1936 - 1982 (46 years)
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Name |
Barack Hussein OBAMA |
Suffix |
Sr |
Birth |
1936 |
Alego, Kenya |
Gender |
Male |
Death |
1982 |
Nairobi, Kenya |
Burial |
Obama Family Cemetery at Kogelo, Nairobi, Nairobi Province, Kenya |
Notes |
- (1) Source: Roberts, Gary Boyd, Ancestors of American Presidents, 2009 Ed., Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009, pp. 206-214.
(2) www.findagrave.com:
Barack Hussein Obama, Sr
Birth: Apr. 4, 1936, Nairobi, Kenya
Death: Nov. 24, 1982, Nairobi, Kenya
Economist/Father of US President Barack H. Obama. He was born in Nyangoma-Kogelo, Siaya District, Kenya and came to the United States to attend the University of Hawaii at Manoa. There he met fellow student Ann Dunham. The two would be married in 1960 and would have one child, Barack Obama Jr., born Aug. 4, 1961. The two separated when their son was two years old and later divorced. He went on to Harvard University to pursue Ph.D. studies and returned to Kenya where he worked for a U.S. oil company. He later went to work for the Kenyan Ministry of Finance as a senior economist. But, through a mix of conflicts between the ruling tribes and his own outspoken nature and drinking, he fell from power for a long period during the late 1960s and '70s. He died in a car accident in Nairobi in 1982 and is buried in customary Luo tradition on the family farm in Kogelo, Kenya near his father, Hussein Onyango Obama.
Family links: Parents: Hussein Onyango Obama (1895 - 1975); Spouse: Stanley Ann Dunham Obama Soetoro (1942 - 1995)
Burial: Obama Family Cemetery at Kogelo, Nairobi, Nairobi Province, Kenya
Created by: CMF
Record added: Jan 14, 2008
Find A Grave Memorial# 23955067
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Person ID |
I23320 |
Frost, Gilchrist and Related Families |
Last Modified |
26 Mar 2024 |
Family |
Dr. Stanley Ann DUNHAM, b. 29 Nov 1942, Wichita, Sedgwick County, KS d. 7 Nov 1995, Honolulu, Honolulu County, HI (Age 52 years) |
Marriage |
2 Feb 1961 |
Maui, HI |
Divorce |
Jan 1964 |
Honolulu, Honolulu County, HI |
Children |
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Family ID |
F10286 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
26 Mar 2024 |
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