Alice Mae Kaminky1,2,3

Family Chart
ID# 422, (1917 - 2006)
FatherJohn Frederick Kaminky4,5,6 (1872 - 1942)
MotherEthel Amelia Wright4,7,8 (1881 - 1937)

Key Events:

Birth: 9 Jun 1917, Alice, Colorado9,10,11
Marriage: 1944, Rockville, Montgomery Co., Maryland, Murdock Mackenzie McLean (14 May 1918 - 21 Jun 2000)4
Divorce: 1946, Oak Ridge, Anderson Co., Tennessee, Murdock Mackenzie McLean (14 May 1918 - 21 Jun 2000)4
Marriage: 25 Nov 1967, First United Presbyterian Church, Oak Ridge, Anderson Co., Tennessee, William Gordon Cobb (2 Apr 1916 - 18 Jul 1998)12
Death: 11 Dec 2006, Oak Ridge, Tennessee3
Burial: 18 Dec 2006, Oak Ridge Memorial Park, Oak Ridge, Tennessee3
ChartsDescendants of Dr. Davis Green Tuck
Descendants of David Dutt/Toot

Copyright Notice

Narrative:

     Alice Mae Kaminky was born on 9 Jun 1917 in Alice, Colorado.9,10,11 She was named for the town in which she was born, which is on the side of a mountain.4
     She appeared on the 1920 Federal Census of Alice, Clear Creek Co., Colorado, in the household of her parents, John Frederick Kaminky and Ethel Amelia Wright.5
     Alice won the Colorado state spelling bee when she was in the second or third grade, and appeared on the front page of the Scripps newspaper in Colorado.4
     She appeared on the 1930 Federal Census of Alice, Clear Creek Co., Colorado, in the household of her parents.6
     She graduated from Idaho Springs High School in 1933.3
     Alice appeared on the 1940 Federal Census of Denver, Colorado, enumerated 8 Apr 1940. She was one of 57 people, including a few married couples, rooming at the Shasta Hotel at the 429 15th St..13
     She worked as a secretary in Denver, Colorado, for several years, at least part of that time at a brokerage firm. In 1940 she reported she had worked 48 hours the last week of March, and had worked 40 weeks the prior year, earning $560.3,4,14
     She joined the U.S. Marine Corps Women's Reserve as a nurse during World War II. She appears as a private on the muster roll of the MCWR Schools at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, in Apr 1944.3,15,16
     Alice moved to Oak Ridge in 1944 where she worked at Tri State Homes and Skidmore, Owings and Merrill. She later worked as the secretary to the director of the Oak Ridge Hospital before going to work at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in 1959, where she worked until her retirement in 1980.3
     Alice married first Murdock Mackenzie McLean, son of Hugh McLean and Marion [surname unknown], in 1944 in Rockville, Montgomery Co., Maryland.4
     Alice and Murdock were divorced in 1946 in Oak Ridge, Anderson Co., Tennessee.4
     Alice married second William Gordon Cobb, son of Dr. Robert Linah Cobb Jr. and Ledley Lena Logan, on 25 Nov 1967 in First United Presbyterian Church, Oak Ridge, Anderson Co., Tennessee, with Rev. Alexander M. Stuart officiating.12
     Her second husband died on 18 Jul 1998 in Oak Ridge, Anderson Co., Tennessee.17
     Alice died on 11 Dec 2006 in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, at age 89.3 She was buried on 18 Dec 2006 in Oak Ridge Memorial Park, Oak Ridge, Tennessee.3

Children:
     Child with Murdock Mackenzie McLean:

  • Sharon Anne McLean4 (1945 - )

Children:
     There were no children with William Gordon Cobb

Citations

  1. [S49] Freeman, Family File "David and Deborah.GED," 31 Jul 1998, shows name as Alice Mae Kiminky.
  2. [S4375] John F. Kimainky household, 1920 U.S. Census, Clear Creek Co., Colorado, shows name as Alice M. Kaminky.
  3. [S4370] The Oak Ridger, 14 Dec 2006.
  4. [S49] Freeman, Family File "David and Deborah.GED," 31 Jul 1998.
  5. [S4375] John F. Kimainky household, 1920 U.S. Census, Clear Creek Co., Colorado.
  6. [S4376] John F. Kimainky household, 1930 U.S. Census, Clear Creek Co., Colorado.
  7. [S4375] John F. Kimainky household, 1920 U.S. Census, Clear Creek Co., Colorado, shows the girl as daughter of Ethel's husband.
  8. [S4376] John F. Kimainky household, 1930 U.S. Census, Clear Creek Co., Colorado, shows the girl as daughter of Ethel's husband.
  9. [S49] Freeman, Family File "David and Deborah.GED," 31 Jul 1998, shows date, town, and state.
  10. [S4370] The Oak Ridger, 14 Dec 2006, shows date, town, and state.
  11. [S4375] John F. Kimainky household, 1920 U.S. Census, Clear Creek Co., Colorado, shows age 2 6/12 and state.
  12. [S4379] William Gordon Cobb and Alice Kaminky McLean, marriage register, shows date, church, city, county, state, and officiant.
  13. [S4377] Shasta Hotel, 1940 U.S. Census, Denver City & Co., Colorado.
  14. [S4377] Shasta Hotel, 1940 U.S. Census, Denver City & Co., Colorado, shows occupation as secretary, industry as brokerage.
  15. [S49] Freeman, Family File "David and Deborah.GED," 31 Jul 1998, shows she was a nurse in the U S Navy in WW II.
  16. [S4378] Alice M. Kaminky, Muster Roll of Officers and Enlisted Men of the U. S. Marine Corps.
  17. [S4371] The Oak Ridger, 20 Jul 1998.