Brief Life History of LeNora Ordelia
When LeNora Ordelia Wiley was born on 12 December 1889, in Johnson City, Blanco, Texas, United States, her father, Thomas Jefferson Wiley, was 29 and her mother, Nancy Permelia Jane Greer, was 19. She married Manuel Cornelius Richey on 14 September 1905, in Coleman, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Blanco, Texas, United States in 1900 and Justice Precinct 3, Lynn, Texas, United States for about 20 years. She died on 2 September 1972, in Tahoka, Lynn, Texas, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Grassland, Lynn, Texas, United States.
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Sources (12)
- Richie in entry for Richie, "Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-1935"
- Nora Richey in household of Manuel C Richey, "United States Census, 1920"
- Nora Ordelia Richey, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976"
Spouse and Children
1882–1972 Male
1889–1972 Female
Children (4)
1906–1988 Male
1908–2012 Female
1909–1917 Female
1911–1968 Male
Parents and Siblings
1860–1949 Male
1870–1946 Female
Siblings (8)
1888–1947 Female
1889–1972 Female
1893–1977 Female
1895–1972 Female
1896–1987 Female
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World Events (8)
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
Age 1
1903
Age 14
1912 · The Girl Scouts
Age 23
Name Meaning
English: from various places called with Old English wīg, wēoh ‘idol’ + lēah ‘wood, clearing’, such as Whyly in East Hoathly (Sussex), Whiligh in Ticehurst (Sussex), Weeley (Essex), Weoley (Worcestershire), and Willey (Surrey), or from any of the other places called Willey, such as those in Cheshire, Herefordshire, Shropshire, and Warwickshire, named with Old English wilig ‘willow’ + lēah, or from Wylye (Wiltshire), which takes its name from the river Wylye (of uncertain etymology).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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