Ancestry of Sally Kirkland, actress

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Will Johnson

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1 Sally Kirkland

Credit: www.sallykirkland.com

Sally Kirkland, actress, was born 31 Oct 1941 in New York City, the only child of Frederic McMichael Kirkland and his wife Sally Phinney. Click this link to read a biography of Sally Kirkland on Wikipedia. She must have grown-up in or near New York City, as when she came out as a debutante at age 17, it was announced in the society pages of the "New York Times".

"She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress in 1987 for Anna, for which she won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Drama. She lost the Oscar that year to Cher in Moonstruck." ("Sally Kirkland", Wikipedia)

Sources for 1

New York Times, 22 Dec 1959, page 38, "Debutante Cotillion and Christmas Ball Held" : "...The Misses Sally Kirkland, Gillette Dauphinot and Sandra Tuthill were honored at a dinner by their parents, Mr and Mrs Frederick Kirkland, Mrs Ralph D Paine Jr and Mr and Mrs Marshall W Tuthill."
"Sally Kirkland", Wikipedia

2 Frederic McMichael Kirkland

Frederic McMichael Kirkland was born 19 Sep 1911, the son of Frederic Richardson Kirkland and his wife Caroline Sutherland McMichael. Frederic (Jr) married in the "early Autumn" of 1938, in New York City, to Sarah "Sally" Phinney and they had one child Sally Kirkland in 1941 in New York City. Frederic was yet living and still married to Sally Phinney in 1959 when a newspaper article mentioned them, presumably then living in or near New York City. He was living in 1961 when his father died. He is however, not mentioned in his wife's obituary in 1989.

Sources for 2

Secretary's 3rd Report, by Harvard College, Class of 1910 pub (evidently) 1917

Page 176 : "For six months after leaving college I sold bonds for Redmond and Company, when my father died and I went abroad. I came back to be married; whereupon I entered the Telephone Company, and have been there ever since, except when having children and going to football games."
Page 381 : "Frederic Richardson Kirkland - Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania - Married Caroline Sutherland McMichael 9 Nov 1910 Philadelphia - Frederic McMichael born 19 Sep 1911; Charles McMichael born 7 Jan 1913"

Secretary's 4th Report, by Harvard College, Class of 1910 pub 1921 : "Frederic Richardson Kirkland, born 30 Aug 1887 New York City, parents Benjamin Buck Kirkland, Anna Richardson; married Caroline Sutherland McMichael Nov 1910 Philadelphia; children Frederic McMichael 1911, Charles McMichael 1913, Benjamin Buck 1917; Manufacturer; home at Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia
1920 Census Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania : "Fredrick Kirkland, 32, NY/NY/PA, no occupation; Caroline S, wife, 28, PA/PA/PA; Frederic McMical Kirkland, 8 1/2, PA; Charles McMical Kirkland, 7, PA; Benjamin B, 2 11/12, PA"
1930 Census Lower Marion Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania : "Frederic Kirkland, owns home, worth $70,000, 44, married at age 24, born NY/NY/NY, Banker, Trust Company; Caroline, wife, 46, married at age 26, born PA/NY/NY; Frederic, son, 18, born PA; Charles, son, 17, born PA; Benjamin, son, 13, born PA"
"New York Times", 22 Jul 1938, page 20, "Troth Announced of Sarah Phinney" : "Colonel Robert Phinney, U.S.A. of Fort Logan, Denver and Mrs. Phinney have announced to friends here the engagement of their daughter, Miss Sarah Kathleen Phinney of this city, to Frederic McMichael Kirkland, son of Mr and Mrs Frederic R Kirkland of Wynnewood, Pa. Miss Phinney attended the Holton Arms school in Washington, D.C. and was graduated from Vassar College in 1934. Mr Kirkland attended St Paul's School, Concord, NH and Harvard University, where he belonged to the Iroquois Club and the Hasty Pudding Institute of 1770. He is a member of the Harvard Club of New York City. The marriage will take place here in the early Autumn.
"Noted Fashion Reporter Will Receive N-M Award", Big Spring Herald (Big Spring, Texas), 2 Sep 1955 : "Sally Phinney Kirkland... born in El Reno, Oklahoma... associate editor of 'Life'... school at Holton Arms when she lived in Washington, then to Vassar where she majored in history....Married for 17 years to Frederic McMichael Kirkland, a successful New York businessman... 13-year-old daughter Sally"
"New York Times", 22 Dec 1959, page 38, "Debutante Cotillion and Christmas Ball Held" : "...The Misses Sally Kirkland, Gillette Dauphinot and Sandra Tuthill were honored at a dinner by their parents, Mr and Mrs Frederick Kirkland, Mrs Ralph D Paine Jr and Mr and Mrs Marshall W Tuthill."
"New York Times", 17 Aug 1961, "Frederic Kirkland, Investment Broker" (obit) : "...born in New York...World War I as a naval officer... specialist in the field of the American Revolution... two volumes of manuscripts... Surviving are his widow the former Isabel Manning Hewson; three sons by a former marriage, Frederic McMichael, Charles McMichael and Benjamin Buck Kirkland; five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

