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James Cornelius Girten

James Cornelius Girten

Male 1915 - 1959  (44 years)

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  • Name James Cornelius Girten  [1] 
    Birth 28 Feb 1915  Uniontown, Union County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 20 Jun 1959  Union County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial St Agnes Cemetery, Uniontown, Union County, KY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I2867  1665 GOUGH/GOFF (US-MD-STM/US-VA-LOU) I-Y6902-A
    Last Modified 20 Oct 2023 

    Family Ella Gertrude Hagan,   b. 31 Dec 1917, Union County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Jul 2004, Kansas City, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years) 
    Marriage 3 Jan 1939  [2] 
    Children 
     1. Barry Girten
     2. Jan Girten

     3. Ruth Ann Girten

     4. Joseph Wayne Girten   d. 1945
     5. Margaret Virginia Girten,   b. 1935   d. 1950 (Age 15 years)
     6. Donald Raymond Girten,   b. 26 Nov 1939, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Dec 1961, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 22 years)
     7. Margaret (Peggy) Louise Girten,   b. 19 Jan 1943, Union County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Aug 1969, Uniontown, Union County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 26 years)
    ▻ George Tate, III  m. Abt 1963

    ▻ George Tate, III  m. Abt 1963
     8. Norma Katherine Girten,   b. 1947   d. 1969 (Age 22 years)

     9. Agnes Marie Girten,   b. 25 Feb 1948, Union County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Aug 1969, Union County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 21 years)
     10. James Leslie Girten,   b. 8 Jul 1952, Uniontown, Union County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Sep 2017, Uniontown, Union County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years)
     11. Marilyn Jean Girten,   b. 19 Apr 1956, Uniontown, Union County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 May 1959, Uniontown, Union County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 3 years)
    Family ID F1636  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 20 Oct 2023 

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

      Known as "Dink," James Cornelius Girten was found slumped over the steering wheel of his car near the levee in Uniontown, KY having died of a heart attack. He had died shortly after the death of his daughter, Marilyn.

      On 30 august 1969, a car was hit head on by a drunk driver. Peggy Girten Tate, her husband George Tate, Norma Kay Girten Yates and her husband, Doug Yates, and Agnes Girten, unmarried, perished in the car which had caught fire. They were returning from the race track at Ellis Park in Henderson County, KY or possibly from Vanderburgh County, IN. Two children of Peggy Girten Tate and George Tate were thrown from the car and survived. They were Craig and Janelle Tate. They were raised by their grandmother, Ella Gertrude "Sis" Hagan Girten in Uniontown, KY. (It is assumed that the Girtens mentioned in these notes were the children of James Cornelius "Dink" Girten.)

      Of the nine children born to James "Dink" Girten and Sis girten, six did not live beyond their early twenties.

      Ruth Ann married 1) Robert Stewart, 2) Ken Stremming and reside in Lee's Summit, Missouri in 1997.

      Jan Girten (married name), living near Kansas City, Mo

  • Sources 
    1. [S3779] Find a Grave.

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