Kenneth Ernest Schilling, (ADPT)

1913 - 1997  (84 years)

• Name	Kenneth Ernest Schilling
  Suffix	(ADPT)
  Born	9 Jul 1913	St. Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota, United States
  Gender	Male
  Died	24 Dec 1997	Elyria, Lorain, Ohio, United States
  Buried	Lorain, Lorain, Ohio, United States
  Person ID	I5857879235	Master Tree
  Last Modified	24 Apr 2001

  
  

  Father	Ernest Adolph Schilling,   b. 13 Sep 1872, Prussia, Germany ,   d. 19 Sep 1952  (Age 80 years)
  Mother	Selma Martine Dahl,   b. 23 May 1881, Lucas, Lyon, Minnesota, United States ,   d. 1 Jan 1965, Granite Falls, Yellow Medicine, Minnesota, United States  (Age 83 years)
  Married	19 Sep 1907	St. Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota, United States
  Family ID	F5350806551	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Florence Cecelia Randall,   b. 27 Feb 1914, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States ,   d. 11 Mar 1986, Clearwater, Pinellas, Florida, United States  (Age 72 years)
  Married	12 Jul 1935	Westfield, Chautauqua, New York, United States
  Children	+ 1. Peter Ernest Schilling + 2. Susan Florence Schilling + 3. Kenneth David Schilling, (twin) + 4. Jane Ann Schilling, (twin)
  Family ID	F5350806609	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 9 Jul 1913 - St. Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota, United States Married - 12 Jul 1935 - Westfield, Chautauqua, New York, United States Died - 24 Dec 1997 - Elyria, Lorain, Ohio, United States Buried - - Lorain, Lorain, Ohio, United States  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  SO: Amy Van Hyning data pages OCCUPATION: Schoolteacher (English) BURIAL: Ridge Hill Memorial Park NOTES: Kenneth Ernest Schilling (7. Selma4, 5.Hans3, 2.Hans2, 1 .Peder1) b. 1913-07-09, St. Paul, Ramsey Co, MN, occupation Schoolteacher (English), m. 1935-07-12, in Westfield, Chautauqua Co, NY, Florence Cecelia Randall, b 1914-02-27, Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co, OH, (daughter of George Henry Randall and Della Eliza Benson) occupation Homemaker, d. 1986-03-11, Clearwater, Pinellas Co, FL, buried: Ridge Hill Memorial Park, Lorain, OH. Kenneth died 1997-12-24, Elyria, Lorain Co, OH, buried: Ridge Hill Memorial Park, Lorain, OH Adopted by Ernest A Schilling and Selma Mw-tine DahI Schilling on 1925-09-04, with the consent of his mother Marguerite Kean. Kenneth had lived with Ernest and Selma since 1913-07-25, when he was only two weeks old, Kenneth's birth name was Kenneth Earnest Thompson. In the adoption, his name was changed to Kenneth Ernest Schilling. The story about Selma Martine Dahl and Ernest Adolph Schilling is rather interesting. Before Ernest married Selma, he was married to a woman name Alice Louise Bunce. They had a daughter, Marguerite Mary Schilling. When Marguerite was very young, Ernest and Alice divorced and he married Selma. Now, when Mary was still a teenager, she became pregnant by an "Unknown" Thompson, and gave birth to a son, Kenneth Ernest Thompson. Since she was still living with Ernest and Selma, and since "Unknown" Thompson disappeared, she decided to let Ernest and Selma adopt her baby, changing the baby's name from Kenneth Ernest Thompson to Kenneth Ernest Schilling. This happened when baby Kenneth was only about two weeks old. So Kenneth was raised as the son of Ernest and Selma (in reality, they were his grandfather and step-grandmother), and he was always led to believe that Marguerite was his sister (actually his mother!). Kenneth didn't discover the truth about Marguerite and "Unknown" Thompson until much, much later in life (after he was a father himself). Kenneth is my grandfather. So actually, Selma Dahl technically is not my great-grandmother. She is really my great-great-step-grandmother. In my family tree, I have two sets of lineages for my grandfather Kenneth. The first lists Ernest and Selma as his parents. The second lists Marguerite and "Unknown" Thompson as his parents, and the two lineages are obviously different from there on back. Since I have been unable to find out much information about Marguerite and her mother Alice Louise Bunce, I primarily refer to Ernest and Selma as my great-grandparents and use that lineage. Confused? It took me forever to figure all of that out! It was a big controversy in the Schilling family for awhile, but now everyone knows about it. I have a webpage at the following address, which includes pictures of Selma Dahl, Ernest Schilling and Kenneth Schilling. Here is the address: http://www.genealogy.com/users/v/a/n/Amy-E-Van-hyning/index.html Thank you again for all of the information! Amy Van Hyning