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Note: Kenneth was born April 7th., 1900. That is what his father(William) said his birth date was when he was admitted to the State School in Owatonna,
Minnesota.
Information from Death Certificate for Kenneth Edward King
Certificate # 135
Name: Kenneth Edward King
Date of Death: November 11, 1968
Time of Death: 10:30 A.M.
Social Security Number: 471-01-4399
Place of Death: Owatonna, Steele Co., Minnesota
Usual Residence: 411 East 2nd. Street, Janesville, Waseca Co., Minnesota
Sex: Male
Color: White
Martial Status: Married
Spouses Name: Virginia King
Date of Birth: April 9, 1902 (death date is wrong) Should be April 7, 1900
Age at Death: 66 years (Wrong, should be 68 years old)
Occupation: Salesman
Kind of Business: Feed Elevator
Birthplace: Minnesota (Wrong)
Name of Father: Unknown
Birthplace of Father: Unknown
Maiden Name of Mother: Unknown
Birthplace of Mother: Unknown
Informant Name & Address: Virginia King (Wife), Janesville, Minnesota
Cause of Death: Coronary Occlusion-instant
Place of Burial: Janesville Cemetery, Janesville, Minnesota
Date of Burial: November 15, 1968
Undertaker: Lloyd Sandberg, Arnoldt Funeral, Janesville, Minnesota
Doctor: D.H. Dewey, M.D., Owatonna, Minnesota
The following information is from The State Public School Records in
Owatonna, Minnesota.
I received these records from the Minnesota Historical Society in St.
Paul, Minnesota.
Places of Residences as following:
1900-1906: England
1906-Sept.26th.,1910: Childrens Home in Duluth,St. Louis Co.,Minnesota
Sept.27th.,1910-May 1st.,1911: State Public School in Owatonna, Minnesota
May 1st.,1911: Placed in Amer McMahan's home in Beauford, Blue Earth
Co.,Minnesota
P.O. Address: Mapleton Feb.6th.1912: Placed in Sylvester McMahan's home in Beauford, Blue Earth
Co., Minnesota
Feb.11th.,1913: Placed in A.C. Fernald's home in Veron Center, Section 1
and 36 Blue Earth Co.,
Minnesota April 27th.,1915: Placed in Wm. F. Beise's home in Medo Section 28 and 29
Blue Earth Co., MN.
P.O. Address Mapleton Aug. 16th., 1915: Placed in Sigrud Skov's home in Rapidan, Blue Earth
Co., MN.
P.O. Address Good Thunder June 2nd.,1917: Placed in Fred Bristol's home in Ceresco, Section 30,
Blue Earth Co.,
P.O. Box Madelia Mar. 4th.,1921: C/O Al Byron, Waseca, Minnesota
Mar.21st., 1922: C/O Axel Larson, RR 6, Waseca, Minnesota
The following are letters taken from the State School files on Kenneth,
Bertram & Harry King.
(K=Kenneth's file, B=Bartram's file, H=Harry's file)
Page 134 - K
Duluth, MN. 6-10-1916
In Re. Wm. King
Col. Resclie informed me that Mr. King came to Duluth from England, where he left the mother of our three King boys, his first wife, and
brought another woman with him with whom has a family of children. He
lived at Superior with this woman while the boys were in the Children's
Home in Duluth. He there moved to some place in Iowa where he is said to be a preacher. He was brought back to Duluth on a charge of non-support
but told Judge Ensign a story of hard luck and made the judge believe
that he had made an effort to support the children but according to a
combination of circumstances he had been unable to do so, and that it
would be impossible for him to provide for the boys in the children's
home.
P.S. Ivaccson
Agent
Page 2-K
In the Matter Of Kennith, Bartram and Harry King, Dependent children
The case named above came before the Juvenile court on the 17th day of September, 1910, for disposition, J.A. Sinclair, Esq., appearing as
attorney for and in place of William King, and it appearing to the court
that the said children had been supported by the public for the last five
years with little help from Mr. King, and at the present time the said
King owes the Children's Home one hundred eighty five dollars, and is
unable to pay the same or the board of the children in the future that
the children are illegible children, and have no relatives or friends
willing to care for them; That Mr. King has a family in Iowa dependent on
him for support, the court found the said children dependent and made its
order committing them to The State Public School in Owatonna.
Page 3-K
History of the case as shown by the evidence
Father: William King
Nationality: English
Mother: unknown
Nationality: unknown, said to be dead
Name of Children: Kenneth-b.4-9-1900, Bartram-b.4-7-1902,
Harry-b.9-30-1903
Residence of Father: Iowa
Page 4-K
The boys were received into the State Public School on Sept.29th.,1910 from the Children's Home in Duluth, St Louis Co., MN.
accompanied by Mrs. Forgy.
Page 52-K and 53-K
Lilian was adopted out of the Children's Home in Duluth by W.W. & Nina B. Coffey. They changed her name to Elizabeth Coffey. Nina wrote a
letter to the Superintendent of the State School on Nov.11th., 1912,
inquiring about the boys.
Dear Sir,
For some time I have intended on writing you about the three boys named King, sent you from the Children's Home in Duluth. We have, as our
adopted daughter their only sister, now seven years old. As the boys are
to old to forget their former life I have wanted them to know where their
sister is and I thought perhaps you would tell the people who took the
boys where she is so that as they grow older they may not lose sight of
each other. We love our two adopted children as our very own but we also
know that blood is thicker than water and we keep for them all the data
we can procure. Are the boys still at the home? Our address is:
W.W. Coffey
103 Custer Ave
Billings, Montana
Mr. Coffey is in the employ of F. A. Patrick, Duluth, Minnesota. And a
letter to there would always reach me.
