Name

Comments

Historical events of the McMaken Family as recorded by Herbert R. McMaken,

Sr. Information was obtained from members of the family, including Henry William
McMaken, my [Herbert R. McMakens] mother Jessie McMaken, Mrs. Grace (Banks)
Merchant and copies from her notes; The Fort Wayne Public Library Genealogy Section,
and records and markers at Lindenwood Cemetary. [originally copied May 5, 1979.
revised August 1999]
The McMaken Family; history and information from my parents, Grace (Banks)
Merchant, the Fort Wayne Public Library, and Lindenwood Cemetery. This page recopied Sept. 30, 1982 to record information from the notes of Elizabeth Dickinson.
[this information appears at the top of a page which is not part of the 1979 papers.]
Generation
1.

A.

2.

Name
Comments
John McMaken
b. born in Ireland
(m)Mary, Elizabeth, or Mary Elizabeth Jordan
b. 1699 born in Scotland d. 1800
son, Joseph J. McMaken

(1A) Joseph J. McMaken

(m) Elizabeth Campbell

b. 1753, Cumberland County, PA

d. 2-10-1818 Greenwood Cemetery
Hamilton, Ohio (Butler County)
b. 1762, at Boone Station (Crab Orchard,
KY) daughter of Andrew Campbell
and Jane (Gettys) Campbell.
d. 1837, Hamilton, Ohio

A. son, Joseph Hamilton McMaken b. Oct. 1787, Monmouth, KY

B. son, John McMaken
b.
C. son, Andrew Campbell McMaken b.
D. son, Mark Campbell McMaken b.
E. son, William G. McMaken
b.
F. son, Robert Ward McMaken
b.
(see expanded outline)
G. da., Lila (Lydia Jane?) McMaken b.
(ref. the will of Joseph McMaken)
3.

(2A.) Joseph Hamilton McMaken

(m) 1-8-1810 Jane Moore
A. son,Robert McMaken
B. son,John C. McMaken
C. son, Joseph Gettys McMaken

b.

b. died without issue

b. died without issue
b. 2-18-1915 Hamilton, OH
d. 12-13-1864 Ft. Wayne, IN
Lindenwood Cemetery.
D. Ezekial Vance McMaken
b. 9-21-1819
d.
(See Woodlawn Cemetery Necrology)

Name

Comments

(m2)2-6-1821 Rachel Hilton Tucker

b.

E. Elizabeth McMaken
F. Mary McMaken

b. 1821
b.

d.
d.

(m3) 5-25-1824 Marian Mead

no children
(m4)2-20-1827 Catherine Bacon
C. da., Sarah Jane McMaken
D. son, Andrew Campbell
McMaken

b.
b.
b. 10-28-1838 Ft. Wayne, IN
d. 10-25-1909
b.9-4-1836
b. 1-21-1840 Ft. Wayne, IN d.1-17-1912
Plattsmouth,NE

E. da., Laura Saphrona McMaken

F. son, Henry Clay McMaken*
(see expanded outline)
[G. son, Robert McMaken]
[H. son, John Campbell McMaken]
J. Charles K. McMaken
3. 1A--> 2F Robert Ward McMaken
b.
d.
(m) Julia Ann Cox
b. 11-23-1811 Butler Co., OH
d. 7-30-1873 Montgomery Co., IN
4.

(3A) Joseph Gettys McMaken

(m) Dorothea Ruch

b.2-18-1815
b. 2-27-1819, Alsace Loraine.
(France) father: Adam Ruch
d. 8-5-1899 Ft. Wayne, IN
A. son, Lewis T. McMaken
b. 11-7-1842, Ft. Wayne
d. 8-15-1843
B. son, Henry Clay McMaken**
b. 6-15-1844 Ft. Wayne
d. 9-30-1922
C. son, William B. McMaken
b. 5-22-1846
d. 7-22-1918
D. son, Joseph H. McMaken
b. 12-11-1848
d. 7-19-1918
E. da., Sarah J. (McM) Coleman
b. 9-27-1850
d. 7-25-1925
F. da., Anna M. McMaken
b. 3-10-1852
d. 6-9-1935
G. da., Delia C. McMaken
b. 11-29-1854
d. 12-19-1890
H. son, Samual H. McMaken
b. 9-7-1855
d. 10-20-1855
J. son, John Charles Fremont McM. b. 11-24-1856
d. 12-7-1941
K. son, Frank A. McMaken
b. 10-27-1858
d. 4-15-1948
L. da., Dorothea Elizabeth McMaken b. 4-8-1860
d. 12-31-1930
M. da., Lottie M. (McM.) Banks
b. 5-26-1862
d.12-3-1930

4.(3B) Ezekial Vance McMaken

(m) ?
4. (3C) Sarah Jane McMaken
3
(m)
?

b. father, Joseph H. McMaken

mother, Catherine Bacon

Name

4. (3D) Andrew Campbell McMaken

(m1) Susan (Suzanne?)Chalfant
A. Laura (McM) Lighton
(m2) 1880 Kate Lavender
B.
C.

