Leonard Earl Posey

Brief Life History of Leonard Earl

When Leonard Earl Posey was born on 9 September 1896, in Basin, Cassia, Idaho, United States, his father, Albert Washington Posey, was 27 and his mother, Mary Anna Dayley, was 21. He married Lula Mae Martin on 17 January 1922, in Jerome, Idaho, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Butte, Silver Bow, Montana, United States in 1930 and Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1940. He registered for military service in 1919. He died on 6 January 1973, in Burley, Cassia, Idaho, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Burley, Cassia, Idaho, United States.

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Family Time Line

Leonard Earl Posey
1896–1973
Lula Mae Martin
1902–2000
Marriage: 17 January 1922
Glenda Jean Posey
1922–2009

Sources (18)

  • Earl Lenard Posey, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
  • Leonard Earl Posey, "Idaho, Birth Index, 1861-1911"
  • Leonard Posey, "Idaho, County Marriages, 1864-1950"

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World Events (8)

1898 · War with the Spanish

After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

1905

Historical Boundaries 1905: Cassia, Idaho, United States

1917

U.S. intervenes in World War I, rejects membership of League of Nations.

Name Meaning

English: apparently a late variant of either Poser or Posse, which has various possible origins including Middle English pose ‘bag, wallet’, or an etymologically related Old English personal name Pusa, Possa, or Middle English pose ‘head cold, catarrh’.

Americanized form of German Poser .

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

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