Individual Details

Christine Agnes Fink

(10 Dec 1906 - 20 Dec 1990)

In 1936 William R.married Christine A. Fink in Kentucky. She was from Cleveland, OH.  They probably met at the tavern run by Christine’s father, John Fink, in Whiskeyville near Amherst. Whiskeyville is an unincorporated community at the junction of Ohio Routes 58 and 113 in Lorain County.
Christine was a clerical secretary who worked for Cities Service in Cleveland. She was featured as a local beauty in a Cleveland paper in the 1920s. She was previously married.
There is speculation that William R. was on a ROTC training exercise at Ft. Knox, KY.  William R. and Christine spent some time on a honeymoon at Mammoth Cave, Ky. The county in Kentucky for the marriage is not yet known.
Christine had a child named JoAnn by the previous marriage.  JoAnn was born as JoAnn Marilyn Kovic, but she assumed the Henson name without any legal name change.

Events

Birth10 Dec 1906Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Marriage24 Dec 1929Cuyahoga County, Ohio - Rudolph Kovic
Marriage5 Jun 1936Kentucky - Dr. William Richard Henson Sr.
Death20 Dec 1990Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio
Obituary22 Dec 1990Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio

Families

SpouseDr. William Richard Henson Sr. (1908 - 1967)
ChildLiving
ChildLiving
ChildLiving
SpouseRudolph Kovic (1906 - )
ChildJoAnn Marilyn Kovic (1932 - )
FatherJohn Fink Sr. (1880 - 1962)
MotherJosefa Hutter (1878 - 1961)

Notes

Obituary

Christine Henson
Event TypeObituary
Event Date22 Dec 1990
Event PlaceOhio, United States
GenderFemale
Age83
Birth Year (Estimated)1907
Death Date22 Dec 1990
NewspaperColumbus Dispatch, The

Endnotes

1. "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2Q7P-QHX : 8 December 2014), Rudolph Kovic and Christine A Fink, 24 Dec 1929; citing Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States, reference ; county courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 1,901,661..

2. "Ohio Death Index, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VKBL-PR2 : 8 December 2014), Christine A Henson, 20 Dec 1990; from "Ohio, Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-2007," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2010); citing vol. 28356, certificate number 091247, Ohio Historical Society, Columbus; Ohio Department of Health, State Vital Statistics Unit, Columbus..

3. "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVSB-7QT8 : 10 September 2016), Christine Henson, Ohio, United States, 22 Dec 1990; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Columbus Dispatch, The, born-digital text..