Sadie McKenney

Sadie McKenney

• Father: Joseph J. McKenney b. circa 1869, d. 23 May 1939

• Sadie McKenney was born circa 1890 in Maine.
• The following appeared on 19 August 1910 in The Buffalo Courier: Marriage Licenses . . . Arthur Dufrane, No. 41 Winslow Street; Sadie McKenney, No. 600 Richmond Avenue.
• She married Arthur Henry DuFrane, son of Kate (?), in August 1910.
• Arthur Henry DuFrane registered for the draft on 5 June 1917 in Erie County, New York, while living in Buffalo at 257 Elm Street with his wife and three children, and employed as a longshoreman by Great Lakes Transportation Company.
• The following appeared on 16 October 1917 in the Buffalo Evening News: Mr. Joseph J. McKenney of Niagara Falls, N. Y., announces the engagement of his daughter, mrs. Sadie DuFrane, to Mr. Nelson M. Baker, the marriage to take place in Buffalo, N. Y., in November.
• She married Nelson M. Baker, son of Lewis P. Baker and Frances Adeline Master, in November 1917.
• Sadie McKenney became a widow at the March 1936 death of her husband Nelson M. Baker.
• The following appeared on 1 August 1936 in the Buffalo Courier-Express: Pope Pius XI last night joined with fellow Catholics of the metropolitan area in mourning the death of Msgr. Nelson H. Baker.
       Prayers will be said in the vatican by the Pope for the repose of Father Baker's soul. In his cablegram Pope Pius called the dead pirest "the well beloved American apostle of charity" and a "faithful servant of his God and the poor."
       . . .
       Hundreds who passed the coffin touched the hand of Father Baker and then went to the communion rail to pray.
       Among those in the church yesterday was Mrs. Nelson M. Baker, 2068 Abbott Road, Lackawanna, widow of one of Father Baker's nephews. Her husband, who was the son of Lewis Baker, died last March. They had five children, who were favorites of their grand-uncle, she said.
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• The following appeared on 24 May 1939 in The Niagara Falls Gazette: Joseph J. McKenney, 70-year-old carpenter, of 230 Sixty-ninth street, died at Memorial hospital late yesterday after a long illness.
       Born in Maine, Mr. McKenney had lived in Niagara Falls for 23 years and had many friends here. He was a member of the Niagara Falls Lodge, No. 838, Loyal Order of Moose.
       Surviving him are two sons, Sherman, of this city, and Joseph, Jr., of Toledo, Ohio; four daughters, Harriet McKenney and Mrs. R. C. Swartout, of this city, Mrs. Sadie Baker, of Lackawanna, and Mrs. Rinehart Johnson, of Port Alleghaney, Pa; three brothers, Cyrus B. McKenney, of this city, Claude Veysey, of Syracuse, and George Mills, of Erie, Pa., and two sister,s Mrs. George Cosman, of this city, and Mrs. NHina Evans, of Norwood, Mass.
       Funeral services will be held at the Cobler funeral home, 640 Park place, at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow, with the Rev. S. S. Davies officiating. Burial will be in Port Alleghaney, Pa., Friday afternoon.
• The following appeared on 2 May 1943 in the Buffalo Courier-Express: Mrs. Sadie Baker of 1268 Abbott Road, Lackawanna, has five sons in service: Louis, Joe, Frank, Andy and Phil.
• At the time of her death Sadie McKenney was living in Tonawanda, Erie County, New York, at 373 Eden Avenue.
• Sadie McKenney died on 18 November 1948.
• The following appeared on 20 November 1948 in the Buffalo Courier-Express: Sadie McKenney Baker, of 373 Eden Ave., November 18, 1948, wife of the late Nelson M. Baker, mother of Mrs. Olive Igoe, Margaret, Philip, Louis, Francis, Joseph, Andrew, John and the late Richard Baker. Funeral from the Ray O'Connell Funeral Home, 2286 South Park Ave., Monday morning at 8:15 andf from St. Martin's Church at 9 o'clock. Friends are invited.

• Last Edited: 26 Aug 2015