Comments

b.10-28-1838

d. 10-28-1909

b.
b. 8-24-1869 Plattsburg, NE d. 9-8-1948
Fayetteville,AR
b.

4. (3E) Laura McMaken

(m) ?

b.

d.1-17-1912

4. (3F) Henry Clay McMaken*

(m) 9-12-1862 Catherine Mannering
A.son, Joseph H. McMaken
B. son, Edward Mannering McMaken
C.da., Eva (McM.) Reese
D.da., Carrie (McM.) Scott
E.son, Guy DeLoss McMaken
F.son, Charles A. McMaken
G.da., Harriet McMaken

b.1-21-1840
d. 1-17-1912
b.1-2-1840, Cleveland, OH
b. 12-11-1866 Cass. County, NE
b.
d.
b.
d.
b.
d.
b. 1-6-1879
d.
b.
d.
b.
d.

4. (3G) Robert McMaken

(m)
?

b.

4. (3H) John Campbell McMaken

(m)
?

b.

[5.](4A) Joseph H. McMaken

(son of Henry Clay McM*)
(m) 1891 Emma Busche
A.son, Henry Clay McMaken, II
B.son, Howard
McMaken
C.da., Gladys
(McM.)
[5.] (4B) Edward Mannering McMaken
(son of Henry Clay McM*)
(m)
Estelle Maud Hall
A. da., Elizabeth (McM.) Dickinson
B.

b.12-11-1866

5. (4B) Henry Clay McMaken**

(son of Jospeh Gettys McMaken)

b.
b.
b.
b.
b.

d.
d.
d.
d.
d.

b.
b.

d.
d.

b. 6-15-1844

d.9-13-1922

Name

Comments

(m) 4-9-1868, Francis Jane Link

b. 12-8-1846
d. 5-5-1918
father: Adam Link; 1-2-1820; mother: Lucy Alemeth Bagley, 12-19-1824
A. da., Lottie May McMaken
B. da., Lucy Luella (McM) Kyburz
C. son, Dora Gettys McMaken
D. son, Henry William McMaken
E. da., Helen Adelia (McM.) Jackson
F. son, Adam Joseph McMaken
G. da., Elizabeth Crystal (McM.) Gouty
5. (4C) William B. McMaken
(m) 2-12-1874, Deborah Robertson
A. son, William B. McMaken, Jr.
B. son, Clinton R. McMaken
5. (4D) Joseph H. McMaken
(m) Ellen Shatzer
A. son, Joseph McMaken
B. da., Delia (McM.) Kepler
C. son, Fenton McMaken

b. 6-2-1869
b. 11-22-1870
b. 3-7-1873
b. 12-14-1874
b. 6-17-1877
b. 11-9-1880
b. 4-9-1883

d.9-24-1869
d.12-16-1954
d. 2-2-1957
d. 4-16-1962
d. 5-5-1959
d. 8-2-1881
d. 5-26-1929

b. 1874

d. 1939

b.
b. 4-20-1882

d.
d.4-4-1965

b. 12-11-1848
b.

d.

b.
b.
b.

5. (4E) Sarah Jennie (McM) Coleman

(m)
Sylvanius Coleman
A. son, Archie Coleman
B. son, Ralph Coleman

b.
b.

5. (4J) John Charles Fremont McMaken

(m) Mary Fell
A. da., Eva McMaken
B.son, Allen McMaken

b.
b.
b.

5. (4K) Frank A. McMaken

b.

5. (4M) Lottie M. (McM.) Banks

(m) Elmer Banks
A. son, Joseph Banks
B. da., Grace (Banks) Merchant

b.
b.
b.

6. (5B) Lucy Luella (McM.) Kyburz

(m) 12-28-98 William Kyburz
A.son, Paul
Kyburz
B.da., Frances
Kyburz

b.
b. 11-9-1908
b. 6-21-1911

d. 1976

Name
6. (5C) Dora Gettys McMaken
(m) 6-5-1901 Dorothea Walters
A.da., Dorothy Luella (McM.) Koehlinger
B. da., Helen Jane (McM.) Cravens
C. da., Anna
(McM.)
D.son, Walter G. McMaken
E.son, Edward
McMaken
F.da., Clara
(McM.)
G. da.,Cornelia
(McM.)
H. da.,Sarah
(McM.)
J.son, Dora Gettys McMaken, Jr.

Comments
b.
b.
b.
b.
b. 7- ? -1906
b.
b.
b.
b.
b.

d.
d.
d.
d.
d.
d.
d.
d.
d.
d.

6. (5D) Henry William McMaken

(m) 4-4-1901 Jessie Mabel Frech
b.1-5-1881
d. 10-26-1977
father: Henry Frech, Wurtemberg, Germany; mother: Martha Jane Birely, Piqua,
OH.
A.son, Henry Hugh McMaken
b.7-19-1902 d.1-21-1990
B.da., Ruth Lucille (McM.) Forsythe
b.1-15-1904 d. 2-4-1991
C.son, Herbert Ross McMaken
b. 10-17-1906 d. 11-20-1993
D.da., Margaret Eva (McM.) Van Hoozen b. 12-11-1908 d. 10-4-1998
E. da.,Jessie Wilma (McM.) Zeimmer
b. 1-14-1912 d.
F. da.,Edith Jane (McM.) Bechtold
b.9-16-1914 d.
6. (5E) Helen Adelia (McM.) Jackson
(m)
Harry Jackson
A.son, Ralph
Jackson
B.son, Ike
Jackson
C.da., Pluma
Jackson
D. Merle
Jackson

b.

d.
b.
b.
b.

d.
d.
d.

b.

d.

6. (5G) Elizabeth C. (McM.) Gouty

(m)
Merle B. Gouty
A.son, John
Gouty
B.da., Emma Alemeth (Gouty)
C.son Walter
Gouty
D.son,Arthur
Gouty
E.son, William
Gouty
F.son, Thomas
Gouty

b.
b.
b.
b.
b.
b.

d.
d.
d.
d.
d.
d.

7. (6A) Henry Hugh McMaken

(m) 9-16-1928 Maude Long
A. da., Joan Ruth (McM.) Philpott

b.7-19-1902
b.1-4-1906
b. 11-15-1933

d.1-21-1990
d.9-29-1988
d.

7.(6B) Ruth Lucille (McM.) Forsythe

(m) 4-8-1934 Lloyd Forsythe
A.son, William
Forsythe
???????

b. 1-15-1904
b. 1-8-1904
b.

d.2-8-1991
d.12-4-1987
d.

Name

Comments

7. (6C) Herbert Ross McMaken

(m) 6-15-1932 Justine Corby Ward
A. son, Herbert Ross McMaken, Jr.
B. son, Ward McMaken
C.son, Peter William McMaken

b.10-17-1906
b. 5-25-1910
b. 5-29-1937
b. 11-18-1941
b. 11-26-1948

d.11-19-1993
d.6-6-1981
d.
d.
d. 1-11-1951

7. (6D) Margaret Eva (McM.) Van Hoozen

(m) 2-26-1933 Doris Delvin Van Hoozen
A.da., Barbara Ann (McM.) Becker
B. da.,Joyce Elaine (McM.) Miller
C. son,Richard Henry McMaken

b. 12-11-1908
b. 10-10-1903
b.10-26-1934
b.5-3-1939
b. 12-4-1943

d.10-4-1998
d.
d.
d.
d.

7. (6E) J. Wilma (McM.) (Carroll) Zeimmer

(m1) 11-6-1941 Joseph George Carroll
A. da.,Lorraine Jo (Carroll) Fink
B. da.,Mary Louise (Carroll) Grepke
C. da.,Norma Anita (Carroll) Burget
D. da.,Janice Gail (Carroll) Tucker

b. 1-14-1912
b. 11-24-1912
b.7-4-1942
b.12-16-1943
b. 5-6-1947
b. 9-23-1949

d.
d.9-2-1964
d.
d.
d.
d.

b. 6-10-1911

d.

b.9-16-1914
b.6-21-1912
b. 7-30-1953

d.
d.
d.

(m2) 6-27-1970 George Henry Zeimmer

7. (6F) Edith Jane (McM.) Bechtold
(m) Kenneth Thersard Shine Bechtold
A. da., Jane Ann Bechtold

Name

Comments

6A-->7A--> Joan Ruth (McM.) Philpott

(m) 1-31-1953 Victor Rex Philpott

b.11-15-1933
b. 5-25-1929

d.
d.

A. Keith Eugene Philpott

B. Debra Sue Philpott
C. Stephanie Ann Philpott
D. Christopher Allen Philpott

b.11-14-1953
b. 5-25-1956
b. 7-30-1960
b. 12-25-1962

d.
d.
d.
d.

A. Keith Eugene Philpott

(m) 8-6-1977 Ronda Jeanne Ross

b. 10-3-1956

d.

B. Debra Sue Philpott

(m) 11-27-1984

b.2-23-1957

d.

b.12-9-1949

d.

William Baughman

C.Stephanie Ann Philpott

(m) 11-8-1980 Robert Alan Johnson

Name

Comments

6C-->7A--> Herbert Ross McMaken, Jr.

(m1) 6-15-1958 Patricia Ann Chiville
born Elmhurst, IL
father: Leslie Lenox Chiville, Jr.
mother: Genevieve Dietsche
married 8-15-1932

b. 6-26-1938 d.
b. 12-22-1911 d. 3-8-1994
b. 3-28-1912 d.

A. William Herbert McMaken

(m) Joan
McMaken

b. 8-23-1959
b.

a. Chloe Charlotte McMaken

b. Chelsea Rose McMaken

b. 6-13-1986
b. 4-17-1992

B. Karen Lynn McMaken

C. Douglas Scott McMaken
D. Michael Andrew

b.3-9-1962
b. 7-21-1963
b. 2-3-1965

(m2) Carol

b.

McMaken

6C-->7B--> Ward McMaken

(m1) 6-13-1965
(m2) 3-21-1971 Suzanne Galindo
(1971-1993)
mother: Pauline Nunez
born El Paso, TX?
father: Jesse Joseph Galindo
born Chihuahua, Mexico?

d.
b. 11-18-1941 d.

b. 1-5-1946 d.
Los Angeles, CA
b.1-10-1912 d. 2-25-1996
buried Calvary Cemetary, Los
Angeles, CA
b.3-27-1911 d.2-13-1967
buried Calvary Cemetary, Los
Angeles, CA

A. Brooke McMaken
Denver, CO

b. 10-25-1973
d.
Pasadena, CA

B. Ryan Ward McMaken

b. 5-30-1977 d.
Pasadena, CA
b. 11-18-1977 d.
Colorado Springs, CO

(m) 7-24-1999 Jessica Suzanne Tiller

(m) Denver, CO
St. Vincent de Paul Parish
mother Bettie Suzanne Gates born 6-5-1956
father: Richard Douglas Tiller 12-30-1954

Ashland, Kentucky
Texas

Name

Comments

6B-->7A-->Adelia Ruth Forsythe

(m)

b. 3-26-1935 Aboite Township

Allen County, IN
b. 8-5-1931, Roanoke, IN

Delmar Eugene Jackson

A. Douglas Alan Jackson

(m) 8-6-1976 (Dixon, MO) Wanda Ruth

b. 9-7-1956, Huntington, IN

B. Diane Marie Jackson

b. 7-7-1959, Huntington, IN
(m) 5-6-1995 (Ft. W.) Kevin Michael OBrian b. 12-9-1956, Ft. Wayne, IN
6B-->7B--> William Lloyd Forsythe

b. 1-6-1940
Jefferson Township, Whitley
County, IN

6B-->7C-->Anna Mae Forsythe

b. 10-20-1943 Ft. Wayne, IN
(m) 8-18-1962 William Joseph Zirkelbach b.8-9-1934, Woodburn, IN
father:Wm. Joseph Zirkelbach, Sr. b. 7-24-1904 Woodburn, IN d. 8-30-1993
mother: Esther Minnie (Hoeppner) Zirkelbach b.2-8-1905 Wdbrn, IN
d. 4-23-1973
both buried Woodburn Lutheran Cemetery
A. David L. Zirkelbach
b. 8-22-1966 Youngstown, OH
(m) 8-28-1993 (Bryan, OH)Nancy Dawn (Barber) Gehring b. 7-24-1955
Morenci, MI
B. Angela Sue (Zirk.) Dailey
b.7-27-1970
(m) 6-26-1992 (El Paso, TX) John Kevin Dailey
b. 11-13-1952

Name

Comments

5D-->6D-->7A Barbara Ann Van Hoozen

(m) 10-9-1954 Joseph Clement Becker

b. 10-26-1934
b.

d.

A. Michael Joseph Becker

b. 4-4-1955
(m) 11-13-1976 Ellen Clare Gerardo b. 1-7-1956

d.
d.

