James Arthur McIninch (1919 - 1984)

Born 18 Apr 1919 in Milford, Penobscot, Maine, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Dorothy Deava (Karmenzind) McIninch — married 18 Jun 1949 in Illinois, United States

Died 18 Apr 1984 at age 65 in Peoria, Peoria, Illinois, United States

Biography

James was born in 1919. His parents were Tobias and Grace B (Nickerson) Mcininch. His seven siblings in the 1930 census were Irene 21, Everett 20, Lucretia 18, Leroy 17, Annie 15, Charles 12, and Tressa 8. James worked at doing odd jobs when he was twenty and married Dorothy (Karmenzind) McIninch on 18 Jun 1949. He enlisted in the US Army on 29 Dec 1945 in the Coast Artillery Corps and served in the regular Army from 3 Sep 1955 and was released on 30 Sep 1963. He died in 1984, fifteen years before his wife, and is buried at Parkview Cemetery, Peoria, Illinois.

Sources

• "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24N-NXJC : 13 March 2018), James Arthur Mcininch, Birth 18 Apr 1919; citing Division of Vital Statistics, State Board of Health, Augusta; FHL microfilm 10,156.
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMD4-6FZ : accessed 16 January 2020), James Mcininch in household of Tobias Mcininch, Old Town, Penobscot, Maine, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 80, sheet 8A, line 31, family 139, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 838; FHL microfilm 2,340,573.
• "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K851-F86 : 5 December 2014), James A Mc Ininch, enlisted 29 Dec 1945, Ft Sheridan, Illinois, 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.
• Cook County, Illinois Marriage Index, 1930-1960, James A. Mc Ininch, Marriage Date: 6 Jun 1949, Spouse: Dorothy D. Karmenzind, Marriage Location: Cook County, IL, Marriage license: {F8A32570-F8CE-42F1-9287-1462E82CED8C}, File Number: 2085991, Archive Collection Name: Cook County Genealogy Records (Marriages), Archive repository location: Chicago, IL, Archive repository name: Cook County Clerk
• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JTPF-P5M : 19 May 2014), James Mcininch, Apr 1984; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVGK-F6RQ : 13 December 2015), James Arthur McIninch, 1984; Burial, Peoria, Peoria, Illinois, United States of America, Parkview Cemetery; citing record ID 124617404, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
• Parkview Cemetery, (Peoria, Peoria, Illinois, USA), Photo of James Arthur and Dorothy Deava McIninch's headstone taken by Rhonda Zimmerman 12 Dec 2019.