3 Sarah "Sally" Phinney

Sarah "Sally" Phinney was born 1 Jul 1912 [or 1911?] in a small town called El Reno (about 10 miles West of Oklahoma City) in Canadian County, Oklahoma, the daughter of Robert Truman Phinney and his wife Ruth Ida "Minnie" Naill. Click this link to read a biography of Sally (Phinney) Kirkland on Wikipedia. In both 1920 and 1930 Sally is living in Washington DC with her parents. Sally married in "the early Autumn" of 1938 in New York City to Frederic McMichael Kirkland. Sally and Frederic had an only child Sally Kirkland born in 1941. By 1946 Sally was a fashion editor at Vogue magazine. In 1947 she moved over to Life magazine where she stayed until 1969. Sally (Phinney) Kirkland died on 1 May 1989 "age 77" at St. Vincent's Hospital, New York City.

Sources for 3

1920 Census Washington, DC : "William Wisner Taylor, 40, MI/NY/NY, Colonel, US Army; Ethel Naill Taylor, 36, KS/MD/IL; William Naill Taylor, 13, Phillipines/MI/KS; Oliver Burtis Taylor, 4, UT/MI/KS; Robert T Phinney, 40, VT/VT/WV, Lt Col, US Army; Ruth N, wife, 34, KS/MD/IL; Sally, daughter, 7, OK/VT/KS; Robert T Jr, son, 3 5/12, IA/VT/KS; Kathleen Naill, mother-in-law, 55, widow, IL/OH/NY"
"New York Times", 22 Jul 1938, page 20, "Troth Announced of Sarah Phinney" : "Colonel Robert Phinney, U.S.A. of Fort Logan, Denver and Mrs. Phinney have announced to friends here the engagement of their daughter,Miss Sarah Kathleen Phinney of this city, to Frederic McMichael Kirkland, son of Mr and Mrs Frederic R Kirkland of Wynnewood, Pa. Miss Phinney attended the Holton Arms school in Washington, D.C. and was graduated from Vassar College in 1934. Mr Kirkland attended St Paul's School, Concord, NH and Harvard University, where he belonged to the Iroquois Club and the Hasty Pudding Institute of 1770. He is a member of the Harvard Club of New York City. The marriage will take place here in the early Autumn.
"Noted Fashion Reporter Will Receive N-M Award", Big Spring Herald (Big Spring, Texas), 2 Sep 1955 : "Sally Phinney Kirkland... born in El Reno, Oklahoma... associate editor of 'Life'... school at Holton Arms when she lived in Washington, then to Vassar where she majored in history....Married for 17 years to Frederic McMichael Kirkland, a successful New York businessman... 13-year-old daughter Sally"
New York Times, 22 Dec 1959, page 38, "Debutante Cotillion and Christmas Ball Held" : "...The Misses Sally Kirkland, Gillette Dauphinot and Sandra Tuthill were honored at a dinner by their parents, Mr and Mrs Frederick Kirkland, Mrs Ralph D Paine Jr and Mr and Mrs Marshall W Tuthill."
"Sally Kirkland, 77, Editor at Life; Brought Readers European Styles", by Bernadine Morris, New York Times, 3 May 1989, page D27 : "...died of emphysema Monday at St Vincent's Hospital.... She was 77 years old and lived on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. From 1947 to 1969 she was the fashion editor of Life magazine...[graduated] from Vasser in 1934... In 1939 she became an assistant editor of Vogue magazine, leaving eight years later to become the fashion editor of Life....She is survived by a daughter, Sally Kirkland, the actress, of Los Angeles, and a brother Robert T Phinney of Santa Fe, N.M."
"Sally Phinney", Wikipedia

