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Updated: 11-06-2019 02:11:97.


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Family
Marriage: Children:

  1. John Joseph "Jack" Kane: Birth: 23 NOV 1916 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania, USA. Death: 20 SEP 1976 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania, USA

  2. Francis Xavier "Duke" (Col.) Kane: Birth: 12 DEC 1918 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania, USA. Death: 18 JUL 2013 in San Antonio, Bexar Co., Texas, USA

  3. Person Not Viewable

  4. David Thomas Kane: Birth: 7 APR 1923 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania, USA. Death: 1 MAR 1934 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania, USA

  5. Dorothy Carmelita Denise Kane: Birth: 30 MAY 1926 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania, USA. Death: 17 APR 1978 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania, USA


Sources
1. Title:   Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1966
Page:   Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission; Pennsylvania, USA; Certificate Number Range: 020251-022950
Author:   Ancestry.com
Publication:   Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;
2. Title:   U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
Author:   Ancestry.com
Publication:   Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;
3. Title:   U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
Page:   Registration State: Pennsylvania; Registration County: Allegheny; Roll: 1909160; Draft Board: 10
Author:   Ancestry.com
Publication:   Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;
4. Title:   1920 United States Federal Census
Page:   Year: 1920; Census Place: Chester Ward 2, Delaware, Pennsylvania; Roll: T625_1561; Page: 18B; Enumeration District: 120
Author:   Ancestry.com
Publication:   Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;
5. Title:   1910 United States Federal Census
Page:   Year: 1910; Census Place: Pittsburgh Ward 12, Allegheny, Pennsylvania; Roll: T624_1303; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 0440; FHL microfilm: 1375316
Author:   Ancestry.com
Publication:   Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2006;
6. Title:   1940 United States Federal Census
Page:   Year: 1940; Census Place: Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania; Roll: m-t0627-03669; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 69-577
Author:   Ancestry.com
Publication:   Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;
7. Title:   U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942
Page:   The National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; World War II draft cards (Fourth Registration) for the State of Pennsylvania; Record Group Title: Records of the Selective Service System, 1926-1975; Record Group Number: 147; Series Number: M1951
Author:   Ancestry.com
Publication:   Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2010;
8. Title:   1930 United States Federal Census
Page:   Year: 1930; Census Place: Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania; Page: 10B; Enumeration District: 0325
Author:   Ancestry.com
Publication:   Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2002;
9. Title:   1900 United States Federal Census
Page:   Year: 1900; Census Place: Pittsburgh Ward 13, Allegheny, Pennsylvania; Page: 16; Enumeration District: 0155
Author:   Ancestry.com
Publication:   Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;
10. Title:   U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995
Author:   Ancestry.com
Publication:   Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;
11. Source:   Details: Family information provided by Rita Kane Burns, 21237 Lasse

Notes
a. Note:   Son of Thomas & Sarah (Langdon). John J. Kane was elected to the PA State Legislature in 1932 and served one term. He was then elected to the City Council of Pittsburgh, followed by 6 consecutive terms (24 years) as Chairman of the Board of County Commissioners, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., PA. He was responsible for building the first major airport in Pittsburgh and John J. Kane Hospital in Allegheny Co. is named in his honor. At the 1944 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, he made the seconding speech for Harry Truman's nomination for Vice President.
  The Carnegie Central Library in Oakland/Pittsburgh has extensive material on him, per his daughter Ruth (Kane) Burns.
  He died of a cerebral thrombosis and Parkinson's disease at McGuire Memorial Hospital in Daugherty, Beaver, Co.
  From the website of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives: 05/17/1890 - 03/05/1961 KANE, John J., a Representative from Allegheny County; born, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pa. on May 17, 1890; attended, Duquesne University; Pennsylvania representative, The International Printing Pressmen’s Union of North America; elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives as a Democrat in 1932; not a candidate for reelection to the House in the 1934 General election; elected, City Council, Pittsburgh (1934-1936); elected, commissioner, Allegheny County (1937-1960); died, March 5, 1961 in New Brighton, Beaver County, Pennsylvania."
  See http://www.post-gazette.com/local/city/2015/06/09/County-pays-homage-to-its-past-with-portraits-of-commissioners/stories/201506080196 for a photo of John J. Kane.
  https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/169006829
  https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/BiosHistory/MemBio.cfm?ID=1969&body=H
  https://archive.triblive.com/news/pittsburgh-allegheny/allegheny-county-commissioners-honored-with-portraits-placed-in-courthouse-hallway/
 

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