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From: Kenna Austin <>
Subject: [KYMCCREA] HIYA EVERYONE
Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2003 21:28:34 -0400
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Greetings Sue:

No, I never did like my name. No one could pronounce it. I've been called
everything from Kenners to Kim & even Kenya.

My Mom while growing up here in McCreary Co., KY had a friend who's name was
Kenna Laxton. Mom said she'd always liked the name. Mom was wanting a boy
who was to be named after his father. My parents are Kenneth Austin & Mary
Ayline Duncan. I was named Kenna Alyne and born in Feb of 1954. The only
other Kenna I knew of was the d/o Mom's 2nd cousin Sue Privett Roberts. Her
daughter's name is Kenna Sue & was born in the 60's. She was named after
her dad & mom.

While searching through Genforum I ran across a posting from a Kenna Austin.
Naturally I wondered what I had posted since I didn't remember posting
anything in this forum. This Kenna was also named after her father Kenneth
but she married into the Austin family. She mentioned that she'd ran across
another Kenna on the internet. I belive that Hoppy Herman Hamlin's son had
an Aunt Kenna King.

My Mom is wondering if you are from McCreary Co., KY. She also wonders what
year your husband would of graduated in. I think she is trying to place a
face if possible. I relocated here from Cinti over 20 years ago. Kay has
been the librarian ever since I started going there. Our library is located
in Whitley City KY but I believe Kay lives in Stearns.

Well Sue it was nice talking to you,
Kenna


"Remember to the world you are just one person, but maybe to one person you
are the world."
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Sent: Saturday, July 12, 2003 5:18 PM
Subject: Re: [KYMCCREA] Ernest Ramsey


> Dear Kenna, (What a beautiful name!)
>
> In looking over the information we received from you, I was surprise and
> pleased to see your name "Kenna."
>
> The name Kenna is not so common, I know, because our 1st daughter has your
> name as well. When we named her Kenna our friends thought we should have
named
> her Kenna Sue, however, I chose to name her Kenna Ann. Ann, after her Aunt
> Barbara Ann. Many times afterwards, I have wished that I had name her
Kenna Sue.
> The reason being, my middle name is Sue and I go by Sue. My husband's name
is
> Kenneth.
>
> I never realized that my Kenna did not like her name until one day in her
> high school days, she mentioned she did not like her name because no one
else had
> her name. We lived in NC at the time and one day my sister-in-law Vienna,
who
> lived in CA, but actually is from Hill Top, KY, sent us a newspaper
article
> of a picture of a beautiful girl who had won some type of contest. She
sent the
> article for Kenna's benefit. Then one day I notice that one of the ladies
at
> our local bank had a last name of "McKenna."
>
> Well, college does make a difference and one day Kenna and I have the same
> conversation again about her name. Only this time she was telling me how
much
> she loved her name, that she is the only one at Southern University, that
has
> that name and she loved that!
>
> I have always loved the name Kenna from the first time I heard of it in
1960.
> We lived in CA when our Kenna was born. My husband worked with a lady
whose
> brother lived in OR and his wife had just had a baby girl and they names
her
> Kenna Sue. The little girls father was named Kenneth, just like my
husband. I
> though, what a neat idea! my baby will be name Kenna if she is a girl.
>
> My Kenna was born February 17, 1961, in Riverside, CA, making her 42 years
> old. People have always commented how pretty her name is. Throughout the
years,
> I have only known of one other person name Kenna. This lady is a school
> teacher here in CA and probably 15 or so years older than my daughter.
>
> I wonder, do you like your name Kenna? If you care to share, I would be
> delighted to hear how you got your name. Are you originally from KY? My
husband is
> the son of the late Theo and Esther Jones of Hill Top. One of his cousins
is
> the librarian at the Stearnes Library. Her name is Kay Morrow. If you have
the
> time, I would love to hear from you.
>
> Best Regards,
> Sue Jones - Riverside, CA
>
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