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Dorothy Anne Kennedy

Dorothy Anne Kennedy

Female 1919 - 2001  (81 years)


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  • Name Dorothy Anne Kennedy 
    Birth 15 Oct 1919  Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Census 1920  Wyoming, Hamilton County, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Census 1930  Scioto Township, Ross County, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Census 1940  Portsmouth, Scioto County, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Death 20 Mar 2001  Orange County, California Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • To all her friends and loved ones: Dorothy Anne Laeger, nee Kennedy-Brigham, passed peacefully in her sleep, on the first day of spring, Tuesday, March 20, 2001, at the age of 91. She was in the presence of her family in the comfort of her own home.

      She was born October 15, 1919, in Cincinnati, Ohio to the late Beatrice and G. Milton Kennedy.

      Surviving is her only son, Dr. Erick B. Vaughters, D.D.S, of San Juan Capistrano, Calif. and his four daughters.

      Dottie was a Daughter of the American Revolution, Member of the Connecticut Genealogy Society and the National Federation of Republican Women.

      No memorial service is planned. She will be interned in the family plot in Chillicothe.

      This obituary appeared in the following two newspapers:
      The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Friday April 6, 2001 (Page 210)

      Chillicothe Gazette (Chillicothe, Ohio) Saturday April 7, 2001 (Page 2)
    Burial Grandview Cemetery, Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I175242  Family
    Last Modified 6 Jul 2021 

    Father Gustave Milton Gunther Kennedy,   b. 19 Aug 1883, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Jan 1957, Pinellas County, Florida Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years) 
    Mother Beatrice Billings,   b. 26 Mar 1896, Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 May 1981, Adena Regional Medical Center, Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years) 
    Marriage 17 Aug 1915  Ross County, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Rev. W. M. Hindman performed the marriage ceremony.
    Divorce Abt 1920 
    Family ID F52675  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Elmer Boyer Vaughters,   b. 17 Feb 1914, Portsmouth, Scioto County, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Jan 1989, Seattle, King County, Washington Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years) 
    Marriage 1 Jul 1938  Ross County, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • July 1st has been the date chosen by Miss. Dorothy Ann Brigham, daughter of Mrs. John G. Hoke, for her marriage to Mr. E. B. Vaughters, 1729 Oakland avenue, Portsmouth.

      The wedding service will be performed by the Dr. P. B. Ferris, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, at 8 p. m. at Glen Cove, the home of Miss Brigham's grandmother, Mrs. M. N. Billings. After a reception following the ceremony, the bride and bridegroom will leave for a motor trip to Iowa.

      Miss Brigham, who attended the Greenbrier school at Lewisburg, W. Va. from 1934 to 1936, graduated from the Chillicothe high school in 1937. Last winter, she attended the University of California and Ben Bard's dramatic school in Los Angeles.

      Mr. Vaughters is associated with the Interstate Mercantile association of Chillicothe and the Retail Merchants association, of Portsmouth, where he resides with his mother.

      Chillicothe Gazette (Chillicothe, Ohio) Thursday June 16, 1938 (Page 2)
    Age at Marriage She was 18 years old - He was 24 years old. 
    Divorce Abt 1942 
    Children 
    +1. Dr. Erick Boyer Vaughters,   b. 3 Jan 1940, Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Apr 2011, San Juan Capistrano, Orange County, California Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)
    Family ID F52672  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Charles A. Laeger,   b. 9 Aug 1921, Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Jun 1987, El Cajon, San Diego County, California Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1950 
    Age at Marriage She was ~ 30 years old - He was ~ 28 years old. 
    Family ID F52673  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S146] Census - 1920 Hamilton County Ohio, District 512, page 76 (5A), family 114, age 2/12.

    2. [S384] Census - 1930 Ross County Ohio, District 71-27, page 222 (28B), family 604, age 10.

    3. [S2604] Census - 1940 Scioto County Ohio, District 73-44, page 829 (9B), family 201, age 20.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 15 Oct 1919 - Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1920 - Wyoming, Hamilton County, Ohio
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1930 - Scioto Township, Ross County, Ohio
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 1 Jul 1938 - Ross County, Ohio
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1940 - Portsmouth, Scioto County, Ohio
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 20 Mar 2001 - Orange County, California
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Grandview Cemetery, Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio
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