Could you add this little bio for me, Thanks Carol
On this day in 1964, Robert E. McKee, one of America's most important contractors, died in El Paso. The Chicago native moved to Texas in 1910 and started his own contracting firm three years later. By 1935 he had built the naval docks and the Marine Hospital at the naval base in San Diego. In Hawaii he built various military facilities, including the power plant at Pearl Harbor and the Air Corps Double Hangars and a 3,200-man barracks at Hickam Field. He built the largest military center in Texas, Camp Bowie, near Brownwood, in a record time of ten months. He constructed large military installations in the Panama Canal Zone. During one year he had 42,000 workers on his payroll. He was responsible for building the facilities for the Los Alamos Atomic Energy Project in New Mexico, for which he received the Army-Navy "E" award for high achievement in October 1945. In the 1950s McKee constructed several large facilities at the United States Air Force Academy. In 1959 he was the major contractor for the new Los Angeles International Airport. His company also built a large percentage of El Paso's major structures. McKee was a philanthropist and patron of the arts in El Paso, and was honored as a "conquistador" by the city in 1962. Santa Fe Industries, a holding company of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, acquired Robert E. McKee, Inc., in 1972.
Name: Robert Eugene Mckee
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 21 Oct 1964
Event Place: El Paso, El Paso, Texas, United States
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Birth Date: 15 Jun 1889
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois
Father's Name: David B Mckee
Mother's Name: Alice E Cleve
Informant: John S. McKee (Son)
Certificate Number: 62954
GS Film number: 2117649 , Digital Folder Number: 005164779 , Image Number: 01090
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Find A Grave contributor Debbie Lytle 47564765 provided the below information:
I am a distant relative of Robert. The information that I have is that his father was James David McKee born abt 1856 in Columbia, IL to Bridget McKee (born abt 1822 Ireland) his father was also from Ireland, but his name is unknown.
His wife Alice E Cleve (144652974) was widowed by the 1900 census, but her death certificate list her husband as James David McKee.
Roberts siblings are: Alice E McKee (144653001), James S McKee (144734000) and David Bernard McKee (62123158). His brother David had three sons who served in the military: U S Navy Commander Ralph McKee, U S Army Major James G McKee and Rear Admiral, USNR Donald Eugene McKee.
Debbie Lytle
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f/o:
Robert Eugene McKee Jr. 1913 – 1988
Charles David McKee 1915 – 1996
John Stuart McKee 1917 – 2001
Margaret McKee 1919 –
Frances Evelyn McKee 1921 – 2003
James William McKee 1924 – 2008
Philip Sidney McKee 1931 – 1995
Louis Bernard 1933-
On this day in 1964, Robert E. McKee, one of America's most important contractors, died in El Paso. The Chicago native moved to Texas in 1910 and started his own contracting firm three years later. By 1935 he had built the naval docks and the Marine Hospital at the naval base in San Diego. In Hawaii he built various military facilities, including the power plant at Pearl Harbor and the Air Corps Double Hangars and a 3,200-man barracks at Hickam Field. He built the largest military center in Texas, Camp Bowie, near Brownwood, in a record time of ten months. He constructed large military installations in the Panama Canal Zone. During one year he had 42,000 workers on his payroll. He was responsible for building the facilities for the Los Alamos Atomic Energy Project in New Mexico, for which he received the Army-Navy "E" award for high achievement in October 1945. In the 1950s McKee constructed several large facilities at the United States Air Force Academy. In 1959 he was the major contractor for the new Los Angeles International Airport. His company also built a large percentage of El Paso's major structures. McKee was a philanthropist and patron of the arts in El Paso, and was honored as a "conquistador" by the city in 1962. Santa Fe Industries, a holding company of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, acquired Robert E. McKee, Inc., in 1972.
Name: Robert Eugene Mckee
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 21 Oct 1964
Event Place: El Paso, El Paso, Texas, United States
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Birth Date: 15 Jun 1889
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois
Father's Name: David B Mckee
Mother's Name: Alice E Cleve
Informant: John S. McKee (Son)
Certificate Number: 62954
GS Film number: 2117649 , Digital Folder Number: 005164779 , Image Number: 01090
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Find A Grave contributor Debbie Lytle 47564765 provided the below information:
I am a distant relative of Robert. The information that I have is that his father was James David McKee born abt 1856 in Columbia, IL to Bridget McKee (born abt 1822 Ireland) his father was also from Ireland, but his name is unknown.
His wife Alice E Cleve (144652974) was widowed by the 1900 census, but her death certificate list her husband as James David McKee.
Roberts siblings are: Alice E McKee (144653001), James S McKee (144734000) and David Bernard McKee (62123158). His brother David had three sons who served in the military: U S Navy Commander Ralph McKee, U S Army Major James G McKee and Rear Admiral, USNR Donald Eugene McKee.