Sincerely,
Nina B. Coffey
Page 114-K
Mrs. Louis Herbert, their mothers sister, wrote a letter on June 24,1915
to the Superintendent of the State School inquiring about the three boys.
She knew Lilian was adopted from the Children's Home in Duluth. She
wanted to know where the boys were and how they were doing. Her address
at the time of the letter was as follows: Mrs. Louis Herbert
3 Sea Foam Ave. Winthrop, Mass. Page 172-K and 173-K
The following is another letter from Mrs.Louis Herbert inquiring about
the three boys and their sister Lilian.
June 24,1918
To the Supt. of the State School,
Owatonna, Minn.
Dear Sir or Madame,
I would like very much to hear something of the King children, formerly of the children's home in Duluth but whom I understand is now in
your care. They are my dead sisters children and I am their only relative
in this country with the exception of their father, its a pity that we
should lose track of them for so long a time. I have not seen or heard
from them since the summer of 1910, when I visited them at the home in
Duluth. I do so much want to hear of them and anything you could tell me
would be deeply appreciated or perhaps one of them could write to me.
Their names are Kenneth-Bertram-Harry and Lillian. Trusting to hear from
you in the near future and thanking you for any information you may be
able to give to me. I am respectfully yours,
Mrs. Louis Herbert
3 Sea Foam Ave
Winthrop, Mass.
Page 183-K
The following letter is from Mrs. W.W. Coffey to the Supt. of the State
School
Mrs. W.W. Coffey
328 Mango Promenade
West Palm Beach, Fla.
June 6,1926
Supt. State School
Dear Sir,
I am writing to ask if you will give me the address of any or all of the boys of the King family, sent to you from the Children's Home in
Duluth, Minnesota about 1908(our papers are in the safety deposit
vault-and I can't remember the exact date). We took their sister Lillian,
now Elizabeth Coffey. We have always told her that after she finished
high school we would look up her brothers and she has just finished her
second year of College and now feels that she would like to know
something of her brothers. We were in Duluth three years ago just after
one of them had visited the home. If we can get in touch with one perhaps
he knows where the others are. Have you any idea where the father is? We
do not especially care as he never even cared whether Elizabeth had a
good home or not. She is our adored daughter of our home and a most
lovely girl.
The following information is from the Mankato Historical Society Museum
in Mankato, Blue Earth Co., Minnesota.
Polk's Mankato City Directories:
A list of the abbreviations used in the books:
Lab.=laborer, tchr.=teacher, jan.=janitor, wid.=widow, slsmn.=salesman,
Formn.=forman, cash.=cashier, r.=resides, h.=household, clk.=clerk
Book Year:1927-1928, page 98
King, Kenneth - lab., r-724 N. 6th
Book Year: 1931-1932, page 106
King, Kenneth - Formn., Hubbard Milling Co., r-309 1/2 N. Front
Book Year: 1934-1935, page 140
King, Kenneth E. (Agnes E.), formn., Hubbard Milling Co., h-1128 N. 5th.
Book Year: 1936-1937, page
King, Kenneth E. (Agnes), formn, Hubbard Milling Co., h-1304 N. 6th
Book Year: 1938-1939, page 134
King, Kenneth E. (Agnes) loader, Hubbard Milling Co., h-1304 N. 6th
Book Year: 1941-1942, page
King, Kenneth E. (Agnes E.), formn, Hubbard Milling Co., h-1304 N. 6th
Book Year: Page 153
King, Kenneth E. (Agnes) slsmn, Hubbard Milling Co., h-524 Fountain
Book Year: 1948. page
King, Kenneth E., slsmn, Mankato Mills, r-115 Hickory
Kenneth lived in Janesville from 1949 until his death in 1968.
Kenneth worked at Hubbard Mill & Archer Daniels in Mankato, Minnesota.
The following Obituary is from the Janesville Argus
November 14, 1968, Janesville, Minnesota
HEART ATTACK FATAL TO KENNETH KING, 66
The unexpected death of Kenneth King of Janesville occurred Monday morning November 11 when he was stricken with a fatal heart attack while
at work at the Owatonna Elevator.
Funeral services will be held at 2 P.M. Friday, November 15, at the St. John's Episcopal church in Janesville with Carter F. Butts, Rector
officiating. Interment will be in the Janesville Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Albert Groebner, Willard Blasing, Charles Nyquist, Floyd Klinder, Willard Arndt and Robert Johnson.
Kenneth Edward King, was born April 9, 1902, at Duluth. On January 6, 1944, he was united in marriage to Virginia Westerberg of Rochester at Spring Valley. Following their marriage, they resided in
Rochester until in 1947 when they moved to Janesville which has since
been their home. Mr. King held the position as salesman for Archer
Daniels Midland at Minneapolis before his employment as a salesman at the
Owatonna Elevator which he began 11 years ago.
He was a member of the St. John's Episcopal Church in Janesville and of the church vestry.
Surviving are his wife, four sons, Mervin of Omaha, Neb., James serving in the Navy at Vallejo, Cal.; Jerry and Roger at home and three
grandchildren. One brother, Harry, of Alamosa, Colo.; also survives.
Visitation is at the Arnoldt Funeral Home in Janesville who is in charge of arrangements.
Kenneth's birth date and place of birth are incorrect, they should be
April 9, 1900 in England. The marriage date is incorrect also, it should
be Jan. 6, 1951.
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