Marian Ruth Johnston1,2,3

Family Chart
ID# 12537, (1922 - 2021)
FatherFrank Irving Johnston4 (4 Aug 1895 - 28 Dec 1976)
MotherLillian Battersby4 (30 Dec 1896 - 5 Aug 1980)

Key Events:

Birth: 27 Apr 1922, Ohio5,6,7
Marriage: 24 Oct 1942, Cincinnati, Ohio, Edward Allen Fenker (21 Jan 1920 - 17 Mar 1989)8,9,10
Death: 2 Mar 20213
ChartsDescendants of Hermann Hinrich Fennker
Descendants of Jobst Wilhelm Wiemann

Copyright Notice

Narrative:

     Marian Ruth Johnston was born on 27 Apr 1922 in Ohio.5,6,7
     Marian's parents were divorced when she was three months old, and she never knew her father. Her mother remarried and Marian used the surname of her stepfather, Archibald H. Schultz, though he did not legally adopt her.4,2,11
     She appeared on the 1930 Federal Census of Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., Ohio, in the household of her mother, Lillian Battersby, and stepfather, Archibald H. Schultz.12 She appeared on the 1940 Federal Census of Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., Ohio, in the household of her mother and step-father.13
     Marian married Edward Allen Fenker, son of Alfred William Fenker and Jessie Blanch Billiter, on 24 Oct 1942 in Cincinnati, Ohio.8,9,10
     Marian and Edward appeared on the 1950 Federal Census of Reading, Hamilton Co., Ohio, at 62 Gorman Terrace, enumerated 5 Apr 1950, reporting they lived in a home that was not on a farm.14
     Her husband died on 17 Mar 1989 in Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., Ohio.15,16,17
     Marian died on 2 Mar 2021 at age 98.3

Children:
     Children with Edward Allen Fenker

Marian and Edward's other child is still living (Mar 2024).
  • Edward Allen Fenker Jr.4 (20 Jan 1951 - 26 Nov 2023)

Citations

  1. [S448] Interview, Marian Ruth Fenker, 9 Jul 2002, gave name as Marian Ruth Johnston.
  2. [S10474] Arch H. Schultz household, 1930 U.S. Census, Hamilton Co., Ohio, shows name as Marian R. Schultz.
  3. [S10473] Marian R. Fenker obituary, Spring Grove.
  4. [S448] Interview, Marian Ruth Fenker, 9 Jul 2002.
  5. [S3669] "Ohio Birth Index, 1908-1998," Ancestry.com, record for Marian Johnston, citing cert. no. 1922032996, shows date, with year as 1922, county and state.
  6. [S448] Interview, Marian Ruth Fenker, 9 Jul 2002, gave date, with year as 1924, and said her birth certificate shows year as 1922, and her mother told her she had arranged to alter the year for personal reasons.
  7. [S10474] Arch H. Schultz household, 1930 U.S. Census, Hamilton Co., Ohio, shows age 7 and state.
  8. [S13315] Edward Fenker household, 1950 U.S. Census, Hamilton Co., Ohio, shows married.
  9. [S463] Interview, Marian Ruth Fenker, 20 Aug 2002, gave date and city.
  10. [S279] Frazier letter to Timothy Frazier, January 1996, shows married.
  11. [S750] Stephenson, "Fenker family," e-mail to author, 2 Jan 2005, provides transcript of an obituary notice for Archibald, citing Newspaper article from the collection of Alleen Stephenson, no date, which lists Mrs. Marian Fenker as his daughter.
  12. [S10474] Arch H. Schultz household, 1930 U.S. Census, Hamilton Co., Ohio.
  13. [S10484] Arch H. Schultz household, 1940 U.S. Census, Hamilton Co., Ohio.
  14. [S13315] Edward Fenker household, 1950 U.S. Census, Hamilton Co., Ohio.
  15. [S448] Interview, Marian Ruth Fenker, 9 Jul 2002, gave date, and city.
  16. [S130] "Social Security Death Index," Rootsweb.com, record for Edward A. Fenker, Soc. Sec. No. 301-03-0661, shows date.
  17. [S751] Spring Grove Cemetery and Arboretum, online burial records, record for Edward Fenker, 21 Mar 1989, shows date and hospital.