[10]

Barney Foster McAninch b.23 Jan. 1883, Bell County, Texas, son of John D. and


Emma (Bell) McAninch. Barney married(1) Alta Pearl Merrifield (exact date and place


unknown, prob. New Mexico, poss. Texas), and they had one child, son Glen Orison


McAninch, b.4 Nov. 1904, Eddy County, New Mexico, surname re-written McAnish


on Glen's "Delayed Birth Registration” issued July, 1940, Eddy County, New Mexico.


Barney and Alta Pearl divorced, and she married(2) Walter Key Vest, 21 Dec. 1905,


Eddy County, New Mexico. Barney came to California, and worked as a salesman in


Kern County, San Diego, San Francisco, and Los Angeles. In 1918, Barney McAninch


registered for the W.W.I Draft in Los Angeles, although he is not listed in the 1918


City Directory, and no record of Barney has been found in the 1920 federal census.


In 1921, Barney is listed in the Los Angeles city directory, and Barney married(2)


Marie (Popp) Duncan on 26 April 1921, Los Angeles County, California, the second


marriage for each of them (Marie was originally from Fresno County, California).


Barney died two years later, age 40, died 7 Oct 1923, Los Angeles County, California


(burial information unknown).


[11]

Miles T. McAninch b. Nov. 1849, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, was the second son


of Sylvester J. “Squire” and Rosanna (Himes) McAninch. Miles T. McAninch married


Harriet J. (maiden name unknown), circa 1870 (probably Jefferson County, Penn.).


Their first two children were born there, Perry Alonzo McAninch, b.30 Apr. 1880


[see Note 12, below], and Pearl O. McAninch, b.Aug. 1884, and then they started west,


with daughter Georgia P. McAninch b.Nov. 1886 in Montana. Miles and his family


farmed in Fresno County, California, for 30 years, and then moved to Los Angeles


ca. 1922-1923. Harriet died 13 Dec. 1926, and Miles T McAninch died 29 Dec. 1937;


both died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, and they are both buried at


Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale), Glendale, Los Angeles County, California.


[12]

Perry Alonzo McAninch b.30 Apr. 1880, Rose Township, Jefferson County, Penn.,


first child of Miles T and Harriet McAninch [see Note 11, above]. Perry married


Bertha Matilda Lamb, ca.1907 (prob. California; marriage date and place unknown).


They are in Bakersfield, Kern County, for a few years; Perry is a house carpenter


on the 1910 census, and manager at the Wallace Pump Works, Bakersfield, in 1912.


They are in Los Angeles in the 1920 census, and 1930 census, and are listed in the


City Directories for many years. Perry Alonzo and Bertha Matilda (Lamb) McAninch


did not have any children. Bertha died 7 Oct. 1951, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County,


and Perry died 31 Dec. 1953, in Ventura County, California (burial records unknown).


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McAninch Family History NL v.XXIII n.2 / Sept. 2015 / Copyright Frank McAninch / p.2015-27

 

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