Brief Life History of Leo
When Leo Bax was born on 27 August 1883, in Agnone, Campobasso, Molise, Italy, his father, Giuseppe Bax, was 32 and his mother, Lucia Lemme, was 32. He married Ernestina Anna Natale on 4 September 1902, in Agnone, Campobasso, Molise, Italy. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. He died on 26 September 1951, in Niagara Falls, Niagara, New York, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Lewiston, Niagara, New York, United States.
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- Leo Bax, "United States 1950 Census"
- Agnone, Italy, San Antonio Parish, Marriage Registry, Matrimonio Vol. 1887-1924, Anno 1902, No. 12 (1902 church marriage of Leo Bax & Ernestina Natale)
- Leo Bax, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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1886
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1886 · Giving Working Men a Union
The largest union group in the United States during the first half of the 20th century. It still exists today but merged with The Congress of Industrial Organization.
1901 · Assassination of Mckinley
President William McKinley was shot at the Temple of Music, in the Pan-American Exposition, while shaking hands with the public. Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen because he thought it was his duty to do so. McKinley died after eight days of watch and care. He was the third American president to be assassinated. After his death, Congress passed legislation to officially make the Secret Service and gave them responsibility for protecting the President at all times.
Name Meaning
English (Kent): variant of Back , with excrescent -s, spelled phonetically.
German: from a short form of an ancient Germanic personal name, related to Old High German bāgan ‘to fight’.
North German (Westphalia): variant of Backhaus .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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