Brief Life History of Leslie Lavern
When Leslie Lavern Lockrey was born on 30 September 1896, in Alba, Chestonia Township, Antrim, Michigan, United States, his father, Francis Gleason Lockrey, was 40 and his mother, Harriet Creasy, was 31. He married Sarah Elva Montgomery on 4 July 1923, in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Wayne, Michigan, United States in 1920 and Detroit Ward 22, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States in 1940. He registered for military service in 1918. He died in July 1975, in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States, at the age of 78.
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Sources (13)
- Leslie L Lockry, "United States 1950 Census"
- Leslie L. Lockrey, "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925"
- Leslie Lavern Lockrey, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"
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World Events (8)
1897 · Beginnings of Kmart
Detroit was the home of the second dime and nickel stores that S. S. Kresge owned. After two years with John McCrory, his partner, he traded his share in the Memphis store, plus $3,000, for full ownership of the Detroit store and formed the Kresge & Wilson Company with his brother-in-law, Charles J. Wilson. In 1962, the S. S. Kresge Company would rebrand and change their name to Kmart.
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.
1917
U.S. intervenes in World War I, rejects membership of League of Nations.
Name Meaning
English (West Midlands): habitational name from Lockleywood in Hinstock (Shropshire), sometimes recorded simply as Lockley. The placename is derived from Old English loc ‘lock, enclosure, fold’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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