High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts
John Henry McKenna
7 May 1868 – 5 May 1954 · about 86 years
From the burial index · with sourced details below
John Henry McKenna lived from 7 May 1868 to 5 May 1954, a span of about 86 years.
Theirs is one of 16 markers bearing the name McKenna in this ground: kin, or several families, gathered together.
Family as recorded on Find a Grave
SiblingsMary Ann McKenna Cushing1855 – unknown · James Thomas McKenna1857–1934 · Edward McKenna1859–1859 · Daniel Edward McKenna1860–1944 · Elizabeth Louise McKenna1863–1883 · William Hersey McKenna1865–1934
Relationships are as recorded on Find a Grave.
What the 1893 History of Hingham records confirmed
Matched exact birth date, found in the Beal family genealogy — read as a lead, corroborated by a relative's name.
The entry, as printed
(Caleb8-7 Daniel6 Joshua5 Andrew4 Jeremiah32 John >), b. at Coh. Dec. 18, 1838. m. in Hing. May 7, 1868, Martha Ball Corthell, adopted dau. of Levi Corthell. She d. 21 Feb. 1873, aet. 31 yrs. 7 mo's. Beal — Bearse — Belcher — Bennet. 77 Child, — i. Maky W., Jan. 16, 1873, d. 13 Sept. foil. 89. Franklin9 (Caleb8"7 Daniel6 Joshua5 Andrew4 Jeremiah5"2 John l), b. at Coh. Apr.
1893 History of Hingham, Vol. II–III (Genealogical). Read on archive.org ↗
Born in Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA.
A photograph of the marker survives; see it on Find a Grave ↗.
This is what the record holds so far: gathered, sourced, and still growing. There is more of John's life to recover, and some of what is shown above is matched, not certain. A correction or a family memory is a gift; submit a source, correction, or memory.
The stone is still there.