Dr. Byron Benjamin Kenyon

1897 - 1974  (77 years)

• Name	Byron Benjamin Kenyon
  Prefix	Dr.
  Born	25 Jul 1897	Blair (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Military	WW1  [4]
  Residence	1911	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-91954
  Died	29 Sep 1974	Winston-Salem, Forsyth, North Carolina, United States   [3, 5]
  Buried	Blair Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Person ID	I91954	Generations
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2024

  
  

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

  
  

  Family	Myrtle Lualice Baer,   b. 14 Nov 1898, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 12 Jul 1983, Athens, Clark, Georgia  (Age 84 years)
  Married	14 Nov 1925
  Last Modified	12 Nov 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

  [S86] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1901, Waterloo (South/Sud) G-2 Page 12. [S272] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1911, Div. 7 Page 15. [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 [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 [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/29421330/byron-benjamin-kenyon. [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

  Born - 25 Jul 1897 - Blair (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1911 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 29 Sep 1974 - Winston-Salem, Forsyth, North Carolina, United States Buried - - Blair Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth