Margaret (Kepner) Kerns
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Born 1940s.
Ancestors 
Daughter of Glenn Sterling Kepner
and Mary Lena (Hall) Kepner
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Margaret (Kepner) Kerns is a Project Member of the Southern Pioneers Project.
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Biography
Margaret Kepner is a descendant of the William Penn and Early Pennsylvania Settlers Community
Margaret (Kepner) Kerns is a member of the Maupin Name Study Project.
Margaret (Kepner) Kerns is a member of the Menzies Name Study Project.
Margaret (Kepner) Kerns is a member of the US Southern Colonies Project.
Margaret (Kepner) Kerns has Irish ancestors.
Margaret (Kepner) Kerns is the descendant of a Huguenot emigrant.
Margaret (Kepner) Kerns is the descendant of Palatine migrants.
Margaret was born in 1943. She grew up on a farm in Bogard Township near Urich, Henry Co., Missouri. She attended first grade at a rural one-room school called Enterprise, which consolidated with the Urich School District the following year. She was graduated from Urich High School in 1961, president and valedictorian of her class. While growing up, Margaret took part in 4-H, completing 6 years of clothing projects, as well as cooking and flower arranging. She was enrolled in Junior Leadership several years, where she learned public speaking. Margaret also participated in the many activities of the farm, working in the garden, canning, butchering, plowing, disking, cultivating, mowing and raking hay and milking cows. She especially liked riding their horse, Thunder, a black former show horse.
After graduation, Margaret immediately went to work for AT&T in Kansas City, Missouri. She roomed with her school friends, Kathryn Hudson and Bettie Smith, until her fiance, George Kerns returned from his Army Reserve training, They were married Sep. 21, 1961, and moved to Harrisonville, Cass Co., Missouri, where he was employed by the Missouri Highway Department in the Construction department. Late in 1962 he was transferred to Clinton, Henry Co., Missouri, and they moved there, Margaret leaving AT&T. They purchased a house in Clinton, and Margaret worked for EBASCO Services a short time, then for the county's University Extension Center for about 3 years. She then worked for The Clinton Eye as a reporter for 6 months, after which she was employed by the USDA Soil Conservation Servivce, River Basin Survey as a clerk-stenographer for over a year. She was next employed as County Office Clerk with Farmers Home Adminiatration, also part of USDA.
In 1965 she and George purchased a farm from her parents, the place she was born. They built a house on their farm near Urich, Henry Co., MO, in 1975, and Margaret again changed jobs, working as a bookkeeper-secretary for the John Deere dealership in Clinton, B & N Machinery. In June 1980, George and Margaret were divorced for a short time. They were married a second time on Sep. 21, 1980 at Urich, Henry Co., MO. Margaret retired from the active work force and pursued her hobby of genealogy for a few years. She then took care of her mother, Mary Kepner during her last illness and death, then continued caring for her father, Glenn Kepner. She also helped her uncle and aunt, Lee and Hazel Kepner, during their final years. Margaret enjoyed gardening, sewing, miniatures, reading and cake decorating when her health permitted. She suffers from fibromyalgia, which has stopped her active hobbies. She still works on genealogy using her computer, and still reads her favorites, history, biographies, adventure, historical fiction, and mysteries. She also still enjoys listening to music, her favoriate performer being Harry Bellafonte, although she enjoys about all types of music.
Sources
- First-hand information. Entered by Margaret Kepner Kerns at registration.
See also
My Surnames - 10 Generation Surname Surname Chart - 30 Jan 2021
- Legend:
- Surname (alternate spellings) : First Person with surname in tree β EKA - Earliest Known Ancestor
- ( # ) = number of generations from Primary person to EKA
π· = pedigree chart of First Person / 
β = descendant list of EKA
- Adams : β Susanna Adams, b. 1670, Cornwall, England β (9)
- Bagnall : β Elizabeth Bagnall, b. 1685, Germany β (8)
