Kenneth Kinman
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Kenneth Eldon Kinman was born in 1951, St. Rose Hospital, Great Bend, Barton County, Kansas, and raised in nearby Hoisington, Kansas.
My parents drove from Hoisington to Great Bend at 2:00 A.M. during a blizzard, and I was born at 7:40 A.M. (birth weight 8 lbs. 5 oz.). My first name Kenneth was suggested by a family friend (Wendell Bott) and my middle name is the same as my father's middle name.
During my first 6 months, we lived at 464 West 1st in Hoisington, but about August 1951, my father bought our residence at 665 West 3rd. My Aunt Gloria LaOrange moved in with us, so she was one of my first baby-sitters. When I was three or four years old, my baby-sitter (Sharon Poer from next door) taught me how to tie my shoes. When I was four years old, I fell off of the white fence southwest of our house and suffered a greenstick fracture, the only broken bone I have ever had.
I attended Roosevelt Elementary School, and then Hoisington Jr. and Sr. High Schools. We took a vacation to Cass Lake, Minnesota, in July 1963, with the Maurice Popp family, where my Aunt and Uncle Heitschmidt ran a resort.
My only hospital stay was in the summer of 1966 (Hoisington Lutheran Hospital) for pneumonitis. Dismissed from that hospital on 03 July 1966 (source: 05 July 1966 issue of Great Bend Tribune, page 2). Sang in all the available singing groups in High School (Glee Club, Mixed Chorus, Boys Ensemble, Hoisington High Singers). In National Honor Society my Junior and Senior years. Was elected French Club President my senior year. Graduated from Hoisington High School in May 1969 and was elected "Outstanding Senior Boy" of the class of 1969.
Attended the University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, and first lived for three years at Grace Pearson Scholarship Hall (served as Secretary during my Sophomore year and Treasurer my Junior year). I was elected to membership in the K.U. Owl Society, and also elected President of the K.U. Chemistry Club. Classes were disrupted in May 1970 by a big fire in the Student Union, protests, bombing of the Computer Center, and the Governor sending in the National Guard. In the summer of 1971, I drove to the Black Hills and Badlands (South Dakota), Glacier National Park (Montana), and Yellowstone National Park (Wyoming). Stopped by Gillette, Wyoming, on my way back to visit with Uncle Jim LaOrange and Aunt Kay. I spent nearly three weeks in Washington D.C. during the spring of 1973, and it was from my visits to the Smithsonian Institution that inspired me to eventually devote much of my time to biology.
I graduated in March 1974 with a B.A. in Chemistry. Worked as both a chemist and biologist (mostly the latter). Worked at various jobs, including work for E. Raymond Hall on 2nd Edition of Mammals of North America. I started a species checklist of Mammals of World in 1975, eventually expanded it to a catalogue of all species and subspecies of mammals of the world. During the spring semester of 1977, I audited Dr. Ashlock's systematic biology course. Moved back to Hoisington in the summer of 1977. Poisoned by chlordane fumes from termite pest control in May 1978 and developed severe anxiety and OCD. Returned to Lawrence later in 1978 (worked again for E. Raymond Hall), but due to horrible neighboring tenants, I moved back to Hoisington in April 1979.
Back to Lawrence in September 1979 to Co-author a reference book, Mammal Species of the World (First Edition; published in 1982). Also co-authored scientific papers on Kansas spiders after many years of collecting. But most of my time has largely been devoted to doing genealogical research (since 1979), including three trips to Salt Lake City (1982, 1985, and 1986). Enjoyed babysitting nephews and nieces in Hoisington during the 1980's. The longer 1985 trip to Salt Lake City lasted from late February to late May. Life in Hoisington became a struggle, so I moved to Hays, Kansas, in September 1989. Still here in Hays.
Of all the poetry I have ever written, one of my favorite poems is still a short one that I wrote in October 1973 during the Arab-Israeli War. I was lying in the grass under a tree on West Campus (Lawrence, Kansas):
Another favorite poem I wrote:
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Origin of the surname KINMAN: either an occupational name for a cowherd, from the Middle English kineman (cattle man), or from a Middle English survival of the Old English personal name Cynemann (royal man; the king's man).
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Thank you for your work on George Ruggles (abt.1606-1669)'s profile. Is there a citation you can add for the baptism date you replaced for his "about 1611" or about 1608 birth date? Thank you
Thanks for creating a profile for Ruth Lorene (Ferrell) Martin . Monte also said that the birthdate for Arthur Martin is incorrect. The birth year should be 1916, not 1917. I want to add Robert Emmett McWhorter, deceased husband of Zora Lou Martin McWhorter (living). I don't see him in a search but definitely don't want to create a duplicate. https://www.ancestry.com/genealogy/records/robert-emmett-mcwhorter-24-f4y1gn
I enjoyed reading your biography. I clicked through to your page to thank you for your help on my family tree and realized you also hail from Kansas. I assumed you were somewhere else in the lower 48. My new son-in-law, last name Newkirk, is from Great Bend, so that also intrigued me. The main reason for the note is to thank you for your additions to the Martin tree. How fun to wake up and log on and see there is more information that was added without my lifting a finger! At any rate, the world is depressing me at the moment, so anything that brings a grin to my face is worthy of a call-out of gratitude! ~from a Wiki newbie 🤓
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https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Bomberger-62 Father: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Bomberger-139
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I received a notification that you and I had both recently worked on Gilson's. I'm pretty new to Wikitree. I see that your tree is quite large and I was wondering what the best way would be to examine the Gilson's you have and see if I am connected. Thanks.
Charlie Gilson
You are invited to improve the profile of William Paxson and I'd like to encourage you to join the William Penn and Early Pennsylvania Settlers Project if you are inclined.
best regards,
SJ - Penn Project Leader
I do not have any primary evidence that Joseph Kinney was Harriet's father. I have therefore marked him as "uncertain" as her father. I will search for a primary source which connects them.
Re Hannah Edgecombe (Edgecombe-70).
Thanks for pointing out Hannah's baptismal record! I appreciate it. I have added in the information you shared.
I also appreciate your delicacy in not revising the profile yourself, but if you come across anything else, please feel free to edit if you wish.
I'm happy to be part of a team and consider myself a custodian of the profiles under my care.
Thank you for your time and energy in creating over 1000 contributions to WikiTree for the month of July 2019. Your efforts are appreciated!
Pip Sheppard
WikiTree Appreciation Team
Very well done on your making 1,000 or more contributions to WikiTree in June 2019! We commend and appreciate all of your time and effort in helping to grow and perfect our Shared Tree. Keep up the great work!
Pip Sheppard ~ WikiTree Appreciation Team