B. Kevin Anthony Becker

b. 12-27-1956
(m) 8-18-1984 Karen Joanne Brewer b. 10-20-1959

d.
d.

C. Mark Henry Becker

(m) 4-17-1985 Christie Lynn Stoll

b. 2-15-1959
d.
b. 10-29-1960

D. Doris Loretta Marie Becker

(m) 4-15-1989 Mark Allen Biddle
no children

b. 12-20-1960
b. 1-27-1965

d.
d.

E. Robert Christopher Becker

(m) 1-1-1983 Heather Watson

b. 9-21-1962
b. 8-16-1963

d.
d.

F. Patricia Annette Becker

(m) 5-19-1990 Joseph

b.8-30-1966
b.

d.
d.

5D-->6D-->7B Joyce Elaine Van Hoozen

(m) 6-22-1959 Craig Leroy Miller

b.5-3-1939
b. 2-11-1936 d.

A. Teresa Lynn Miller

b. 12-30-1957

d.

B. Sherre Lee Miller

(m) 2-14-1987 Om Sharma

b. 10-28-1960
b. 8-3-1950

d.
d.

C. Kurt Anthony Miller

b. 1-17-1962
(m)11-27-1982 Sandra Lee Margison b.9-14-1962

d.
d.

D. Scott Allen Miller

d.

b. 3-27-1968

d.

Name
(m) Kathy

Comments
b.

d.

5D-->6D-->7C Richard Henry Van Hoozen

b. 12-4-1943
(m) 8-4-1962 Judith Ann Gillie
b. 8-24-1942
d.
A. Richard Lynn Van Hoozen
(m) 4-7-1984 Julie Holbrook

b. 3-1-1963
b. 4-20-1964

d.

B. Nick Edward Van Hoozen

(m) 3-2-1985 Lucile Bolinger

b. 6-5-1964
b. 8-18-1962

d.
d.

C. Dana Michelle Van Hoozen

b. 10-31-1968

d.

d.
d.

Name

Comments

Name
3. 1A-->(2F) Robert Ward McMaken
(m) Julia Ann (Cox) McMaken
A. William McMaken
other children unknown
4.

5.

Comments
b.
d.
b. 11-23-1811 Butler County, Ohio
d. 7-30-1873(?) Montgomery Co., Indiana
b.

d.

(3A)William McMaken
(m)
A. Andrew McMaken

b.
b.

(4A.) Andrew McMaken

(m) Belle Pontious
A. Dorothy (McMaken) White
B. Andrew McMaken
C. Paul McMaken

b.
b.
b.
b.

d.
d.
d. 1968, Fremont, CA
d.
d.

b.
b.
b.

d. 1968, Fremont, CA
d.
d.

d.
b.

6.

(5A) Dorothy (McM.) White

(m) William Schneider
A. Margean (Schneider) White
other children unknown

7.

(6A) Margean (Schneider) White

b.
(m) Phillip Bruce White
b.
parents: Cullen White and Mabel Gearhart
A.Julia Ann White
b.
B. Bruce David White
b.
C. Brian Gregory White
b.
D. David Ronald White
b.
E. Jeffrey Charles White
b.
F. Paul Bernard White
b.
G. Suzanne White
b.

d.

d.
d.
d.
d.
d.
d.
d.
d.
d. (resides in Fremont, CA)

Name
4.

Comments

1A -->2A-->(3D) Andrew Campbell McMaken

(m1) Susan (Suzanne?)Chalfant
A. Laura (McM) Lighton

b.10-28-1838
d. 10-28-1909
b.
b. 8-24-1869 Plattsburg, NE d. 9-8-1948
Fayetteville,AR

m2) 1880 Kate Lavender

B.
C.
5. (4A.) Laura (McM.) Lighton
(m) 4-8-1890 William Rheem Lighton
A. Dorothy Lighton
B. William Andrew Lighton
C. Louis Duryea Lighton
D David McMaken Lighton
E. Suzanne Chalfant Lighton
F. Marjorie Lighton

b.

b. 8-24-1869 Plattsburg, NE
d. 9-8-1948 Fayetteville,AR
b. 7-13-1866, Lycoming Co., PA
d. 1-25-1923 Los Angeles, CA
b. 1893
d. 1967
b. 1891
d.1892
b. 11-25-1895 d. 2-1-1963
b. 1899
d. 1902
b. 7-24-1905 d. 11-15-1978
b. 11-15-1912 d.
resides in Fayetteville, AR

Name

Comments