William J Kershenstein (1908 - abt. 1979)

Born 21 May 1908 in Johnstown, Cambria, Pennsylvania, United States

Ancestors

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POTENTIAL CHILD - Kershenstein, Baby Boy - Mt. Olivet Cemetery; Date of death (Cemetery records): September 7, 1940; Date of Interment: 09/10/1940; Location: Section 64, Tier 9, Space 247. Plot was free and no records of parents at cemetery. Refer to death indexes. ^[1]

Biography

Birth Certificate lists William as the sixth child of John and Louisa.^[2][3]

WILLIAM KERSHENSTEIN was born 21 May 1908, received Social Security number 378-01-1126 (indicating Michigan) and, Death Master File says, died May 1979.^[4]

School: Attended Immaculate Conception Parochial School, Johnstown, Cambria, Pennsylvania, United States.^[5]

Marriage: Married Bernadine Buettner in Johnstown at some point and they lived in Johnstown, Cambria, Pennsylvania, United States on April 1, 1935 and moved to Detroit on May 4, 1936 after their wedding.^[6]

Marriage License: ADD TRANSCRIPTION

Marriage Announcement: BERNADINE BUETTNER, W. J. KERSHENSTEIN UNITED IN MARRAIGE - Local Girl, Detroit Man Marry in Immaculate Conception Church - The marriage of Miss Bernadine C. Buettner of 321 Broad Street to William J. Kershenstein of Detroit, Mich., formerly Johnstown, was solemnized at a pretty ceremony yesterday morning in the Immaculate Conceptions Catholic Church. Rev. Father Louis M. Maucher read the service.

Attendants were Miss Anna J. McDonald of Portage and Leo J. Buettner, brother of the bride. The former Miss Buettner was attired in a dark blue suit with a corsage of yellow roses.

The bride is a daughter of the late Peter J. and Mary P. Buettner. Her husband is a son of John Kershenstein of 275 Decker Avenue. Mr. and Mrs. William Kershenstein were schoolmates at the Immaculate Conception Parochial School.

Mrs. Kershenstein graduated from Johnstown High School and attended the dental school of the University of Pittsburgh. She had been working as an assistant to her brother, Dr. C. A. Buettner, for some time. Her husband is employed by the Packard Motor Company in Detroit.

The couple left yesterday for Detroit, where they will reside.^[7]

Death: May 7, 1979

No further information is currently available.

Sources

1. ↑ Mt. Olivet Cemetery; 17100 Van Dyke, Detroit, MI 48234-3975.[1]
2. ↑ Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; Bureau of Vital Statistics; Certificate of Birth for William Allen Kershenstein; May 24, 1908; listed as sixth child in birth order; 277 Decker Avenue, Johnstown, Cambria, Pennsylvania, United States; 20th Ward; Registration District Number 324; Primary Registration District Number 40; File Number 66906 (also stamped in center with 71454); Registered Number 573
3. ↑ Descendants of George Kershenstein Family Notes - Gen No. 2
4. ↑ Sortedbyname.com[2]
5. ↑ Johnstown Tribune, Johnstown, Cambria, Pennsylvania, United States; May 5, 1936; P 8.
6. ↑ Johnstown Tribune, Johnstown, Cambria, Pennsylvania, United States; May 5, 1936; P 8.
7. ↑ Johnstown Tribune, Johnstown, Cambria, Pennsylvania, United States; May 5, 1936; P 8.

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89M1-GJNG?cc=2000219&wc=QZX1-1S5%3A790103601%2C796947201%2C802504301%2C802532201 : accessed 4 July 2018), Michigan > Wayne > Detroit City, Detroit, Ward 15 > 84-862 Detroit City Ward 15 (Tract 521 - part), Boulevard Sanitarium > image 21 of 36; citing 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.
• Social Security Death Index "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J16K-LWT : 20 May 2014), William Kershenstein, May 1979; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
• Michigan Death Index "Michigan Death Index, 1971-1996," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VZTY-RR7 : 4 December 2014), William A Kershenstein, 07 May 1979; from "Michigan, Deaths, 1971-1996," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 1998); citing Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, death certificate number 24129, Michigan Department of Vital and Health Records, Lansing.