Individual Details
Thomas "Alvin" Menees
(6 Nov 1880 - 24 May 1969)
On the World War I draft registration Thomas Alvin Menees is living at 7403 Blackthorn Ave., Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois. He was born November 6, 1880. He is foreman at Champion Mfg. Co., in Chicago. His nearest relative is his wife Elizabeth Nellie Menees.
In 1920 the family is living in Chicago, Illinois. They are listed as Minces: Alvin, Nellie and their children Genevieve and Robert W. They have three boarders. Alvin works as a laborer in a screw factory.
On the 1930 U.S. census the family is living at Anna, Union Co., Illinois. Alvin is the superintendent of an alms house with 8 inmates listed after the family.
On the World War II draft registration in 1942 Thomas Alvin Menees is living at RR 2, Anna, Illinois. He is a self employed farmer. He states he was born Nov. 6, 1880 at Anna, Union Co., Illinois.
Carbondale Southern Illinoisan, Cabondale, Illinois, Monday, May 26, 1969, Page 17, Col. 3: Souther Illinois Deaths. Anna: Menees, Alvein, 88, died Saturday at Union County hospital; services were 2 p.m. today at McCarty Funeral Home, Anna; burial was in Anna cemetery.
In 1920 the family is living in Chicago, Illinois. They are listed as Minces: Alvin, Nellie and their children Genevieve and Robert W. They have three boarders. Alvin works as a laborer in a screw factory.
On the 1930 U.S. census the family is living at Anna, Union Co., Illinois. Alvin is the superintendent of an alms house with 8 inmates listed after the family.
On the World War II draft registration in 1942 Thomas Alvin Menees is living at RR 2, Anna, Illinois. He is a self employed farmer. He states he was born Nov. 6, 1880 at Anna, Union Co., Illinois.
Carbondale Southern Illinoisan, Cabondale, Illinois, Monday, May 26, 1969, Page 17, Col. 3: Souther Illinois Deaths. Anna: Menees, Alvein, 88, died Saturday at Union County hospital; services were 2 p.m. today at McCarty Funeral Home, Anna; burial was in Anna cemetery.
Events
| Birth | 6 Nov 1880 | Anna, Union Co., Illinois |  | ||
| Marriage | 3 Jul 1906 | Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau Co., Missouri - Elizabeth "Nellie" Kirkpatrick | | ||
| Death | 24 May 1969 | Anna, Union Co., Illinois | | ||
| Burial | Anna Cemetery, Anna, Union Co., Illinois | |
Families
| Spouse | Elizabeth "Nellie" Kirkpatrick (1887 - 1963) |
| Child | Genevieve Menees (1908 - 1963) |
| Child | Robert Wayne Menees (1916 - 1992) |
Endnotes
1. Social Security Death Index.
2. Ancestry.com, U. S. World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010).
3. Ancestry.com, Missouri Marriages 1805-2002.
4. Southern Illinoisan, Obituary of Mrs. Nellie Menees (n.p: Thursday, December 19, 1963, n.d).
5. Find A Grave.
6. Find A Grave.
7. Obituary of Thomas Alvin Menees, Carbondale Southern Illinoisan, Cabondale, Illinois, Monday, May 26, 1969, Page 17, Col. 3.