Florence Iona Dilley

Brief Life History of Florence Iona

When Florence Iona Dilley was born on 12 February 1895, in Marshalltown, Marshall, Iowa, United States, her father, Walter Roche Dilley, was 20 and her mother, Clara Rebecca Garwood, was 18. She married Seth Richard Deming in 1915, in United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in United States in 1949 and Newton, Jasper, Iowa, United States in 1950. She died on 23 March 1965, in Placerville, El Dorado, California, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Placerville, El Dorado, California, United States.

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Seth Richard Deming
1892–1944
Florence Iona Dilley
1895–1965
Marriage: 1915
Richard William Deming
1917–2012

Sources (15)

  • Florence Deming, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Florence Iona Dilley, "Iowa, Delayed Birth Records, 1850-1939"
  • Florence I Dilley, "Oregon, County Marriages, 1851-1975"

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1908

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Name Meaning

English: possibly a pet form of an unrecorded Old English personal name Dylla, found as the first element in the placenames Dillington (in the former Huntingdonshire) and Dilton (in Wiltshire). The name may sometimes have been confused with Doyley and Dolley (see Olley ).

German: variant of Dilly or a surname of French origin, an altered form of Delay .

In some cases also an altered form of French Dilly .

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

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