Charles Henkey & family

Charles Henkey, son of Henry and Mary Henkey, husband of Mary Ellen Laney. Worked at the Brown Shoe Company most of his life. His daughter Dorothy recently said to me, "He was the sweetest man".

Child #1

Edward L. Henkey

Born: 10 Nov 1912 or 1913 in Missouri

Married: Stella C. Gorzinski (died Jan 2004, buried Calvary Cemetery in St Louis, MO)

Lived in: Dupo, Illinois

Died: 14 June 1964

Buried: 17 June 1964 in Calvary Cemetery in St Louis, MO

Child #2

Harry Melvin Henkey

Born: 3 Feb 1921 in St Louis, MO

Married: 29 Mar 1947 to Dorothy Nichols (born 12 Jan 1919 in Topeka, Kansas)

Lived in: Florissant, Missouri

Died: 12 May 1995 in St Louis, MO

Buried: in Jefferson Barracks Cemetery in St Louis, MO

Child #3

Living

Child #4

Alice Ruby Henkey

Born: 18 Jul 1929

Married: Lindey Shaver

Died: 07 Apr 2000

Buried: 11 Apr 2000 in Jefferson Barracks Cemetery in St Louis, MO

Child #5

Jacqueline Sexton (twin)

Born: 29 Aug 1931

Married: August Nickens (born 26 Nov 1928; died 25 Feb 1989)

Died: 25 Jun 2008

Buried: 12 Aug 2008 in Calvary Cemetery in St Louis, MO

Child #6

Clarence Sexton, Junior (twin)

Born: 29 Aug 1931

Married: no

Died: Dec 1986 in St Louis, MO

Note: The two youngest were step children to Charles.

Children of Henry and Mary Henkey

Child #1:

Henry Henkey

Born: 26 Jan 1871 in St Louis, MO

Married: 06 Mar 1901 to Margaret Windley or Farnsworth (born 31 May 1865 or 1875 in St Louis, died 21 Jun 1922 in St Louis)

Died: 21 Aug 1937 in St Louis, MO

Buried: Bellefontaine Cemetery, St Louis, MO

Child #2:

Elizabeth (Lizzie) Henkey

Born: 1874 in Missouri

Married: 09 Mar 1891 in Belleville, St Clair, IL to William F. Bierach (born 22 Jul 1867 or 1868 in Louisville, KY, died 09 Jan 1947 in St Louis, buried 13 Jan 1947 in St Peters Cemetery)

Lived in: St Louis, MO

Died: Jul 1963

Buried: St Peters Cemetery, Normandy, St Louis County, MO

Child #3:

William John Henkey

Born: 12 May 1874 in Missouri

Married: 1901 in St Louis, MO to Eva Catherine Gadell (born 11 Jan 1880 in St Louis, died 27 Jan 1959 in Lemay, MO, buried 30 Jan 1959 in Calvary Cemetery, St Louis, MO

Died: 02 Jul 1951 in St Louis, MO

Buried: 05 Jul 1951 in Calvary Cemetery, St Louis, MO

Child #4

Harry Henkey

Born: 12 Dec 1881 in St Louis, MO

Married: about 1909 to Freida Schoenberger

Died: 01 Jun 1914 in St Louis, MO

Buried: 03 June 1914 in Old Bethlehem Cemetery, St Louis, MO

Child #5

Charles Henkey

Born: 27 Apr 1887 or 1888 in St Louis, MO

Married: 27 Apr 1911 in St Louis, MO to Mary Ellen Laney (born 2 Mar 1893 or 1896 in Kansas, died 4 June 1964 in St Louis, buried 08 June 1964 in Calvary Cemetery, St Louis, MO)

Died: 27 Oct 1973 in St Louis, MO

Buried: Calvary Cemetery, St Louis, MO

Child #6

Louis Henkey

Born: 16 Dec 1891 in St Louis, MO

Married: to Bertha Hart, divorced

Died: 18 Apr 1946 in St Louis, MO

Buried: 22 Apr 1946 in Calvary Cemetery, St Louis, MO

Death certificates for Catherine, Harry, Henry, Louis, Margaret and William Henkey and William Bierach can be seen at Missouri Digital Heritage website. Also for Harry's infant who was listed as unknown Henkey. The Charles Henkey in this list is not our Charles.