Mary Agnes "Agnes" Kenning

1835 - 1912  (77 years)

• Name	Mary Agnes "Agnes" Kenning
  Born	7 Feb 1835	, County Down, Ireland   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Female
  Immigration	1836	, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Name	Agnes Kenning
  Name	Mary Agnes "Agnes" Stark
  Residence	1851	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Free Church
  Residence	1861	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Residence	1871	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	R. Presb.
  Residence	1911	Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Presbyterian
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-170957
  Died	8 Jun 1912	Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Buried	Elmira Union Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Person ID	I170957	Generations
  Last Modified	12 May 2024

  
  

  Father	Robert Kenning,   b. 19 Aug 1810, , Down Co., Ireland ,   d. 7 Feb 1890, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 79 years)
  Mother	Margaret Agnes Walker,   b. 26 Nov 1817, , Ireland ,   d. 15 Oct 1894, Norwich Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 76 years)
  Family ID	F34102	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	John Stark,   b. 15 Apr 1835, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 30 Mar 1922, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 86 years)
  Married	25 Sep 1861	Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5, 6]
  Children	1. Norman Stark   2. Alfred Samson Stark   3. Margaret Stark,   b. 1862, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Margaret A. Stark,   b. 1862,   d. 1932  (Age 70 years)   5. A. W. Stark,   b. 1864, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Alverda W. Stark,   b. 19 Nov 1864, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 30 Jan 1931, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 66 years)
  Last Modified	13 May 2024
  Family ID	F187405	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  As briefly reported in our issue of last week, there passed away at her home on Mill Street here, on June 8th, Agnes Kenning, beloved wife of John Stark. Deceased was one of the earliest settlers in Elmira arriving here earlier than any person now living in Elmira. She was a daughter of the late Robert Kenning and was born in the county of Down, Ireland. She came to Beverly Township, Ontario, with her parents in 1837, when but seven weeks old and when she was three years old the family moved to Woolwich Township on a farm, much of which is now covered by the village of Elmira. In 1861 she was married to her now bereaved husband, Mr. John Stark. The union was blessed with four children, two of whom died in infancy. The two surviving ones are Mrs. Thomas Matthews, Elmira, and Mr. A.W. Stark, Creekbank. Several brothers also survive, some of whom were present at the funeral which took place on Wednesday of last week. A funeral service was held in the Presbyterian Church of which deceased had been a life-long and consistent member after which the remains were laid to rest in the family plot in the Elmira Union Cemetery. The bereaved family have the sympathy of the community.

  
  

• Sources

  [S141] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1851, Div. 4, Pg. 91. [S176] Census - ON, Waterloo, Elmira - 1911, Div. 49 Pg. 7. [S144] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1871, Div. 3, Pg. 75. [S98] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - Elmira Union CC#4578 Internet Link. M/ In Memory Of/ Matthews/ Margaret A. Stark/ Wife Of/ Thos. H. Matthews/ 1862 - 1932/ Thos. H. Matthews/ 1860 - 1935. [Back] S/ In Memory Of/ Agnes Kenning/ Wife Of/ John Stark/ Born 1835, Died 1912./ Also John Stark/ Born 1835, Died 1922./ Stark [S20] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berlin Telegraph (title varies: Berlin Telegraph, Berlin Daily Telegraph) (1853-1922), 4 Oct 1861. Storks - Kenning: At the residence of the Bride's Father, on the 25th ult., by the Rev. Geo. Cuthbertson, Mr. John Storks, Tilsonburg, to Agnes, eldest daughter of Robert Kenning, Esq., of Elmira. [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register. Storks John, 24, Tilsonberg, Waterloo, son of Aaron and Ann (Finley), married 25 Sept 1861 Agnes Kenning, 24, Tilsonberg, Woolwich, daughter of Robert and Agnes (Walker)

  
  

• Event Map

  Immigration - 1836 - , Ontario, Canada Residence - Free Church - 1851 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1861 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 25 Sep 1861 - Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - R. Presb. - 1871 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Presbyterian - 1911 - Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 8 Jun 1912 - Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Elmira Union Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth