Tanner, Kenneth

Other Events:

• Namesake: Aft 1883; Kenneth Street in Kaukauna is named for him.
• Education - High School: 1900, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
• Book: Bef 1965; Tanner, Kenneth Papers
• Obituary: 10 Nov 1965; Kaukauna Times

Notes:

Education - High School:
Kaukauna High School Class of 1900

Book:
Located at the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. Archives Division. 816 State Street, Madison, WI 53706; MAD 3 /15/C2-3; Call No. Mss 430; Format 2.4 c.f. (6 archives boxes)

Personal, business, and family papers of Kenneth Boyd Tanner, a sugar plantation manager in San Luis Potosi, Mexico before World War I, then an insurance businessman and civic leader in Eastland, Texas. Included are papers concerning several family members as well. Correspondence concerns Tanner's experiences as a student at the University of Wisconsin (1900-1904), as an officer candidate in Kentucky during World War I, and as a Republican Party leader in Eastland in the 1950s. Letters written while managing the Rio Tamasopo Sugar Company plantation owned by his family deal with the problems caused by the Mexican Revolution of 1910 and later political turmoil. Family letters concern health, mutual acquaintances, events in Kaukauna, Wis. where Tanner was born, and experiences of his daughter, Dolores Tanner Vachliotis, while with the Hedgerow Theater in Pennsylvania in the 1940s and '50s.Also present are genealogies of the Lawe, Boyd, Battles, Ford, and Tanner families; writings by Tanner's father, Herbert Battles Tanner; and information on a distant relative, Father Charles Francis de Vivaldi.

Obituary:
Funeral services for Kenneth Tanner, age 82, were held in Eastland Texas, Sunday, November 7. Mr. Tanner was born July 20, 1883 in Kaukauna and came to Eastland in 1919 after serving in World War I. Mr. Tanner is the son of Kaukauna pioneer physician and surgeon, Dr. H.B. Tanner, who came to Kaukauna at the age of 21 in 1880 and was active in many of the beginnings of the city.

Kenneth married Alter, Bertha Aft 1907. Bertha was born Abt 1891, , , Iowa, USA; died Aft 1930. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Military Service: Bef 16 Sep 1942
• Death Record - Civil: 16 Sep 1942

Notes:

Military Service:
Name:Kenneth Boyd Tanner Junior
Date of Birth:abt 1917
Date of Death:16 Sep 1942
Place of Death:Canada
Age at Death:25

Death Record - Civil:
Name:Kenneth Boyd Tanner Junior
Date of Birth:abt 1917
Date of Death:16 Sep 1942
Place of Death:Canada
Age at Death:25