William Penn KEAIRNS ^{2 3}

  General Notes:

IA, BIRTHS & CHRISTENINGS INDEX, 1800-1999:
Name: William Penn Keairns
Birth Date: 13 Mar 1884
Birth Place: Mapleton, Monona, Iowa
Father: Cornelius Keairns
Mother: Clementine Ball
FHL Film Number: 1443704

SD, MARRIAGES, 1905-2017:
Name: William P Kearns
Gender:Male
Marital Status: Bachelor
Marriage Age: 25
Birth Date: abt 1884
Residence Date: 1909
Residence Post Office: Huron
Residence Place: Beadle
Marriage Date: 24 May 1909
Marriage Place: Beadle, South Dakota, USA
Spouse: Gulovena Christensen
Spouse's Gender: Female
Spouse's Marital Status: Maiden
Spouse's Marriage Age: 20
Spouse's Birth Date: abt 1889
Spouse's Residence Date: 1909
Spouse's Residence Post Office: Huron
Spouse's Residence Place: Beadle
Certificate: 16216

1910 SD CENSUS, Beadle Co, Huron city:
William P. "Kearns", 27, 1st marriage, married 1 yr, b. IA, parents b. IA, fire man, st. railway;
wife "Gulowna"(?), 21, 1st marriage, married 1 yr, 1 child, 1 living, b. Norway, parents b. Norway, to US in 1907;
son William, 1/12, b. SD, father b. IA, mother b. Norway.

WWI DRAFT REGISTRATION CARDS, 1917-1918:
Name: William Penn Kairns [William Penn Keairus]
Race: White
Age: 34
Birth Date: 13 Mar 1884
Occupation: Engineer, C & NW RW.
Residence Date: 1917-1918
Street Address: 765 Beach St
Residence Place:Beadle County, South Dakota, USA
Physical Build: Medium
Height: Tall
Hair Color: Light Brown
Eye Color: Blue
Relative:Gulovna Kairns

1920 SD CENSUS, Beadle Co, Huron city:
William Keairns, 35. b. IA, parents b. IA, engineer, C& AW;
wife "Gularne"(?), 32, immigrated to US in 1907, naturalized citizen in 1909, b. Norway, parents b. Norway; dau. Ethel, 9, b. SD, father b. IA, mother b. Norway;
nephew Clifford Keairns, 28, single, b. IA, parents b. IA, farm hand.

1930 SD CENSUS, Beadle Co, Huron city:
William P. Keairns, 46, 1st marriage age 2_(?), b. IA, father b. IL, mother b. IA, engineer, steam railroad; Gulerna(?), 41, 1st marriage age 20, b. Norway, parnets b. Norway;
dau. Ethel, 19, single, b. SD, father b. IA, mother b. Norway.

1940 SD CENSUS, Beadle Co, Huron city:
William P. Keairns, 56, 8th, b. IA, 1935: same house, engineer, steam railroad;
Gulovna, wife, 51, 8th, b. Norway, 1935: same house;
Margaret M., lodger, 34, single, H-2, b. SD, 1935: Pierce, Hughes Co, SD, stenographer, bureau of cencus.

WWII DRAFT REGISTRATION CARDS, 1942:
Name: William Penn Keairns
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 58
Birth Date: 13 Mar 1884
Birth Place: Mapleton, Iowa, USA
Residence Place:Huron, South Dakota, USA
Military Draft Date: 1942
Relationship to Draftee: Head
Occupation: C & NW Ry
Next of Kin: Mrs. Luvona Keairns
Height: 5 10
Eye Color: Gray
Hair Color: Brown
Weight: 190
Complexion: Light Brown

HURON, BEADLE CO, SD 1942 TELEPHONE DIRECTORY: W. P. Keairns resided 638-5th St. SE.

OBIT OF SARAH BURCH, 1952: her brother, William Keairns, was living Sioux Falls, SD.

SOCIAL SECURITY APPLICATIONS & CLAIMS INDEX, 1936-2007:
Name: William Penn Keairns
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth Date: 13 Mar 1884
Birth Place: Mapleton Win, Iowa
Father: Cornelius Keairns
Mother: Flora C Ball
SSN: 708072567
Notes: Feb 1937: Name listed as WILLIAM PENN KEAIRNS

FIND A GRAVE:
Name: William P. Keairns
Birth Date: 1884
Death Date: 1968
Cemetery: Riverside Cemetery
Burial or Cremation Place: Huron, Beadle County, South Dakota, United States of America
Has Bio?: N
Spouse:Gulovna G. Keairns

William married Gulovena CHRISTENSEN on 24 May 1909 in Huron, Beadle Co, SD.¹ (Gulovena CHRISTENSEN was born in 1889 in Norway,^{6 7} died in 1962 in probably Huron, Beadle Co, SD ⁶ and was buried in Riverside Cem, Huron, Beadle Co, SD ⁶.)