Jenney Eva Bartles

Brief Life History of Jenney Eva

When Jenney Eva Bartles was born on 14 September 1870, in Macedonia, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States, her father, Jacob Edward Bartles, was 32 and her mother, Mariam Susan Cunningham, was 33. She married Isaac Thomas Leeper on 2 May 1892, in Bingham, Page, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Riverside, Washington, Iowa, United States in 1925 and Thurman, Fremont, Iowa, United States for about 10 years. She died on 5 February 1949, in Santa Rosa, Sonoma, California, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Thurman Cemetery, Thurman, Fremont, Iowa, United States.

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Family Time Line

Isaac Thomas Leeper
1869–1952
Jenney Eva Bartles
1870–1949
Marriage: 2 May 1892
Rose Ella Leeper
1891–1945
Edward Thomas Leeper
1892–1975
Ivan Thomas Leeper
1893–1894
Goldie Bell Leeper
1896–1970
Mary Louise Leeper
1898–1979
Icie Lena Leeper
1903–1965
Chauncey Thomas Leeper
1906–1973
Sylvina Leeper
1912–1985

Sources (28)

  • Jenni E Leeper in household of I T Leeper, "Iowa State Census, 1925"
  • Jennie E Bartles, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
  • Jeneva Eva Bartles Leeper, "Find A Grave Index"

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Name Meaning

Americanized form of German Bartels .

English: variant of Bartle , with post-medieval excrescent -s.

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

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