Kansas

Kaighins in Kansas from 1920

1920

United States Federal Census, Kansas, Anderson County, Rich Twp. ED#30

Name	Age	Relation	Born	Occupation	Remarks
John H. Kaighin	61	Head	Estimated birth 1859 IL	Farmer	Father and mother born IOM
Emma	54	Wife	Estimated birth 1866 IL
Luella	24	Daughter	Estimated birth 1896 NE	Stenographer, Gristmill

United States Federal Census, Kansas, Atchison County, Center Twp. ED#13

Name	Age	Relation	Born	Occupation
Joseph Kaighin	34	Head	Estimated birth 1886 IOM	Farmer
Emma W.	29	Wife	Estimated birth 1891 NE
August L.	5	Son	Estimated birth 1915 KS
Henry E.	3	Son	Estimated birth 1917 KS
Thelma M.	4	Daughter	Estimated birth 1916 KS

1930

United States Federal Census, Kansas, Leavenworth County, Alexandria, District 1

Name	Age	Relation	Born	Occupation
James J. Kaighin	45	Head	Estimated birth 1885	Farmer
Emma W.	40	Wife	Estimated birth 1890
August L.	15	Son	Estimated birth 1915
Henry E.	13	Son	Estimated birth 1917
Thelma M.	10	Daughter	Estimated birth 1920

From Forgotten Settlers, transcribed by the Kansas Council of Genealogical Societies

Index to Volumes One through Ten, K-L

Name	Volume	Page
Kaighin, Charles	2	76 182
Kaighin, John	2	76 182
Kaighin, Mary Blanche	2	76 182

2001

Obituary from the Grand Island Independent 12 January 2001

Brother John R. Kaighin, O.S.B. 57, monk

ATCHISON, Kan. -- Brother John R. Kaighin, O.S.B., 57, a monk of St. Benedict's Abbey in Atchison, Kan., died Thursday, Jan. 10, 2001, due to a heart attack. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at the abbey church. Burial will follow in the abbey cemetery. Vigil will be at 7 p.m. Sunday at the abbey church. Arensberg-Pruett Funeral Home in Atchison is in charge of arrangements. Brother John was born Jan. 24, 1944, at Lexington. He graduated in 1962 and earned his bachelor's degree in music education in 1966 from St. Benedict's College in Atchison. He then studied in summer sessions at Kearney State College. He became a monk of St. Benedict's Abbey on Sept. 2, 1973, after completing the year of training as a novice monk. He taught music in the Atchison Catholic Elementary School and taught the English as a foreign language program at Maur Hill Prep School in Atchison. In 1985 and 1986, after studies at the University of Kansas, he obtained high school accreditation for teaching English as a second language. He taught in the English language support program at Benedictine College in 1990 and 1993. He served his abbey community in a wide variety of ways. He was the abbey librarian for several years and edited the in-house newsletter, News and Views (renamed Home Pages). He had prepared the liturgical readings in the daily worship service since 1993. He became assistant vocations director in 1997. He sang in the abbey schola from 1973 to 1992. He also served many years on the abbey garden and grounds crew. Survivors include his sister, Janet Wallace of Grand Island; and his fellow monks.

US Social Security Death Index
Name	Birth	Death	Last Residence	Issued
Kaighin, Glenna	6/27/1918	1973 03		KS (Before 1951)
Kaighin, A. Lester	10/1/1914	1992 08 30	Atchison, KS	KS (1952 and 1953)
Kaighin, James	4/28/1884	1974 10	Cummings, Atchison, KS	KS (1954)
Kaighin, Betty E	1925 09 17	2003 09 01	Atchison, Atchison, KS	KS (Before 1951)
Kaighin, Emma	8/16/1890	1980 01	Lancaster, Atchison, KS	KS (1973)

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