Debbie Lytle
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f/o:
Robert Eugene McKee Jr. 1913 – 1988
Charles David McKee 1915 – 1996
John Stuart McKee 1917 – 2001
Margaret McKee 1919 –
Frances Evelyn McKee 1921 – 2003
James William McKee 1924 – 2008
Philip Sidney McKee 1931 – 1995
Louis Bernard 1933-
Could you add this little bio for me, Thanks Carol
On this day in 1964, Robert E. McKee, one of America's most important contractors, died in El Paso. The Chicago native moved to Texas in 1910 and started his own contracting firm three years later. By 1935 he had built the naval docks and the Marine Hospital at the naval base in San Diego. In Hawaii he built various military facilities, including the power plant at Pearl Harbor and the Air Corps Double Hangars and a 3,200-man barracks at Hickam Field. He built the largest military center in Texas, Camp Bowie, near Brownwood, in a record time of ten months. He constructed large military installations in the Panama Canal Zone. During one year he had 42,000 workers on his payroll. He was responsible for building the facilities for the Los Alamos Atomic Energy Project in New Mexico, for which he received the Army-Navy "E" award for high achievement in October 1945. In the 1950s McKee constructed several large facilities at the United States Air Force Academy. In 1959 he was the major contractor for the new Los Angeles International Airport. His company also built a large percentage of El Paso's major structures. McKee was a philanthropist and patron of the arts in El Paso, and was honored as a "conquistador" by the city in 1962. Santa Fe Industries, a holding company of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, acquired Robert E. McKee, Inc., in 1972.
Name: Robert Eugene Mckee
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 21 Oct 1964
Event Place: El Paso, El Paso, Texas, United States
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Birth Date: 15 Jun 1889
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois
Father's Name: David B Mckee
Mother's Name: Alice E Cleve
Informant: John S. McKee (Son)
Certificate Number: 62954
GS Film number: 2117649 , Digital Folder Number: 005164779 , Image Number: 01090
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Find A Grave contributor Debbie Lytle 47564765 provided the below information:
I am a distant relative of Robert. The information that I have is that his father was James David McKee born abt 1856 in Columbia, IL to Bridget McKee (born abt 1822 Ireland) his father was also from Ireland, but his name is unknown.
His wife Alice E Cleve (144652974) was widowed by the 1900 census, but her death certificate list her husband as James David McKee.
Roberts siblings are: Alice E McKee (144653001), James S McKee (144734000) and David Bernard McKee (62123158). His brother David had three sons who served in the military: U S Navy Commander Ralph McKee, U S Army Major James G McKee and Rear Admiral, USNR Donald Eugene McKee.
Debbie Lytle
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f/o:
Robert Eugene McKee Jr. 1913 – 1988
Charles David McKee 1915 – 1996
John Stuart McKee 1917 – 2001
Margaret McKee 1919 –
Frances Evelyn McKee 1921 – 2003
James William McKee 1924 – 2008
Philip Sidney McKee 1931 – 1995
Louis Bernard 1933-
On this day in 1964, Robert E. McKee, one of America's most important contractors, died in El Paso. The Chicago native moved to Texas in 1910 and started his own contracting firm three years later. By 1935 he had built the naval docks and the Marine Hospital at the naval base in San Diego. In Hawaii he built various military facilities, including the power plant at Pearl Harbor and the Air Corps Double Hangars and a 3,200-man barracks at Hickam Field. He built the largest military center in Texas, Camp Bowie, near Brownwood, in a record time of ten months. He constructed large military installations in the Panama Canal Zone. During one year he had 42,000 workers on his payroll. He was responsible for building the facilities for the Los Alamos Atomic Energy Project in New Mexico, for which he received the Army-Navy "E" award for high achievement in October 1945. In the 1950s McKee constructed several large facilities at the United States Air Force Academy. In 1959 he was the major contractor for the new Los Angeles International Airport. His company also built a large percentage of El Paso's major structures. McKee was a philanthropist and patron of the arts in El Paso, and was honored as a "conquistador" by the city in 1962. Santa Fe Industries, a holding company of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, acquired Robert E. McKee, Inc., in 1972.
Name: Robert Eugene Mckee
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 21 Oct 1964
Event Place: El Paso, El Paso, Texas, United States
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Birth Date: 15 Jun 1889
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois
Father's Name: David B Mckee
Mother's Name: Alice E Cleve
Informant: John S. McKee (Son)
Certificate Number: 62954
GS Film number: 2117649 , Digital Folder Number: 005164779 , Image Number: 01090
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Find A Grave contributor Debbie Lytle 47564765 provided the below information:
I am a distant relative of Robert. The information that I have is that his father was James David McKee born abt 1856 in Columbia, IL to Bridget McKee (born abt 1822 Ireland) his father was also from Ireland, but his name is unknown.
His wife Alice E Cleve (144652974) was widowed by the 1900 census, but her death certificate list her husband as James David McKee.
Roberts siblings are: Alice E McKee (144653001), James S McKee (144734000) and David Bernard McKee (62123158). His brother David had three sons who served in the military: U S Navy Commander Ralph McKee, U S Army Major James G McKee and Rear Admiral, USNR Donald Eugene McKee.
Debbie Lytle
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f/o:
Robert Eugene McKee Jr. 1913 – 1988
Charles David McKee 1915 – 1996
John Stuart McKee 1917 – 2001
Margaret McKee 1919 –
Frances Evelyn McKee 1921 – 2003
James William McKee 1924 – 2008
Philip Sidney McKee 1931 – 1995
Louis Bernard 1933-
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