John V Moen

  Research Notes:

1. WA State Digital Archives

- marriage, Whatcom Co. 23 April 1951 [WA digital archives,
- has John Moen marrying Irena Anne Meyer, ; witness, R A Moen

1.b. marriage 1936 in Reno to: Ruth Elizabeth Keane, born 11 Aujg 1905. Wallace, Shoshone Co, ID
[ see marriage announcement; her birth - ancestry has a photo of her birth cert - her parents, Edward and Ida
Keane; grave marker is shared with her mother; findagrave id 27015378, name as Ruth Elizabeth Keane Moen]

1.c John also had a relationship [not married] with Marie Margaret Kennedy, 1897-1957; and they had a daughter:
Helen Louise Moen, b 3 Oct 1925 [Cook Co, IL birth cert, but no image]

1.d John divorced Ruth Keane sometime between 1940 and 1950. By 1950 he had moved to Seattle where lived
until he died in 1974. In Apr 1951 he was married to Irena Anne Meyer [see above] - I haven't found more
information on her



2. Ancestry.com Public Members Trees

- one, Trøndelag, lists no spouse, but one female child living

3. Henning Tønseth Nergaard - database www.nernet.com

- lists one child; Helen born 1925 (but mother's name not recorded) and married to James Scott

+++ Tobias J Moen's obit of 1931 indicates granddaughter, Helen Louis Moen

4. Residence

- 1919 - Bellingham (R L Polk)
- 1920 - Bellingham (Census; R L Polk)
- 1924 - Chicago (his sister, Sarah's obit) - obit says that she was survived by .... brother John from Chicago *
- 1929 - Bellingham (R L Polk)
- 1931 - Bellingham (Tobias' obit)
- 1939 - San Franciso (Bergith's obit)
- 1951 - Seattle (marriage)

* it appears that John had gone to Chicago for a few years; was involved with Marie Margarate Kennedy and they had a child - Helen Louise Moen b 3 Oct 1924. It then appears that John and daughter returned to Bellingham, WA before the enumeration of the 1930 US Census

++ US City Directories
San Franciso
- 1937 page 495 ancestry - John Moen (Ruth), 887 Bush; seperate listing, Ruth Moen, Sten, residence 887 Bush
- 1945-1946, John Moen, pntr (painter), 69 Saturn (Ruth not recorded); page 626, ancestry
- 1948-1949 - no listing for John Moen
- there are partial images for 1938-1944 - "M's" not included

++ ancestry has no directory for Chicago

+++ CA Voter Registrations, 1900-1968; San Franciso County

- 1935, Roll 50 (ancestry p 677): John V Moen, Bridgeman, 419 Golden Gate Ave, Dem
- 1938, Roll 59 (ancestry p 645): John Moen, Agent, 390 Liberity, Dem
- 1939, Roll 63 (ancestry p 113): John Moen, Salesman, & Ruth K, Secretary, 2127 Noriega - Dem


5. 1940 US Census, San Franciso, CA; ED 38-396; sheet 6A; visit 141
John V Moen, age 39 born in WA; same place in Apr 1935; life insurance salesman
Ruth, age 34 b in ID; legal stenographer

1950 US Census, Seattle, King Co, WA; ED 40-209; sheet 77; house visit, 145-146 [ line 18]
- living at 1405 E 41 St, Seattle - Hotel
John Moen, age 50, div; iron worker, construction
** next line is his brother, Philip Moen, age 40, not married; carpenter, construction



6. OBIT John V Moen; The Bellingham Herald, issue 20 Dec 1974, page 19
- died in Seattle; survived by daughter Helen Scott of Phoenix; grandchildren and 1 great grandchild
- survived by brothers, Phil, Gus and Chester of Seattle, and brother Einar of Bellingham

John married Marie Margaret Kennedy. (Marie Margaret Kennedy was born in Feb 1897 in Cook Co, Illinois, United States and died on 11 Oct 1957 in Cook Co, Illinois, United States.)

John next married Ruth Elizabeth Keane on 18 Jul 1936 in Reno, Nevada, United States.³²⁸⁸ (Ruth Elizabeth Keane was born on 11 Aug 1905 in Wallace, Shoshone Co, Idaho, United States, died on 28 Jul 1964 in Salem, Marion Co, Oregon, United States and was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Salem, Marion County, Oregon, United States.)

John next married Irena Anne Meyer.