I need help with some information on someone!?

Question

Hey everyone,

I need some help with some information on a dead relative.

Allan Mackinnon

b. 1920 d. 1982

He was in the Navy during WWII

Allan MacKinnon was married to Marion Becker b. Mar 6 1918 d. Jan 1 2000

I need some help...I need to find out some more information on Allan MacKinnon and His Wife Marion.

All i basicly know from my father was his birth year and death year and that he served in the army during WWII.

Im looking for Birth and death dates, Parents, Siblings, Of Allan MacKinnon. And maybe even a draft card because i think there is one out there.

I am also looking for any information on Marion Becker. We know her birth dates and death dates which are up above. And we know that she is of German Heritige...but we do not know ANY information beyond that...and my father would really like to know because he dosent know much about his family.

Thank you very much!

Answer 1

To help Jan,  re Sandy; could that have been Alexander?

Or was Sandy his full name?

Answer 2

There is no draft registration card, so he probably enlisted. You'd have to contact the Military Personnel Center at the St. Louis National Archives to get a copy of his military service record. The alternative, if you know the name of the funeral home handling his burial, is to ask them for a copy of it. They would have run the report when he died so that they could get his military burial marker and a VFW Honor Guard for him.

I would also suggest that you pull their death certificates, marriage license and birth records. Because the bulk of these records are less than 72 years old, they aren't able to be published on the internet. Privacy laws keep the records from being published until 72 years after the event. If you know the church they belonged to, you can contact the parish office and request copies of baptismal, marriage and burial records. You can also contact the Probate court in the county where they lived and get a copy of the last will and testiment. The local library will also have a copy of their obituaries on film and you can reprint it for under a quarter.

When you get into the recent generations, you have to use the public records and church records to learn more about them. The rest of the information is protected to prevent identity theft and financial abuse of the elderly.

Answer 3

www.ancestry.com

Allan MacKinnon

Born: 8 May 1920 ,Massachusetts  

Died: 10 May 1982

      Married:

Marion Becker (her parents:Edgar Becker  &  Helen )

Birth:  6 Mar 1918 ,Massachusetts  

Death:  1 Jan 2000  ,Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts,

Children:

    Virginia MacKinnon-- F--b. 2 Apr 1949 in Massachusetts

US Public Records Index

Name:  Sandy W MacKinnon

Birth:  May 1944

Residence:  West Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts

Name:  Sandy W MacKinnon

Birth:  May 1944

Residence:  Berlin, Worcester, Massachusetts



www.worldvitalrecords.com

Name: Allan MacKinnon (not sure of this; years are different)

Birth Date: 29 May 1925

Death Date: May 1983

SSN: 018-32-5531

Name: Marion G MacKinnon

Birth Date: 06 March 1918

Death Date: 01 January 2000

Residence at Death: Haverhill,Essex,Massachusetts 01832

SSN: 028-18-8892

1920 United States Federal Census

Name: Marion Becker

Home in 1920: Medford Ward 1, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Age: 1 year 11 months

Estimated Birth Year: abt 1918

Birthplace: Massachusetts

Relation to Head of House: Daughter  

Father's Name: Edgar W

Father's Birth Place: Massachusetts  

Mother's Name: Mary

Mother's Birth Place: Missouri  

Marital Status: Single  

Race: White

s*x: Female

Image: 587  

Household Members: Name-- Age

Edgar W Becker-- 32  

Mary Becker-- 28  

Marion Becker-- 1 11/12  (1 yr 11 mon)

1930 --Name: Marion Becker

Home in 1930: Medford, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Age: 12

Estimated Birth Year: abt 1918  

Relation to Head of House: Daughter  

Father's Name: Edgar W

Mother's Name: Mary



Family tree:

Marion Becker

Born: 6 Mar 1918 ,Massachusetts  

Died: 1 Jan 2000 ,Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, United States of America  

    Married:

Allan MacKinnon

Birth:  8 May 1920 ,Massachusetts  

Death:  10 May 1982

Massachusetts Death Index, 1970-2003

Name: Marion G MacKinnon

Certificate: 020736  

Death Place: Haverhill  

Death Date: 1 Jan 2000

Birth Place: Massachusetts  

Birth Date: 4 Mar 1918

Spouse: Allan MacKinnon

Marion's Father:

Edgar W Becker

Birth:  10 Jul 1887 ,Massachusetts  

Death:  21 Jun 1970 ,Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts,

Mother: Mary

Birth:  1892 ,Missouri  

Death:  1921  

(NOTE: saw another listing showing her first name as HELEN)

Marion's grandfather: William H Becker

Birth:  1868 ,Massachusetts  

Death:

Marion's paternal great-grandparents:

William Becker

Birth:  1840 ,Germany  

Death:

       Married:

Salomie

Birth:  1845 ,France

Death:

Allan/Marion's Daughter: Virginia MacKinnon

Born: 2 Apr 1949 ,Massachusetts  

Died: 9 Sep 1995 ,New Hampshire

www.familysearch.org--Marion's great-grandparents:

1880 Census:William BECKER

Birth Year <1840>  

    Birthplace GER  

    Age 40  

    Occupation Cabinet Maker  

    Marital Status M <Married>  

    Race W <White>  

    Head of Household William BECKER

    Relation Self  

    Father's Birthplace GER  

    Mother's Birthplace GER  

Census Place Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts  

Salomie BECKER

Birth Year <1845>  

    Birthplace FRA  

    Age 35  

    Occupation Keeping House  

    Marital Status M <Married>  

    Race W <White>  

    Head of Household William BECKER

    Relation Wife  

    Father's Birthplace FRANCE

    Mother's Birthplace FRANCE

Children :

Lizzie BECKER --age 14; b. France

George BECKER --age 12; b. England

William BECKER -- abt. age 10; b. MA (Marion's grandfather)

Louis BECKER   --age    7 , b. MA  

Frederick BECKER--age 5 ; b. MA  

Henry BECKER --age 2, b.  MA  



(Can find hardly anything on Allan. As for Sandy--no mentions anywhere. They only show Virginia as a child.)

Answer 4

You have given some really good information but not a location , could you edit your question please and include the information.