SUNDAY’S OBITUARY–Grace Hunter Fenner Jenkins 1874-1946

Grace Hunter was the daughter of James Gillen HUNTER and Susan Caroline BOGGS.  She was born 19 Jan 1874 in Covington, Kenton, Kentucky.  Her father, James, died when she was only 10 years old.  She married Charles H. FENNER on 16 May 1891 at the age of seventeen.  They had no children, but they did own and run a photo studio in Lima, Ohio.  Charles' brother, William James Fenner owned several photography studios and Charles joined him.   It was called Fenner Brothers Studio.  Many of our family photos were taken at Fenner Studios. 

Sadly, Charles Fenner died at the age of 59, during the horrible influenza epidemic in 1918.  

Grace continued to run the photo studio.  Sometime between 1920 and 1930 she married John A. Jenkins, a farmer. John also preceded Grace in death, dying in 1939. 

I have not been able to locate Grace in the 1940 census.  I’ll keep trying.  However, at the time of her death on 15 Sep 1946, she was living in Lima, Allen, Ohio.  She died of  Arteriosclerosis.  

She had quite a good sum of money at the time of her death.  I located her probate record.  She left money to each of her surviving sisters, her brother and a stepson.  The largest amount $16,625.75 was left to her sister Daisy Hunter Skinner.  

I do have a couple of nice pictures of Grace.

  

Grace is buried at Woodlawn Cemetery in Lima, Allen, Ohio, next to her first husband, Charles H. Fenner.

If you are familiar with any of the people mentioned in this post, please contact me.  I’d love to hear from you.

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Michigan Girl

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SIBLING SATURDAY–THE HUNTER SISTERS

MEET THE HUNTER SISTERS

Back row – left to right – Grace Hunter 1874-1946, Daisy Dean Hunter 1876-1948, Ada Emily Hunter 1865-1949.

Front row – left to right – Estelle “Stella” M. Hunter 1867-1947, Florence Hunter 1860-1946 (my great grandmother) and Myra Hunter 1859-1938. 

There were also two brothers in the family, Clyde Hunter 1861-1901, and Raphael Hunter, 1871-1952.  Another sister, Lenorah Hunter 1863-1892 is not in the picture as we believe the photo was taken after her death.

These women are the children of James Gillen HUNTER 1832-1884 and Susan Caroline BOGGS 1842-1913.  This couple married in Lawrence County, Ohio on 29 Aug 1859.  The first five children were born in Lawrence County, Ohio.  The other four were born in Kentucky.  James Hunter was a Carpenter.  Sadly, he died in 1884, at the age of 52.  That left 8 of the 9 Hunter children still at home from ages 23 down to 8 years.  It certainly cannot have been easy for Susan with all those children to care for.  She didn’t remarry for 13 years.  

Marriage record for James G. Hunter & Susan C. Boggs

THE ORIGIN OF THE PHOTOGRAPH

I obtained this lovely 8 x 10 photograph from my cousin, Rick, in Michigan.  When I went back for a visit in 2007 he brought a box down from the attic that contained some items from our grandmother, Florence Bowden Milne.  Rick said he didn’t know who any of the women in the photograph were.  However, I immediately recognized our great grandmother, Florence Hunter, front row, center.  And, I also recognized two of her sisters, Ada & Myra, from other pictures I have.  Eventually I was able to correctly identify the other 3 sisters, Daisy, Stella & Grace. 

GREAT STORY ABOUT ASKING COUSINS FOR PHOTOS

Another cousin from this side of the family lives here in California.  We were talking on the phone and I mentioned that I had this particular picture of the Hunter sisters, one of which is her great grandmother.  She said “I have a photo of the six sisters also.”  She emailed her photo and I emailed her mine.  There were the sisters at the same sitting, only seated in a different order.  I’d love to show you the other photo here, but I haven’t asked permission.

THE STORY ABOUT THE TWO PHOTOS MADE IT INTO MAUREEN TAYLORS PHOTO DETECTIVE POSTING ON 1 DEC 2008.

Now this was exciting!  I read Maureen’s columns all the time and she is always asking for people to submit photos to her for dating and identifying.  She’s the author of several books about identifying photos (which I have in my library) and I love to read her articles.  When I submitted this photo and said I wanted to narrow down the date, she accepted it and wrote the following article.  I hadn’t been doing genealogy for very long, maybe 5 years, and this was exciting to me.  There was my family in an online article.  

Here is a link to that posting: http://blog.familytreemagazine.com/photodetectiveblog/default,month,2008-12.aspx   
I ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO TO THIS LINK TO VIEW MAUREEN'S ENTRIES.  YOU CAN LEARN A LOT ABOUT PHOTO DATING BY READING HER MATERIAL.

HERE IS THE ENTRY FROM THAT WEB PAGE.

