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Barack Hussein OBAMA, Sr

Male 1936 - 1982  (46 years)


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  • Name Barack Hussein OBAMA 
    Suffix Sr 
    Birth 1936  Alego, Kenya Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 1982  Nairobi, Kenya Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Obama Family Cemetery at Kogelo, Nairobi, Nairobi Province, Kenya Find all individuals with events at this location 
    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
    Person ID I23320  Frost, Gilchrist and Related Families
    Last Modified 26 Mar 2024 

    Father Hussein Onyango OBAMA,   b. 1895, Kenya Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Nov 1975, Kenya Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years) 
    Mother Akumu (OBAMA) 
    Family ID F10288  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Dr. Stanley Ann DUNHAM,   b. 29 Nov 1942, Wichita, Sedgwick County, KS Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Nov 1995, Honolulu, Honolulu County, HI Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 52 years) 
    Marriage 2 Feb 1961  Maui, HI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Divorce Jan 1964  Honolulu, Honolulu County, HI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Living
    Family ID F10286  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 26 Mar 2024 

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