4 Frederic Richardson Kirkland

Frederic Richardson Kirkland was born 30 Aug 1887 in New York, the son of Benjamin Buck Kirkland and his wife Anna Richardson. On 9 Nov 1910 in Philadelphia, he married Caroline Sutherland McMichael. He went to work for Bell Telephone in Philadelphia and was still employed there in 1916/7, but in the 1920 census he is listed with "no occupation". In 1920 Frederic and Caroline with three sons were living in Philadelphia. In 1921 he is called a manufacturer. In 1930, Frederick, now a Banker with the Trust Company was living with his family in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. He joined the firm of Parrish & Co investments in New York, where he was a senior partner at his death. His first wife Caroline died in 1958 and he married again to Mrs Isabel Manning Hewson, who survived him. He died in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania 16 Aug 1961. His obituary ran in the New York Times.

Sources for 4

"New York Times", 9 Jan 1910, "Society at Home and Abroad" : "Kirkland - McMichael" : "The engagement has been announced in Philadelphia of Miss Caroline Sutherland McMichael, daughter of Judge Charles R McMichael and Frederick Richard Kirkland of New York. Mr Kirkland is a nephew of Mrs William Hunt and Mrs George Parrish. Miss McMichael is a granddaughter of the late Morton McMichael, once Mayor of Philadelphia."
World War I Draft Registration Card : "Frederick Richardson Kirkland, born 30 Aug 1887, registered in Philadelphia"
Secretary's 3rd Report, by Harvard College, Class of 1910 pub (evidently) 1917

Page 176 : "For six months after leaving college I sold bonds for Redmond and Company, when my father died and I went abroad. I came back to be married; whereupon I entered the Telephone Company, and have been there ever since, except when having children and going to football games."
Page 381 : "Frederic Richardson Kirkland - Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania - Married Caroline Sutherland McMichael 9 Nov 1910 Philadelphia - Frederic McMichael born 19 Sep 1911; Charles McMichael born 7 Jan 1913"

1920 Census Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania : "Fredrick Kirkland, 32, NY/NY/PA, no occupation; Caroline S, wife,28, PA/PA/PA; Frederic McMical Kirkland, 8 1/2, PA; Charles McMical Kirkland, 7, PA; Benjamin B, 2 11/12, PA"
Secretary's 4th Report, by Harvard College, Class of 1910 pub 1921 : "Frederic Richardson Kirkland, born 30 Aug 1887 New York City, parents Benjamin Buck Kirkland, Anna Richardson; married Caroline Sutherland McMichael Nov 1910 Philadelphia; children Frederic McMichael 1911, Charles McMichael 1913, Benjamin Buck 1917; Manufacturer; home at Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia
New York Passenger Lists, 16 May 1929 sailing from Kingston, Jamaica arriving on the Sixaola at New York City; Frederick R Kirkland 43, born 30 Aug 1886 New York City, resident of Hynewood, PA; Caroline Kirkland 44, born 5 May 1884 Philadelphia, resident of Hynewood, PA"
1930 Census Lower Marion Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania : "Frederic Kirkland, owns home, worth $70,000, 44, married at age 24, born NY/NY/NY, Banker, Trust Company; Caroline, wife, 46, married at age 26, born PA/NY/NY; Frederic, son, 18, born PA; Charles, son, 17, born PA; Benjamin, son, 13, born PA"
Harvard Magazine, Vol 64 : "Frederic Richardson Kirkland, '10. Died in Wynnewood, PA, 16 Aug 1961. Senior partner in Parrish & Co investments, New York, with which he had been since 1920.... Married Caroline McMichael (died in 1958). Married Mrs Isabel M...."
"New York Times", 17 Aug 1961, "Frederic Kirkland, Investment Broker" (obit) : "...born in New York...World War I as a naval officer... specialist in the field of the American Revolution... two volumes of manuscripts... Surviving are his widow the former Isabel Manning Hewson; three sons by a former marriage, Frederic McMichael, Charles McMichael and Benjamin Buck Kirkland; five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

5 Caroline Sutherland McMichael

Caroline was born 5 May 1884 in Philadelphia, the daughter of Judge Charles McMichael. On 9 Nov 1910 in Philadelphia she married Frederic Richardson Kirkland. They had three sons all born in Pennsylvania. Caroline died in 1958.

