Marie Jane Jamison

b. 7 August 1893, d. 12 January 1935
  • Marie Jane Jamison was born on 7 August 1893 in Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas.
  • She married William Kearney, son of James W. Kearney, circa 1909.
  • William Kearney and Marie Jane Jamison appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920. Other members of the household included William Albert Kearney, George Kearney and Zella Kearney.
  • The following appeared on 27 August 1925 in The Deadwood Daily Pioneer-Times: (Hayes & Heffron, Attys) Notice of Application for Letters of Administration
         In the County Court of the County of Lawrence, State of South Dakota.
         In the Matter of the Estate of William Kearney, Deceased.
         Notice is hereby given that Marie J. Kearney has filed with the Clerk of the Court a petition, praying for Letters of Administration of the Estate of William Kearney, deceased, and that Wednesday, the 9th day of September A. D. 1925 at 10 o'clock a. m. of said day, being a day of a regular term of this Court, to-wit: of the September term, 1925 at the Court Room thereof, at the Court House in the said County of Lawrence, has been set for hearing said petition, when and where any person interested may appear and show cause why the said petition should not be granted.
         Dated August 21st, A. D. 1935. R. N. Ogden, Judge of the County Court. Attest: L. P. Jenkins, (SEAL) Clerk.
  • Marie Jane Jamison became a widow at the circa July 1925 death of her husband William Kearney.
  • The following appeared on 30 July 1926 in The Deadwood Daily Pioneer-Times: Notice to Creditors in the County Court of the County of Lawrence, State of South Dakota.
         In the Matter of the Estate of William Kearney, Deceased.
         Notice is hereby given by the undersigned administratix of the estate of William Kearney, deceased, to the creditors of, and all persons having claims against the said deceased, to exhibit them with the necessary vouchers, within four months after the first publication of this notice, to the said administratrix at the office of Hayes & Heffron, attorneys for said estate, at Deadwood, in the County of Lawrence.
         Dated at Deadwood, South Dakota, July 29th, 1926.
         MArie J. Kearney, Administratrix of the Estate of William Kearney, Deceased. (First publication July 30, 1926) (Hayes & Heffron, Attys.)
  • She married Mike Kennedy on 17 March 1930 in Rapid City, Pennington County, South Dakota, with George P. Hurst, JP, officiating. At the time of their marriage, the groom was a bachelor residing in Hermosa, and the bride was a widow residing in Deadwood..
  • Mike Kennedy and Marie Jane Jamison appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Custer County, South Dakota.
  • Marie Jane Jamison died on 12 January 1935 at age 41 in Rapid City, Pennington County, South Dakota, at St. John's Hospital.
  • She was interred at Calvary (later South Lead) Cemetery, Lead, Lawrence County, South Dakota.
  • The following appeared on 14 January 1935 in the Lead Daily Call: Mrs. Marie Kearney-Kennedy, mother of William and George Kearney of this city, died at St. John's hospital in Rapid City Saturday afternoon, January 12, at 3 o'clock, according to word received in Lead. She had been in failing health for some time and the immediate cause of her death was heart disease, it was stated. [:CR;] [:TAB;] Born in Topeka, Kansas, August 7, 1893, she was married in Canada in 1909 to William Kearney. They came to the Black Hills in 1910, settling in St. Onge. Three children were born to the union, two sons, William and George, and a daughter, Mrs. Zella Points of White Clay, Neb. Mr. Kearney died in 1923, and on March 17, 1930, Mrs. Kearney became the bride of Mike Kennedy of Hermosa.
         Other survivors in addition to the two sons and a daughter are two grandchildren, Mary Ellen and William John Kearney, and several other relatives.
         It was announced that the body of Mrs. Kennedy would be brought to the home of her son, William Kearney, 613 McClellan street, this afternoon, to remain until the hour of the funeral services Tuesday morning at 9:30 from St. Patrick's church. The body will be interred in Calvary cemetery in South Lead.
  • The following appeared on 16 January 1935 in the Lead Daily Call: We are deeply grateful to our friends for their kindliness and sympathy during the sad time of our recent loss. We wish to thank those who sent floral tributes, those who provided funeral cars and all others who in any way offered condolences. --Mr. and Mrs. William Kearney and family, Mr. and Mrs. George Kearney and Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Points.
  • Last Edited: 29 Dec 2015

Family 1: William Kearney b. circa 1863, d. circa July 1925

Family 2: Mike Kennedy b. circa 1882