Brief Life History of Leona Mae
When Leona Mae Gurley was born on 23 June 1918, in Montpelier, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States, her father, Clarance Ranford Gurley, was 33 and her mother, LaVerna Critser, was 25. She married John William Ellis on 6 April 1937, in Paris, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Soda Springs Election Precinct, Caribou, Idaho, United States in 1940 and Brea, Orange, California, United States in 1950. She died on 19 November 2000, in Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Soda Springs, Caribou, Idaho, United States.
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Sources (16)
- Leona M Ellis, "United States 1950 Census"
- Leona Mae Gurley, "Idaho, County Marriages, 1864-1950"
- Leona Mae Gurley Ellis, "BillionGraves Index"
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1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment
The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.
1927 · Kansas Adopts a Flag
The flag of the State of Kansas was adopted on September 24, 1927. The flag was designed by Hazel Avery in 1925.
1941
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
English (Warwickshire): altered form of Gourley .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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