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Forrest Lawrence English

Forrest Lawrence English

Male 1896 - 1947  (50 years)

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  • Name Forrest Lawrence English  [1
    Born 1 Mar 1896  Sedgwick County, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    • Born near Clearwater.
    Gender Male 
    Died 25 Jan 1947  Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3
    Obituary 7 Feb 1947  Comanche County, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Obituary, Forrest Lawrence English:
    English, Forrest Lawrence
    OBITUARY OF FORREST L. ENGLISH -- Forrest Lawrence English, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry W. English, was born near Clearwater, Kans., March 1, 1896. Departed this life January 25, 1947, of an heart attack in Wichita, Kans. In February, 1917, he moved to Clark county where he resided until his death. On September 1, 1917, he was united in marriage to Miss Clara Ada Brock, and to this union were born three children, two girls and one boy. Mr. English was a farmer and well known stockman of this community. He is survived by his wife, two daughters, Mrs. Louise Gray of Wichita, Kans., Miss Maxine English of Wichita, Kans.; one son, Lawrence English of Protection; one son-in-law Floyd Gray of Wichita, two grandchildren, Allen and Forrest Gray of Wichita. Forrest being a name sake of his grandfather, his father Henry W. English of Coldwater, Kans.; one brother, Wayne English of Wichita, Kans.; besides a host of other relatives and friends. Mr. English was a kind and loving husband and father and a good neighbor and friend to all. (- Protection Post.) -- The Western Star, February 7, 1947.  
    Person ID I6019  Full
    Last Modified 9 Mar 2015 

    Father Henry W. English,   b. Sep 1868, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Julia Ann Walker,   b. 1870,   d. 1938  (Age 68 years) 
    Married Apr 1891  [2, 4
    Family ID F2135  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Clara Ada Brock 
    Married 1 Sep 1917  [3
    • Possibly married in Wichita, Kansas, where he was living around this time.
    Children 
    +1. Doris Maxine "Maxine" English,   b. 1921,   d. 1981  (Age 60 years)
    Last Modified 10 Nov 2015 
    Family ID F2136  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S4338] Judith Elaine Wink (winkum48@msn.com) to Janis Walker Gilmore, Ancestry.com message, 8 June 2014, subject “Re: Elijah Walker/Charity Dove, DNA testing. Detailing Judith’s line of descent from Elijah Walker and Charity Dove.

    2. [S4800] 1900 U.S. census, Sedgwick County, Kansas, population schedule, Illinois township, enumeration district (ED) 252, sheet 2B, p. 7b (stamped), dwelling 35, family 35, Henry W. English household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : downloaded 9 March 2015); citing NARA microfilm publication T623, roll 499.

    3. [S4802] "Death Notices Published in Comanche County, Kansas, Newspapers," transcriptions, Comanche County, Kansas: History & Genealogy (http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~kscomanc/ : accessed 9 March 2015), entry for Forrest Lawrence English; citing The Western Star, 7 February 1947.

    4. [S4801] "Personal," Wichita Beacon (Wichita, Kan.), 20 April 1891, p. 4, col. 1, marriage license issued to Henry W. English and Julia A. Walker; digital image Newspapers.com (www.newspapers.com accessed 9 March 2015).