Nellie Bertha Leggett

Female16 June 1884–1963

Brief Life History of Nellie Bertha

When Nellie Bertha Leggett was born on 16 June 1884, in Wapello, Iowa, United States, her father, Emery Harrison Leggett, was 38 and her mother, Anna Matilda Harlan, was 35. She married Earl Birkinbine on 4 January 1905, in Ottumwa, Wapello, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Agency, Wapello, Iowa, United States in 1930 and Agency Township, Wapello, Iowa, United States in 1940. She died in 1963, in Wapello, Iowa, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in McCormick Cemetery, Highland Center, Wapello, Iowa, United States.

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Family Time Line

Earl Birkinbine
1883–1955
Nellie Bertha Leggett
1884–1963
Marriage: 4 January 1905
Ralph Herman Birkinbine
1905–1985
Mabel Faye Birkinbine
1908–1979
Hazel Birkinbine
1908–2000
Grace Marie Birkinbine
1910–2003
Donald Birkinbine
1916–1974

Sources (19)

  • Nellie Leggett in household of Emery Leggett, "Iowa State Census, 1895"
  • Nellie Leggett, "Iowa, Delayed Birth Records, 1850-1939"
  • Nellie B. Leggett, "Iowa Marriages, 1809-1992"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    4 January 1905Ottumwa, Wapello, Iowa, United States
  • Children (5)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (2)

    World Events (8)

    1886

    Age 2

    Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

    1886 · Giving Working Men a Union

    Age 2

    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.

    1906 · Saving Food Labels

    Age 22

    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.

    Name Meaning

    English and Scottish: occupational name from Middle English legat, legate ‘delegate, ambassador, deputy’ (Old French legat), Latin legatus ‘one who is appointed or ordained’.

    English: variant of Legard , especially in Sussex, perhaps through confusion of the two names.

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

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