Sources for 5

"New York Times", 9 Jan 1910, "Society at Home and Abroad" : "Kirkland - McMichael" : "The engagement has been announced in Philadelphia of Miss Caroline Sutherland McMichael, daughter of Judge Charles R McMichael and Frederick Richard Kirkland of New York. Mr Kirkland is a nephew of Mrs William Hunt and Mrs George Parrish. Miss McMichael is a granddaughter of the late Morton McMichael, once Mayor of Philadelphia."
Secretary's 3rd Report, by Harvard College, Class of 1910 pub (evidently) 1917

Page 176 : "For six months after leaving college I sold bonds for Redmond and Company, when my father died and I went abroad. I came back to be married; whereupon I entered the Telephone Company, and have been there ever since, except when having children and going to football games."
Page 381 : "Frederic Richardson Kirkland - Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania - Married Caroline Sutherland McMichael 9 Nov 1910 Philadelphia - Frederic McMichael born 19 Sep 1911; Charles McMichael born 7 Jan 1913"

1920 Census Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania : "Fredrick Kirkland, 32, NY/NY/PA, no occupation; Caroline S, wife, 28, PA/PA/PA; Frederic McMical Kirkland, 8 1/2, PA; Charles McMical Kirkland, 7, PA; Benjamin B, 2 11/12, PA"
Secretary's 4th Report, by Harvard College, Class of 1910 pub 1921 : "Frederic Richardson Kirkland, born 30 Aug 1887 New York City, parents Benjamin Buck Kirkland, Anna Richardson; married Caroline Sutherland McMichael Nov 1910 Philadelphia; children Frederic McMichael 1911, Charles McMichael 1913, Benjamin Buck 1917; Manufacturer; home at Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia
New York Passenger Lists, 16 May 1929 sailing from Kingston, Jamaica arriving on the Sixaola at New York City; Frederick R Kirkland 43, born 30 Aug 1886 New York City, resident of Hynewood, PA; Caroline Kirkland 44, born 5 May 1884 Philadelphia, resident of Hynewood, PA"
1930 Census Lower Marion Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania : "Frederic Kirkland, owns home, worth $70,000, 44, married at age 24, born NY/NY/NY, Banker, Trust Company; Caroline, wife, 46, married at age 26, born PA/NY/NY; Frederic, son, 18, born PA; Charles, son, 17, born PA; Benjamin, son, 13, born PA"
Harvard Magazine, Vol 64 : "Frederic Richardson Kirkland, '10. Died in Wynnewood, PA, 16 Aug 1961. Senior partner in Parrish & Co investments, New York, with which he had been since 1920.... Married Caroline McMichael (died in 1958). Married Mrs Isabel M...."

6 Robert Truman Phinney

Colonel Robert Truman Phinney was born 12 Oct 1879 in Montpelier, Washington County, Vermont, the son of Truman Curtis Phinney and his wife Sarah E Barnes. He attended Norwich University. In 1900 the family is all living in Montpelier. On 18 Jul 1908, at Fort Niagara, New York, Robert married Ruth Ida Naill a native of Kansas, described as "of El Reno, Oklahoma" in 1911. He and his wife were stationed at Ludlow Barracks, Mindanao, Philippines in 1910. In 1912 Robert Phinney was living in or near Oklahoma City where his daughter Sally was born that year, but by 1920 the family is living in Washington, DC where Robert is listed as a Lt. Col. in the US Army. The family is still there in 1930.

