Sharing Our Family: Documents on Carol McKinley side

This is Russell Orr McKinley SS number. Father of Robert (Bob), Carol, Richard and Russell Lee.

His biological father is Lloyd Andrews although I have not found a birth certificate yet. The question remains: Did Albertus George McKinley adopt Russell and Kenneth? Grandpa's SS number was issued as Russell Orr McKinley but when the first SS numbers came out in November 1936 the only requirements to obtain a number was:

The original 1936 version of the SS-5 requested the following information:

Employee name
Employee address
Name of current employer
Employer address
Age of employee
Date of birth
Place of birth
Sex
Color
U.S. Employment Service (USES) registration card number, if applicable
Date and place of previously completed an SS-5, if applicable
Completion date for current SS-5
Signature (SSA 1990)

This is the death certificate for Russell Orr McKinley. He was 54 years old. He was working for Inter-Mountain Construction Company out of Kansas City, Kansas. Cause of death is listed as: Suffocation due to crushing ____ of chest. If you can read the missing word, let me know.

Look under Russell Orr McKinley to see the newspaper article that tells about his death.

This is the death certificate of Charles Wesley Wright. Born Jan 23, 1878. Died May 1, 1922. He was 43 years old when he died and according to my records, an older brother to Simeon Rufus Wright (Ruth Gray's father). He was born in Albany, MO and buried in Ashland cemetery. He was a locomotive engineer and died in Buchanan County, St. Joseph MO. I can't read the cause of death completely, but I think it says, _____ism (maybe rheumatism misspelled) Scald and ____ __ of /RR collision. Let me know if anyone can figure out what the cause is. The death cert. says his father was E. W. Wright. But my records show Peter Wright. So, I will have to research this more. His mother was Sarah Peacock. His address listed was 3831 King Hill Ave. St. Joseph Missouri. Might be a fun trip to see this home.

This is land document from John Peacock Senior but even when I blow it up, I can't read it. But it does exist.

April 28, 1905. This is the marriage license for Margaret Ethel Orr (Born December 1, 1886, in Union County, Indiana. Died July 28, 1982. and buried in Memorial Park Cemetery, Kansas City, Kansas) and Lloyd Andrews (born 1884). They were married in Wyandotte County, KS. Looks like she was already about 4 months pregnant. They had 2 children:

Russell Orr McKinley born Sept 21, 1905. (Father of Carol Marie McKinley Wilson) and Kenneth Eugene McKinley born 1907. Margaret and Lloyd divorced, and Margaret married Albertus George McKinley. I have not found adoption records for Russell and Kenneth, but they were raised as McKinley.

This is an assessment for Simeon Rufus Wright (Born April 1, 1863 and died Jan 20, 1949). This is the father of Ruth Wright McKinley Gray. Notice he was born on April fools. He is the father of Ruth Lucille Wright or grandma Gray as we know her. Simeon was 51 years old at the time of this assessment and indicated he only had a 6th grade education. He was manager of the Colonial Hotel in Omaha, Nebraska. His yearly earnings was, $1500. His home or farm was worth $2000.

Obituary for Eugene Perry Wilson. It states he was born to William Norman and Anna Belle Simms Wilson but that is not true. Eugene was over 2 years old when Norman and Anna were married. Floyd Wiggins is the biological father of Eugene but Norman met and married Anna Belle after the baby was born.