 

Since all of this occurred I have learned so much about the Hunter sisters and their families.  All the girls (except Lenorah) went on to marry and four of the six had children.  Of the two brothers, Clyde died in 1901 at the age of 40.  I never located any marriage records for him and in the 1900 census he is living with his sister, Myra, and her family, as a single man.  

The other brother, Ralph, married twice and had two children.  He first married Helena Hill and they divorced.  Next he married Lucy Della Siler.  

Of the four sisters who did have children, they had 12 between them.  I’ve had plenty of descendants to follow up on and have thoroughly enjoyed learning about this family.

A couple more pictures of the ladies in this family:

Florence, Myra & Ada Hunter circa 1910

Four generations

In the picture above are, standing left to right, Florence Hunter Bowden Bell (my great grandmother), Florence Bowden Milne, (my grandmother) and seated is the mother of all the HUNTER children Susan Caroline Boggs Hunter with Dorothy Milne, her great granddaughter in her lap - 1907    

Here is a quick listing of the family:

James Gillen Hunter married Susan Caroline Boggs on 29 Aug 1859 in Lawrence Co., Ohio.  Here are all the children born to that union.

1.  Myra Hunter married Jacob Seigle 6 Oct 1880, probably in Ohio
     Children: Grace 1882-1882, Mary Ada 1883-1939, Arthur George 1889-1936
2.  Clyde Hunter 1861-1901
3.  Lenorah Hunter 1863-1892
4.  Ada Emily Hunter married William James King 26 Nov 1884 in Lawrence Co., OH
    Children: Charles Louis 1886-1961, Joseph Edward 1889-1974, William Albert 1891 – ?  Grace Leona 1896-1990, Unknown child born bet 1900-1910, Edith Lucille 1900-1976
5.  Estella “Stella” M. Hunter married 1st Leon R. Leigh 28 May 1893 in Cook Co., Illinois, married 2nd William J. Ferguson 27 Aug 1901 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, married 3rd Albert Frederick Pfeiffer 18 Dec 1913 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois.
    Children: Albert Herman Pfeiffer 1910-1979
6.  Florence Hunter married 1st Robert Lee Bowden 10 Mar 1887 in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio.  They divorced in 17 Jul 1899.  She then married George Keatley Bell on 16 Oct 1904.
   Children: Florence Lenora Bowden 1888-1986, Edna Mabel Bowden 1890-1932
7.  Raphael Hunter married 1st Helena Hill 25 Jun 1901, they divorced.  Married 2nd Lucy Della Siler 15 Apr 1916 in Jackson, Madison, Tennessee
    Children: Joseph Jackson 1913-1938, Helen Marian 1917-1994
8.  Grace Hunter married 1st Charles Henry Fenner on 16 May 1891 in Belmont Co., Ohio.  He died and she later married John A. Jenkins.  She had no children.
9.  Daisy Dean Hunter married George A. Skinner bet 1900-1910.  She had no children.

There is my Mother’s mother’s family.  If you are related to or researching anyone listed here or anyone descended from these families, please contact me.  There is still a lot I don’t know about them and I would love to exchange information.

Happy hunting,

Michigan Girl  

Copyright © 2014 Diane Gould Hall

SURNAME SATURDAY - FENNER

SURNAME SATURDAY

FENNER

FENNER, Grace Hunter (1874-1946) - she is my great grandaunt. So that makes her the sister of my great grandmother and an aunt to my grandmother. 

Grace & her first husband, Charles Henry FENNER (1859-1918) were married in Belmont County, Ohio on 16 May 1891.  They had no children.  He died during the influenza epidemic of 1918.  I have found quite a few family members from various branches of my tree who succumbed to the influenza during that time.

Charles FENNER's family business was photography.  He and his brothers had photography studios in Cincinnati and Lima, Ohio and Huntington, West Virginia.

Charles' father Nicholas Paul FENNER married Ellen MADDY in 1856 and they had 4 sons & 3 daughters. 

Here is how I am related to the FENNER family:

Nicholas Paul FENNER (1828 - 1908)

relationship to you: father-in-law of great grand aunt

Charles Henry FENNER (1859 - 1918)

Son of Nicholas Paul

Grace HUNTER (1874 - 1946)

Wife of Charles Henry

James Gillen HUNTER (1832 - 1884)

Father of Grace

Florence HUNTER (1869 - 1946)

Daughter of James Gillen

Florence Lee Nora BOWDEN (1888 - 1986)

Daughter of Florence

Patricia Anne MILNE (1924 - )

Daughter of Florence Lee Nora

Michigan Girl

You are the daughter of Patricia Anne



                     Grace HUNTER FENNER and her sisters.  Grace is in the back row, far left

I have quite a few photos from my mother's family that were taken at the Fenner Studio in Lima, Ohio.  My mother remembers "Aunt Grace." 

So with all the photos that must be floating around from this family, having owned a photography studio for several decades, I'm hoping someone out there has more pictures to share.  I would certainly love to have pictures of the Fenner brothers and any other family members. 

That's all for today,

Michigan Girl