Waterloo Region Generations
A record of the people of Waterloo Region, Ontario.

Dr. Byron Benjamin Kenyon

Male 1897 - 1974  (77 years)


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  • Name Byron Benjamin Kenyon 
    Prefix Dr. 
    Born 25 Jul 1897  Blair (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5
    Gender Male 
    Military WW1  [4
    Residence 1911  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Mennonite 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-91954 
    Died 29 Sep 1974  Winston-Salem, Forsyth, North Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 5
    Buried Blair Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Person ID I91954  Generations
    Last Modified 25 Apr 2024 

    Father John Joseph Kenyon,   b. 10 Jan 1862, Washington, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Mar 1937, Blair (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years) 
    Mother Annie Ellen Eberth,   b. 17 Sep 1866, Hanover, Bentinck Twp., Grey Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 May 1953, Blair (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years) 
    Married 30 Sep 1884  Hanover, Bentinck Twp., Grey Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Family ID F13686  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Myrtle Lualice Baer,   b. 14 Nov 1898, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Jul 1983, Athens, Clark, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years) 
    Married 14 Nov 1925 
    Last Modified 26 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F52269  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Dr. James Byron Kenyon, 82, of Athens, Ga., died peacefully at his home, Monday, Nov. 23, 2009. James Kenyon was born in Mt. Vernon, N.Y. and grew up on a farm in Pine Plains, N.Y. He was the son of Myrtle Lualice Baer and Byron Benjamin Kenyon. He attended Avon School in Conn. and served in the US Navy during WWII. He graduated from Harvard and received his Ph.D. in Urban Geography at the University of Chicago. He was an economist at the NY Port Authority before moving to the warm South, where he was a professor of Urban Geography at the University of Georgia for 34 years. He worked on the Athens Model City Study and for the Dept. of Treasury and Economics in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.He held a pilot's license and was an avid fan of the Boston Red Sox and the Toronto Maple Leafs. He claims he taught the ducks to fly and the ants the alphabet. He loved watching the nesting wood ducks on the banks of the Middle Oconee River. He was loved dearly by his wife, Jane Jarvis Jackson Kenyon; his sister, Virginia Ann MacFarlane; his children, Cynthia Jane Kenyon, Nancy Virginia Sont and Charles Lloyd Kenyon; and his six beloved grandchildren.

  • Sources 
    1. [S86] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1901, Waterloo (South/Sud) G-2 Page 12.

    2. [S272] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1911, Div. 7 Page 15.

    3. [S2868] North Carolina, Death Certificates, 1909-1976.
      Name:Byron Benjamin Kenyon
      Gender:Male
      Race:White
      Age:77
      Birth Date:26 Jul 1897
      Birth Place:Canada
      Residence Place:Winston-Salem, Forsyth, North Carolina
      Death Date:29 Sep 1974
      Death Place:Winston-Salem, Forsyth, North Carolina, USA
      Father:John J Kenyon
      Mother:Annie Eberth
      Spouse:Myrtle Baer

    4. [S157] Military - Canada - World War I - Attestation papers.
      Name:Byron Benjamin Kenyon
      Birth Date:25 Jul 1897
      Birth Location:Blair, Ontario Eaterloo County
      Residence:Blair, Ontario
      Relative:John Kenyon
      Relationship:Father
      Regiment Number:3131633

    5. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/29421330/byron-benjamin-kenyon.

    6. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration.
      Annie Eberth Born: Hanville Age: 18 Father: John Eberth Mother: Antoinetta Eberth Born: abt 1866 Spouse: John J Kenyon Age: 22 born: Washington Ont Father: Benjamin Kenyon Mother: Caroline Kenyon married 30 Sep 1884 married: Bruce, Hanover

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 25 Jul 1897 - Blair (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1911 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 29 Sep 1974 - Winston-Salem, Forsyth, North Carolina, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Blair Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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