of Public Health, Registry of Vital Records and Statistics. Massachusetts Vital Records Index to Deaths [1916–1970]. Volumes 66–145. Facsimile edition. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts.

Source / record details
ancestry.com

Obituary Information

Name: James A. Kerens
Gender: Male
Death Date: 24 May 1938
Death Place: Watertown
Obituary Date: 26 May 1938
Obituary Place: Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Siblings:
Louis J. DePass

The Boston Globe; Publication Date: 26 May 1938

Ancestry.com. U.S., Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2019.

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ancestry.com

Funeral

KERENS In Watertown. May 24, James A. Kerens. Funeral from the residence of his sister,, Mrs. Louis J. DePass. 51 Langdon av.. Watertown. Friday, May 27, at 8 a. m. High Mass of Requiem at St. Theresa's Church at 9 a. m. Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend.

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The Boston Globe
Boston, Massachusetts
May 26, 1938

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