Helen KENNON

1844 -

• Birth	Nov 1844	NY   [1, 2]
  Census	9 Jun 1900	169 E. 63rd St., Manhattan, New York, NY   [2]
  	1900 census in the borough of Manhattan shows Helen Russell, widow, b. Nov 1844, 55, 1 child born, 1 living, b. NY, parents b. CT/CT; Helen, daughter, b. Dec 1876, Chicago, 23; Nathaniel Gilbert, brother-in-law, b. Sep 1836, 63, widower, b. NY, parents b. CY/CT, auditor; Pierre Stevenson, nephew b. Aug. 1878, 21, b. NY, parents b. NY/NY, salesman; Susan Connelly, servant, b. Dec 1869, 30, b. IRELAND, parents b. IRELAND.
  Note	Helen M. Kennon was born about 1844 in New York the youngest daughter of David and Fanny (Fillmore) Kennon. She grew up in Plattsburgh, Clinton, New York and was enumerated with the family in the 1850 census there. In 1860, she and her elder sister Frances were in Wheatland, Monroe, New York in the household of their mother's sister Laura (Fillmore) and her husband George T. Bristol. Chances are, but not yet entirely proven, Helen married John F. Russell, also of New York. They moved to Chicago, Illinois where by 1880, they had one daughter, Natalie who was three years old and born in Illinois. There may have been another daughter, Helen or her full name included both Helen and Natalie. The reason for thinking that Helen Russell is Helen Kennon, was that in the 1900 census of Manhattan, New York, Helen Russell is enumerated as head of household and in the household is Pierre Stevenson noted as her nephew. Helen Kennon's sister Sophia married John Stevenson and their youngest child was Pierre. As Sophia and John Stevenson died in 1889 and 1890 respectively when Pierre was about 12 years old, it would make sense that he was sent to live with relatives.

  
  

  Father	David KENNON,   b. Abt 1786, MA d. Aft 1870, Beekmantown, Clinton, NY (Age > 85 years)
  Mother	Francis Hough FILLMORE,   b. 27 Jun 1801, Chazy, Clinton, NY d. 9 Jul 1869 (Age 68 years)
  Family ID	F323	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	John F. RUSSELL,   b. Abt 1838, NY d. Bef 1900 (Age < 61 years)
  Marriage	20 Jan 1862	Kane Co., IL   [4]
  Children	1. Helen Natalie RUSSELL,   b. Dec 1876, Chicago, Cook, IL
  Family ID	F578	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Nov 1844 - NY Marriage - 20 Jan 1862 - Kane Co., IL  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S1850] 1850 United States Federal Census, (National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D. C., 1850), 1850. [S1900] 1900 United States Federal Census, (National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D. C., 1900), 1900. [S294] Fillmore Genealogy, 294. [S225] Illinois Marriage Index, 225.