- Bailey : Ann, b. 1740, Goochland, Virginia π· β Arthur Bailey, b. 1615, London, England β (9)
- Barjon (de Barjon) : Gabrielle, b. 1643, St. Etienne de VallΓ©e, Gard, France π· β Pierre de Barjon, b. 1615, β (10)
- Barnes : Susan, b. 1820, Tennessee π· β James Barnes, b. 1610, England β (11)
- Bessar : β Kunna Bessar, b. 1631, Jesberg, Hessen, Deutschland (Germany) β (9)
- Biffle (BΓΌffel) : Mary, b. 1758, Rowan County, Province of North Carolina π· β Johannes BΓΌffel, b. 1699, Contwig, Sudwestpfalz, Rheinland-Pfalz β (7)
- Blackburn : β Anna Blackburn, b. 1760, β (5)
- Bollinger : β Anne Bollinger, b. 1785, Pennsylvania β (4)
- Bondurant : Sarah, b. 1785, North Carolina π· β Jehan Bondurant, b. 0000, β (17)
- Broeller : Catherine, b. 1605, dinkelsbuhl, Ansbach, Bayern, Germany π· β Adam Broeller, b. 1575, null β (10)
- Brooks : Mary, b. 1842, Jefferson County, Indiana π· β William Brooks, b. 1725, null β (6)
- Busby : β Susannah Busby, b. 1635, Peterborough, Northamptonshire, England β (9)
- Cornett : Mary, b. 1831, Jackson County, Missouri, USA π· β Edley Cornett, b. 1803, near, Richmond, Henrico County, Virginia, United States β (3)
- Daecher : β Anna Barbara Daecher, b. 1685, β (7)
- Davis : Elizabeth, b. 1809, Warren or Logan County, Kentucky, USA π· β John Davis, b. 1769, North Carolina β (4)
- Dennis : β Mary Dennis, b. 1735, Ireland β (6)
- Dentzer : Anna, b. 1640, Steinbach, Odenwald, Hessen-Nassau, Prussia, Germany π· β Heinrich Dentzer, b. 1560, Marburg, Germany β (11)
- Dentzer : Maria, b. 1671, Birkenau, Starkenburg, Hessen, Germany π· β Simon Dentzer, b. 1564, Nassau, Prussia β (11)
- Dinwittie : β Margaret Dinwittie, b. 1688, null β (8)
- Duckett : β Lucy Duckett, b. 1665, Pennsylvania β (8)
- Dunham : Phoebe, b. 1787, Maryland, United States π· β John Dunham, b. 1730, Ireland β (6)
- Elbert : β Anna Elbert, b. 1644, Kettenbach, Berg bei Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz, Neumarkt, Bavaria, Germany β (8)
- Eller : Elizabeth, b. 1853, near Billingsville, Cooper County, Missouri, USA π· β George Eller, b. 1689, Kaltenbrunn, Mitwitz, Kronach, Oberfranken, Bavaria, Germany β (7)
- Eppes : β Tabitha Eppes, b. 1660, Colony of Virginia β (9)
- Eschmann : Maria, b. 1710, Oley, Oley Township, Berks, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America π· β Abraham Eschmann, b. 1665, null β (9)
- Finlay : β Katherine Finlay, b. 1698, Scotland β (8)
- Gates : Susannah, b. 1651, London, England π· β John Gates, b. 1621, Chesham, Buckinghamshire, England β (9)
- Gibbs : Elizabeth, b. 1655, π· β Mathew Gibbs, b. 1615, Kent, England β (10)
- Giebel (Geibel) : Barbara, b. 1644, Nassau, Deggendorf, Bayern, Germany π· β Heinrich Geibel, b. 1618, Marlburg, Hessen-Nassau, Prussia β (10)
- Gilliam : β Sarah Gilliam, b. 1738, β (6)
- Gillum : Elizabeth, b. 1770, π· β Unknown Gillum, b. 1716, β (7)
- Goettge : β Maria Eva Goettge, b. 1730, Holland β (6)
- Haan : β Catherina Haan, b. 1702, Contwig, Sudwestpfalz, Rheinland-Pfalz β (7)
- Hall : β Cecelia Hall, b. 1740, Henrico, Virginia β (6)
- Hall : Mary, b. 1906, Bogard Twp., Henry Co., MO π· β Stephen Hall, b. 0000, β (4)
- Hatcher : Mary, b. 1665, Henrico County, Colony of Virginia π· β William Hatcher, b. 1613, England β (11)
- Helchey : β Aeltje Helchey, b. 1645, the United Provinces of the Netherlands β (9)
- Henckel : Catherine, b. 1735, Milford, Bucks, Pennsylvania π· β Petrius Henckel, b. 1378, null β (17)
- Hendrick (Hendricks) : Martha, b. 1865, Quick City, Henry Co., MO π· β Albertus Hendricks, b. 1640, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands β (9)
- Higgins : Martha, b. 1810, Warren County, Kentucky, USA π· β Philemon Higgins, b. 1732, Somerset, Pennsylvania β (6)
- Hummel : β Anna Hummel, b. 1777, Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States β (4)
- Hyatt (Hyat) : Susannah, b. 1697, π· β Charles Hyat, b. 1563, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, England β (12)
- Ingles : Ann, b. 1737, Philadelphia, Delaware, Pennsylvania π· β John Ingles, b. 1640, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland β (10)
- Johnson : β Elizabeth Johnson, b. 1629, Powhatan, Colony of Virginia β (9)
- Jordan : β Elizabeth Jordan, b. 1660, Surry County, Virginia Colony β (8)
