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William Virgil Girten

William Virgil Girten

Male 1868 - 1934  (66 years)

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  • Name William Virgil Girten  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    Birth 16 Dec 1868  Union County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male 
    Death 24 Dec 1934  Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    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 I2913  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  [5] 
    Family ID F1638  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth Ann "Bettie" Gough,   b. 11 Apr 1877, Uniontown, Union County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1976, Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 98 years) 
    Marriage 11 Feb 1899  St. Agnes Church, Union Town, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 6] 
    Children 
     1. William Doris "Doy" Girten,   b. 4 Mar 1902   d. 1984 (Age 81 years)

     2. Joseph Crafton "Hap" Girten,   b. 10 Sep 1903   d. 1964 (Age 60 years)

     3. Harris Sylvester "Dutch" Girten,   b. 1 Aug 1905   d. 15 Jun 1989, Baptist Memorial Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years)

     4. Bertha Girten,   b. 1 Aug 1907   d. Yes, date unknown
     5. Infant Girten,   b. 1 Jan 1910   d. Yes, date unknown
     6. Leona Agnes Girten,   b. 23 Mar 1912, Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Apr 1986, St. Joseph Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)
    ▻ Lloyd Warner Hawver  m. 5 Jun 1935

    ▻ Lloyd Warner Hawver  m. 5 Jun 1935
     7. William Francis (Buster) Girten,   b. 1 Mar 1914   d. 31 May 1920 (Age 6 years)
     8. Mary Girten,   b. 2 Sep 1916   d. Yes, date unknown

     9. Vivian Girten
     10. Raymond Girten
    Family ID F1657  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 20 Oct 2023 

  • Notes 
    • [george benjamin gough.FTW]

      Moved to Kansas City, Kansas, to Armourdale from Paducah or UnionTown, Kentucky, between 1903 and 1905. Employed as a maintenance worker with the Kansas City, Kansas Public Schools. Photo of Gary, Milty, and Dick Girten is in file for Elizabeth Gough Girten. Died of a stroke and was cared for by the Little Sisters of the Poor after stroke. A devout Catholic, he never missed Mass on Sunday and often went during the week when he could. His daughter Mary said that he always wore a suit to Mass. Mary also said that she, her mother, Elizabeth Ann Girten, a friend were playing penochole when William Virgil Girten began to feel the stroke and that by the next morning he could not use his left arm and his sight failed. He declined rapidly and the Little Sisters of the Poor were called to care for him.

      He is buried, with his spouse, Elizabeth Gough, in Section 3 Old, Lot 237, Sp 2, Mount Calvary Cemetery, 38th and State Ave, Kansas City, Kansas. This grave is in the first row which faces 38th Street.[Girten, Charles, 1819.FTW]

  • Sources 
    1. [S4178] george benjamin gough.FTW.
      Date of Import: Sep 25, 2002

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

    3. [S259] 1870 Union County Kentucky Census, 1984.

    4. [S299] 1880 Union County, KY Census, 1952.

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

    6. [S819] Alvey, Robert.