Helen Evelyn Bonstrom

  Research Notes:

Eggen Clark1 FT on Ancestry zzz
https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/100825750/person/180025386857/facts
- I have used this FT as a starting point for Helen's family - this FT does not record any of her children


2. Helen Evelyn Bonstrom, b 5 Sep 1917, Minneapolis; 27 Nov 1975, Scott Co, MN
m. 22 Jul 1939, Hennepin Co
David E McKinley, 20 July 1917, Towner Co, ND: died 13 Jan 2005, Goodhue Co, MN [2nd marriage to Lavina
children: David E McKinley b 2 Ju; 1942; James W McKinley b 27 Oct 1945;
Paul Arthur b 29 Feb 1948, died 8 Jan 2008;


OBIT : Helen E Bonstrom, married to David McKinley
Minnesota Star Tribune, issue 29 Nov 1975, page 15
- died at age 58; of rural route 1, Savage, MN [Scott Co, about 25 kms south west of Minneapolis]
- survived by husband David E (sr); sons David E (Jr), James W McKinley and Paul Arthur, all of Minneapolis
sisters, Jo Anne Gough, Winnon, MN; Ruth Krammer of Minneapolis, brothers Carl of CA, John and Paul Bonstrom of Minneapolis
- interment Dawn Valley

MN death Cert November 27, 1975; birth 5 Sept 1917; mother's maiden: Christopherson
cert no: 1975-MN-031599 [birth record MN-1917-46055; mother's maiden: Erickson

married: 22 Jul 1939 [Eggen Clark1 FT - records date of 6 Aug 1939 and links to a newspaper photo about a double wedding with her sister, but that date is not the marriage date]
David E McKinley b 20 Jul 1920 at North Dakato [Devil's Lake ? ; WW2 draft card]; died 2005
findagrave: 162216995; for Helen - 162217148

David: MN collection - MN deaths,
- born 20 Jul 1917, Rocklake, Towner Co, ND ; died 13 Jan 2005, Red Wing Goodhue Co, MN
- informant: Lavina McKinley - daughter/sister?; [transcriber incorrectly named her also as spouse] - note that the findagrave post indicates that Lavina McKinley is his second spouse - But there is no record of this marriage, at least in MN

children: MN birth Index
David Edward McKinley Jr, b 2 Jul 1942Hennepin
James William McKinley, b 27 Oct 1945Hennepin
Paul Arthur McKinley, 29 Feb 1948Swift


1940 US Census, Minneapolis, ED 89-439, sheet 3B, household visit 60
David McKinnely age 22 b in MN; truck driver grocery Store
wife, Helen age 22 b in MN
son, Gerald, age 1
https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2442/images/m-t0627-01993-01072?usePUB=true&_phsrc=PwF87&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&pId=97358635

very brief death note published by Pioneer Press on Jan. 10, 2008. - Paul A McKinley, age 59 died 8 Jan 2008; at Farmington, Dakota Co, MN
and then a bit more info on https://www.whitefuneralhomes.com/obituary/179602
- preceded by parents David E McKinley and Helen
- survived by wife Lois; sons: Joel (Misty), Andy (Anna) John (Jena) and Luke (Tanya); grandchildren..........; brothers: Dave Jr. (Sue) and James (Darlene); step-mother, Lavina McKinley;

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Gerald McKinley from 1940 US Census ????????????????????????????
so the following information is NOT 'our ' Gerald born 1939-1940 and a son of Helen Evelyn Bonstrom

Star Tribune issue 5 Apr 1965 p 8
Lt. (JG) Gerald Wayn McKinley, 25. Danbury Conn was killed during a bombing attack in North Viet Nam
-age 25 [birth abt 1940]
https://www.honorstates.org/index.php?id=310895

BUT further, there is one Ancestry FT (https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/52054957/person/26901956753/facts)
and this FT matches with the death records of him = missing in action in Vietnam
and another website: https://www.pownetwork.org/bios/m/m397.htm
and information also noted on: findagrave, 23523810; Arlington National Cemetery

Helen married David Edward McKinley on 22 Jul 1939 in Hennepin Co, Minnesota, United States. (David Edward McKinley was born on 20 Jul 1917 in Towner Co, North Dakota, United States and died on 13 Jan 2005 in Goodhue Co, Minnesota, United States.)