- Jordan (Jordon) : Mary, b. 1625, England π· β Arthur Jordon, b. 1600, England β (10)
- Jungel : Anna, b. 1674, Kettenbach, Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz, Bayern, Germany π· β Johann Jungel, b. 1625, Germany β (9)
- Kepner : Glenn, b. 1908, Cass County, Missouri, United States π· β Benedict Kepner, b. 1679, Wurttemberg, Germany β (7)
- King : Elizabeth, b. 1770, π· β Zachariah King, b. 1750, β (6)
- Kraus : β Mary Kraus, b. 0000, β (4)
- Laudin : β Barbara Laudin, b. 1645, Germany β (8)
- Losch : β Maria Losch, b. 1685, Massenbach, Brackenheim, WΓΌrttemberg, Deutschland β (7)
- Loveless : β Nancy Loveless, b. 1725, β (6)
- Mark : Sophia, b. 1810, Chambersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, United States π· β Peter Mark, b. 1774, Whitehall Township, Lehigh, Pennsylvania β (4)
- Maxey : Susannah, b. 1700, Henrico, Virginia π· β Ralph Maxey, b. 1508, β (13)
- McCall : β Catherine McCall, b. 1717, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania β (7)
- McCarty : Susannah, b. 1791, Buncombe County, North Carolina, USA π· β James McCarty, b. 1750, Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina β (5)
- McClung : β Susannah McClung, b. 1740, Montgomery County, Virginia β (6)
- McCord (MacKorda) : Elizabeth, b. 1678, Ireland π· β John MacKorda, b. 1600, Scotland β (12)
- Mcmurray (MCMurray) : Mary, b. 1630, Enniskillen, Fermanagh, , Ireland π· β James MCMurray, b. 1605, cork Ireland β (10)
- Means : Mary, b. 1762, Pennsylvania π· β William Means, b. 1551, Oxfordshire, England β (10)
- Mueller (Muller) : Anna, b. 1659, Holzheim, Giessen, Hessen, Germany π· β Sebastian Muller, b. 0000, Pfohren, Donaueschingen, Baden, Germany β (11)
- Neal : β Mary Neal, b. 1783, β (4)
- Nisbet : Catherine, b. 1671, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland π· β James Nisbet, b. 1580, Ayrshire, Scotland β (11)
- Oglesby : Martha, b. 1828, Kentucky π· β Jacob Oglesby, b. 1658, England β (9)
- Paine : Martha, b. 1710, Basking Ridge, Somerset County, New Jersey π· β Thomas Paine, b. 1680, Basking Ridge, Somerset, New Jersey β (8)
- Patton : β Sarah Patton, b. 1783, Tennessee β (4)
- Perkins : β Constant Perkins, b. 1709, Goochland County, Virginia, British America β (7)
- Phillips : β Dorothy Phillips, b. 1747, Maryland β (5)
- Pleasant : β Edith Pleasant, b. 1695, Goochland, Goochland, Virginia β (7)
- Pruitt : β Elizabeth Pruitt, b. 1760, Virginia β (5)
- Raibone : Sarah, b. 1680, Henrico County, Colony of Virginia π· β Richard Raibone, b. 1649, Henrico County, Colony of Virginia β (9)
- Redford : Rhoda, b. 1797, Stokes, North Carolina, United States π· β William Redford, b. 1750, England β (5)
- Robertson : β Elizabeth Robertson, b. 1737, Lancaster, Pennsylvania β (6)
- Roland : β Christiana Roland, b. 0000, β (6)
- Sanders : β Francis Sanders, b. 1774, Bruncombe County, North Carolina β (4)
- Sawyer : β Martha Sawyer, b. 1680, Ireland β (9)
- Skaggs (Scaggs) : Martha, b. 1765, Montgomery, Virginia π· β Aaron Scaggs, b. 1655, β (8)
- Strauss : Maria, b. 1753, Bernville, Berks County, Pennsylvania π· β Adam Strauss, b. 1530, Dinkelsbuhl, Ansbach, Bayern, Germany β (11)
- Tanner : Ann, b. 1695, Henrico Shire, Colony of Virginia π· β William Tanner, b. 1540, Kingston St Michael, Wiltshire β (14)
- Taylor : Sarah, b. 1704, Manakin, Henrico County, Virginia π· β Thomas Taylor, b. 1685, null β (8)
- Ware : Susannah, b. 1692, St. Peter's Parish, New Kent, Virginia π· β Jacob Ware, b. 1626, Menhenior, Cornwall, England β (10)
- Weicker : Maria, b. 1721, Wattenheim, Germany π· β Johann Weicker, b. 1685, null β (7)
- Welty : β Mary Welty, b. 1752, Pennsylvania β (5)
- Zerbe (Zirbe) : Maria, b. 1715, Livingston Manor, Albany, New York π· β Martin Zirbe, b. 1644, Kettenbach, Aarbergen, Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis, Hessen, Germany β (8)
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships by comparing test results with Margaret or other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships by comparing test results with Margaret or other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
- Margaret (Kepner) Kerns: Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test, haplogroup J1b1a1, FTDNA kit #358705
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