Kathryn Elizabeth McLeish

Brief Life History of Kathryn Elizabeth

When Kathryn Elizabeth McLeish was born on 27 July 1904, in Maynard, Fayette, Iowa, United States, her father, John Strawn McLeish, was 35 and her mother, Jessie Mcwilliam Taylor, was 32. She married Harold Mylen Brant on 29 December 1924, in Fairbank, Buchanan, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. She lived in Oran, Fayette, Iowa, United States in 1930 and La Porte City, Black Hawk, Iowa, United States in 1935. She died in December 1989, in Newcastle, Webster, Iowa, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Graceland Cemetery, Webster City, Hamilton, Iowa, United States.

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Family Time Line

Harold Mylen Brant
1903–1971
Kathryn Elizabeth McLeish
1904–1989
Marriage: 29 December 1924
Beverly Joan Brant
1925–1995
Wilma Fay Brant
1929–2018

Sources (21)

  • Kathrine Mcleish, "Iowa State Census, 1915"
  • Kathryn Elizabeth Mc Leish, "Iowa, Delayed Birth Records, 1850-1939"
  • Kathryn Elizabeth Mcleish, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"

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1906 · Saving Food Labels

The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.

1913 · The Completion of the Keokuk Dam

The Keokuk Dam was completed in 1913 and began to power the surrounding area. It was the largest single capacity powerhouse in the world at the time. After World War II, the powerhouse was modernized and all the units were converted in 2002. It remains the largest privately owned and operated dam on the Mississippi River.

1927

Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.

Name Meaning

Scottish and northern Irish: Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Gille Iosa, a patronymic from a personal name meaning ‘servant (i.e. devotee) of Jesus’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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