History

First Cousin Six Times Removed

Edward McKune was born in 1832 in Pennsylvania.¹ He married on 2 November 1856 in Illinois.² He held the rank of private.³ He died on 8 October 1862 in Kentucky.³

1 1850 U.S. census, Lee Co., Ill., sch. 1, Hanno Township, p. 125, line 32, dwelling 6, family 6, Hesekiah McKuen.
2 Illinois, "Compiled Marriages, 1851–1900," database, Ancestry, Edward McKune and Minerva Hastings, 1856.
3 "Illinois Veterans Index, 1775–1995," database, Ancestry, Edward McKune.

Vivian Lee Selman was born on 7 September 1922 in Texas.¹ She was adopted on 12 June 1923 in Arkansas, and her name was changed to Pauline Frances Scholz.²

Placido Lombardi was born in 1746 in the Kingdom of Naples.¹ He was widowed in 1815.² He was a peasant.¹ He died in 1821 in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.¹

His son, Gaetano Lombardi, was born in 1782 in the Kingdom of Naples.³ He was an illiterate peasant.⁴ He died in 1852 in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.³

William John Champion was born on 31 December 1916 in Colorado.¹ He was a draftsman in 1940 in Colo.² He married on 15 October 1941 in Colo.³ He received a degree on 14 June 1952 at University of Denver.⁴ He received an architecture license on 6 October 1961 in Colo.⁵ He was widowed on 27 January 2002.⁶ He died on 6 July 2011 in Colo., and his death was due to heart failure.¹ He was buried in Colo.¹

This chronological history of my family begins with my great-grandparents. Orazio Lombardi and Ludovica Cervi married on 13 October 1904 in the Kingdom of Italy.¹