James Leonard Tarrant

14 October 1915–9 July 1973 (Age 57)
Shumway, Effingham, Illinois, United States

The Life Summary of James Leonard

When James Leonard Tarrant was born on 14 October 1915, in Shumway, Effingham, Illinois, United States, his father, Allen Francis Tarrant, was 36 and his mother, Martha Lucinda Davis, was 31. He married Marjorie May Gillespey on 11 May 1941, in Shumway, Effingham, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Banner Township, Effingham, Illinois, United States for about 20 years. He died on 9 July 1973, in Effingham, Effingham, Illinois, United States, at the age of 57, and was buried in Shumway, Effingham, Illinois, United States.

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Family Time Line

James Leonard Tarrant
1915–1973
Marjorie May Gillespey
1923–1967
Marriage: 11 May 1941
E Jeannette Tarrant
1947–2013
David Lee Tarrant
1949–2015

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    11 May 1941Shumway, Effingham, Illinois, United States
    • Children

    (2)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

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    +3 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
    Age 1
    Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.
    1925 · Woman's World's Fair
    Age 10
    The first Woman's World's Fair was held in Chicago in 1925. The idea of the completely women-run fair was to display the progress of ideas, work, and products of twentieth-century women
    1931
    Age 16
    The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the national anthem.

    Name Meaning

    English (mainly Hampshire and Wiltshire): habitational name from any of the eight places in Dorset named from the River Tarrant. The river name is of British origin and probably means ‘the trespasser, the river liable to floods’; see Trent .Irish (Cork): Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Toráin ‘descendant of Torán’, a personal name based on a diminutive of tor ‘lord, hero, or champion’. See Torrens .

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

    Possible Related Names

    Trent

    Sources (5)

    • Len Tarrant in household of Allen Tarrant, "United States Census, 1940"
    • Leonard J Tarrant, "United States Social Security Death Index"
    • Leonard Tarrant in household of Allen Tarrant, "United States Census, 1930"

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