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Benedict Joseph "Richard" Girten

Benedict Joseph "Richard" Girten

Male 1876 - 1951  (74 years)

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  • Name Benedict Joseph "Richard" Girten  [1, 2] 
    Birth 11 Aug 1876  [1] 
    Gender Male 
    Death Mar 1951 
    Burial Mount Calvary Cemetery in Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Patriarch & Matriarch
    James Valentine Austin Girten,   b. Abt 1838, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Nov 1890, Union County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 52 years)  (Father) 
    Martha Anne Shanks,   b. Abt 1826, Union County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Oct 1912, Daviess County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years)  (Grandmother) 
    Person ID I2843  1665 GOUGH/GOFF (US-MD-STM/US-VA-LOU) I-Y6902-A
    Last Modified 20 Oct 2023 

    Father James Valentine Austin Girten,   b. Abt 1838, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Nov 1890, Union County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 52 years) 
    Mother Frances Elizabeth "Eliza" Shanks,   b. 8 Mar 1845, Union County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1916, Union County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 72 years) 
    Marriage 20 Sep 1867  Union County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Family ID F1638  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Ina Langston,   b. 19 Mar 1886   d. 18 Apr 1975, Fremont, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 89 years) 
    Marriage 24 Jul 1907  St. Thomas Catholic Church, Armoudale, Kansas City, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Children 
     1. Bruce Anthony Girten,   b. 7 Mar 1913   d. 25 Dec 2008, California Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 95 years)
     2. Delores M. Girten,   b. 17 Apr 1915   d. 2000, Specialities Hospital of MidAmerica, Overland Park, KS Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years)
    ▻ Ralph E Gray  m. 19 Aug 1935

    ▻ Ralph E Gray  m. 19 Aug 1935
    Family ID F1628  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 20 Oct 2023 

  • Notes 
    • [Girten, Charles, 1819.FTW]

      Moved to Kansas City after 1910. Owned a restaurant at 18th and Kansas Ave, KCK. Children were Delores and Bruce. His wife and their mother abandoned them. Possibly went to Ohio. Tried to contact daugher, Delores, years later. Delores had quite a few kids. Delores died in January 2000. Obit is found on her family page.

      Possibility two marriages with new wife bringing at least one girl to the family.

  • Sources 
    1. [S4186] Girten, Charles, 1819.FTW.
      Date of Import: Oct 18, 2002

    2. [S3779] Find a Grave.

    3. [S5164] Marriages, 1854 - 1870, Union County, Kentucky, 27.