Hi folks -
I'm looking for a connect and information on the family of Myrtle Whillamina
McKee who was born in Ft. Wayne, IN 23 Aug 1893 and died in Chicago, IL circa
1960s. She was married to Raymond Francis Schatzman.
Her father was George Washington McKee who was born in Muncie, IN in 1863 and
died in Los Angeles, CA in 1950 and is buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery there.
Her mother was Hermina Tapp and was probably born in Ft. Wayne, IN circa 1874
and died in Chicago, IL in 1950, but is buried in Ft. Wayne.
It is believed the McKee family migrated to Muncie via VA and TN after coming
from Ulster in Ireland in 1792. It is thought that George Washington McKee's
father was John McKee and his mother was Nancy Brandon. They had some 13
children and two of the other sons were named Thomas Jefferson McKee and
James Madison McKee and this does support their migration to Indiana by way
of Virginia.
Hermina Tapp McKee's father was named Herman and may have owned and operated
a race track in Ft. Wayne.
If any of you out there have any possible connect or information on these
folks I sure would appreciate hearing from you.
John Tallman
Lookout Mountain, Tennessee