Individual Details
Minnie May Kirkpatrick
(17 May 1882 - 25 May 1958)
Minnie May Kirkpatrick was born 17 May 1882 in Brunswick, Chariton Co., Missouri. She moved with the family about 1905 to Bakersfield, Kern County, California, and then to Taft, Kern County, California, south of Bakersfield, in 1909. In Taft, Minnie May met her future husband, Peter Cornelius. He had traveled to Bakersfield to visit his brother Henry. According to family tradition, "Henry told Pete to go out to Maricopa* and see the Lakeview Gusher, which was a spectacular sight. Peter made the trip by train and went on to Taft. . . It interested him, and he asked at Fred O'Brien's Shamrock Pool Hall where he might find a job. Tim sent him to the Heard & Painter store where Jim (Kirkpatrick) told him to take off his coat and get busy. Pete and Minnie May were married on 24 October 1911 in Bakersfield. He was born 23 October 1884 in Kaukauna, Outagamie County, Wisconsin.
The couple lived in Taft, where Pete went into partnership with Minnie May's brother Jim in a General Merchandise store. When the store was sold in 1920, Pete purchased a service station in Taft, which he operated until 1928, when he was forced to sell it because of ill health. In 1932 he bought a store, the California Market, in Taft, but his health continued to deteriorate and his son, Stanley, ran the store until Pete's death which occurred 6 October 1934. Minnie May died in Bakersfield on 25 May 1958.
There were two (2) children born of the marriage.
The couple lived in Taft, where Pete went into partnership with Minnie May's brother Jim in a General Merchandise store. When the store was sold in 1920, Pete purchased a service station in Taft, which he operated until 1928, when he was forced to sell it because of ill health. In 1932 he bought a store, the California Market, in Taft, but his health continued to deteriorate and his son, Stanley, ran the store until Pete's death which occurred 6 October 1934. Minnie May died in Bakersfield on 25 May 1958.
There were two (2) children born of the marriage.
Events
| Birth | 17 May 1882 | Brunswick, Chariton Co., Missouri | |||
| Marriage | 24 Oct 1911 | Bakersfield, Kern Co., California - Peter Cornelius | |||
| Death | 25 May 1958 | Bakersfield, Kern Co., California | |||
| Burial | Union Cemetery, Bakersfield, Kern Co., California |  | |||
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Families
| Spouse | Peter Cornelius (1884 - 1934) |
| Child | Milton Stanley Cornelius (1912 - 1988) |
| Child | Robert Leslie Cornelius (1916 - 1969) |
| Father | Milton Orville Kirkpatrick (1846 - 1895) |
| Mother | Emily Davis Colvin (1850 - 1931) |
| Sibling | Harry Everett Kirkpatrick (1871 - 1949) |
| Sibling | Zephirena Kirkpatrick (1874 - 1958) |
| Sibling | James Melton Kirkpatrick (1876 - 1941) |
| Sibling | Louella Kirkpatrick (1878 - 1969) |
| Sibling | Stella Belle Kirkpatrick (1884 - 1970) |
| Sibling | Homer D. Kirkpatrick (1886 - 1949) |
Notes
Research Notes
Obituary not found at genealogybank.com or newspaperarchive.com, August 31, 2017.Endnotes
1. Union Cemetery, Called Bakersfield, California 661-324-9648, verified Peter, Minnie and Robert are buried there. January 26, 2012.