Sources for 6

"Col. Robert Truman Phinney", on page 359 of Norwich University, 1819-1911; her history, her graduates, her roll of honor, edited by William Arba Ellis in Three Volumes. Volume 3 : Sketches of the Trustees, Presidents, Vice-Presidents, Professors, Alumni, Past Cadets, Honorary Graduates and Under-Graduates 1867-1915. Copyright 1911 (thanks to Fred Chalfant for pointing out this source)
1920 Census Washington, DC : "William Wisner Taylor, 40, MI/NY/NY, Colonel, US Army; Ethel Naill Taylor, 36, KS/MD/IL; William Naill Taylor, 13, Phillipines/MI/KS; Oliver Burtis Taylor, 4, UT/MI/KS; Robert T Phinney, 40, VT/VT/WV, Lt Col, US Army; Ruth N, wife, 34, KS/MD/IL; Sally, daughter, 7, OK/VT/KS; Robert T Jr, son, 3 5/12, IA/VT/KS; Kathleen Naill, mother-in-law, 55, widow, IL/OH/NY"

7 Ruth Ida Naill

Ruth Ida "Minnie" Naill was born 19 Apr 1885 in Kansas, the daughter of James Naill and his wife Kathleen. By 1900 the family had moved to the small town of El Reno, Canadian County, Oklahoma where James would become a hardware merchant. In 1908/9 Ruth married Robert Truman Phinney, a career army officer. Robert and Ruth are stationed in 1910 at Ludlow Barracks, Mindanao, Philippines. In 1912 they were living in or near Oklahoma City where their daughter Sally was born that year, but by 1920 the family is living in Washington, DC, where they still are in 1930.

Sources for 7

"Col. Robert Truman Phinney", on page 359 of Norwich University, 1819-1911; her history, her graduates, her roll of honor, edited by William Arba Ellis in Three Volumes. Volume 3 : Sketches of the Trustees, Presidents, Vice-Presidents, Professors, Alumni, Past Cadets, Honorary Graduates and Under-Graduates 1867-1915. Copyright 1911 (thanks to Fred Chalfant for pointing out this source)
1920 Census Washington, DC : "William Wisner Taylor, 40, MI/NY/NY, Colonel, US Army; Ethel Naill Taylor, 36, KS/MD/IL; William Naill Taylor, 13, Phillipines/MI/KS; Oliver Burtis Taylor, 4, UT/MI/KS; Robert T Phinney, 40, VT/VT/WV, Lt Col, US Army; Ruth N, wife, 34, KS/MD/IL; Sally, daughter, 7, OK/VT/KS; Robert T Jr, son, 3 5/12, IA/VT/KS; Kathleen Naill, mother-in-law, 55, widow, IL/OH/NY"

8 Benjamin Buck Kirkland

Sources for 8

Secretary's 4th Report, by Harvard College, Class of 1910 pub 1921 : "Frederic Richardson Kirkland, born 30 Aug 1887 New York City, parents Benjamin Buck Kirkland, Anna Richardson; married Caroline Sutherland McMichael Nov 1910 Philadelphia; children Frederic McMichael 1911, Charles McMichael 1913, Benjamin Buck 1917; Manufacturer; home at Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia

9 Anna Richardson

Sources for 9

Secretary's 4th Report, by Harvard College, Class of 1910 pub 1921 : "Frederic Richardson Kirkland, born 30 Aug 1887 New York City, parents Benjamin Buck Kirkland, Anna Richardson; married Caroline Sutherland McMichael Nov 1910 Philadelphia; children Frederic McMichael 1911, Charles McMichael 1913, Benjamin Buck 1917; Manufacturer; home at Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia

10 Charles R McMichael

Charles R McMichael was born the son of Morton McMichael, once Mayor of Philadelphia. Charles married an unknown woman and had a daughter Caroline Sutherland McMichael.

Sources for 10

"New York Times", 9 Jan 1910, "Society at Home and Abroad" : "Kirkland - McMichael" : "The engagement has been announced in Philadelphia of Miss Caroline Sutherland McMichael, daughter of Judge Charles R McMichael and Frederick Richard Kirkland of New York. Mr Kirkland is a nephew of Mrs William Hunt and Mrs George Parrish. Miss McMichael is a granddaughter of the late Morton McMichael, once Mayor of Philadelphia."