Kenneth D Lindley (abt. 1928 - abt. 1951)

Born about Aug 1928 in Medford, Jackson, Oregon, United States

Died about 4 Aug 1951 at about age 23 in Pacific Ocean, Crescent City, California

Biography

When Kenneth Dale Lindley was born in August 1928 in Medford, Oregon, his father, Basil, was 21 and his mother, Lafern, was 20. He had one son with Betty Kidwell. Marriage 07 Oct 1949 - to Betty Jean Kidwell in Oregon On 09 Oct 1955, Betty Jean Kidwell and Edwin John Mallory apply for a marriage license as posted in the Medford Mail Tribune. He died in 1966 in Crescent, Oregon, at the age of 38. Drowned at sea while salmon fishing off the coast of California near the Oregon boarder. Body nor ship was ever found.

Research Notes

https://slc.ca.gov/shipwrecks/ Note: The "Carol" is not listed on this list of maritime incidents.

Sources

• "Oregon, Oregon State Archives, Marriage Records, 1906-1968", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:W1GV-672M : 23 August 2021), Betty Jean Kidwell in entry for Kenneth D. Lindley, 1949.

• "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8GV-FQ9 : 5 December 2014), Kenneth D Lindley, enlisted 31 Jul 1946, Portland, Oregon, United States; citing "Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946," database, The National Archives: Access to Archival Databases (AAD) (http://aad.archives.gov : National Archives and Records Administration, 2002); NARA NAID 1263923, National Archives at College Park, Maryland. Possibly only served 3 months from the records

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XC9J-S3D : accessed 22 March 2022), Kenneth Linley in household of B H Linley, Medford, Jackson, Oregon, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 45, sheet 8A, line 37, family 212, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1944; FHL microfilm 2,341,678.

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRRR-4Y4 : 4 January 2021), Kenneth D Lindley in household of Basil H Lindley, Election Precinct 38 Medford North, Jackson, Oregon, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 15-61, sheet 3B, line 72, family 63, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3362.

• https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6XVB-XC1Q. Kenneth D Lindley

Census United States 1950 Census