Brief Life History of Cleone Lenore
When Cleone Lenore Kerr was born on 31 January 1899, in Richland, Ohio, United States, her father, Marion Cook Kerr, was 26 and her mother, Anna Viola Matthews, was 24. She married William Boyd Kunkel on 24 September 1915, in Monroe, Monroe, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. She lived in Worthington Township, Richland, Ohio, United States in 1920 and Butler, Worthington Township, Richland, Ohio, United States in 1940. She died on 7 October 1955, in Mount Vernon, Knox, Ohio, United States, at the age of 56, and was buried in Bellville Cemetery, Bellville, Jefferson Township, Richland, Ohio, United States.
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Sources (14)
- Cleone L Kunkle in household of Boyd W Kunkle, "United States Census, 1920"
- Lenore Kerr, "Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003"
- Cleone Kerr, "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925"
Spouse and Children
1894–1962 Male
1899–1955 Female
Children (3)
1916–1987 Male
1918–2002 Male
1922–1987 Male
Parents and Siblings
1872–1945 Male
1874–1944 Female
Siblings (3)
1898–1986 Female
1899–1955 Female
1900–1985 Female
World Events (8)
1900 · Gold for Cash!
Age 1
1900 · Giving Puerto Rico an American Welcome
Age 1
1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
Age 17
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: topographic name for someone who lived by a marsh or swampy woodland, Middle English kerr ‘brushwood, wet ground’ (Old Norse kjarr). A legend grew up that the Kerrs were left-handed, on theory that the name is derived from Gaelic cearr ‘wrong-handed, left-handed’.
Irish: variant of Carr .
Americanized form of German Kehr or of some other similar (like-sounding) surname.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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