Brief Life History of Leonard Rea Joe
When Leonard Rea Joe Myers was born on 9 November 1927, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, his father, Joseph C Myers, was 22 and his mother, Kathryn Alberta Gadow, was 20. He married Bonnie Dee Jordan on 31 December 1947, in Clark, Nevada, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Vista Baja Island, Colón, Panama for about 1 years. He died on 28 December 2006, in Oceanside, San Diego, California, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Oceanside, San Diego, California, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (15)
- Joseph Myers in household of Joseph Myers, "United States Census, 1940"
- Leonard Ray Meyers, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
- Leonard Ray Meyers, "Nevada County Marriages, 1862-1993"
Spouse and Children
1927–2006 Male
1931–2005 Female
Children (1)
1952–1952 Male
Parents and Siblings
1905–1984 Male
1907–1985 Female
Siblings (4)
1924–1978 Female
1927–2006 Male
1929–1974 Male
1932– Female
World Events (8)
1929
Age 2
1934 · Alcatraz Island Becomes Federal Penitentiary
Age 7
1948 · The Beginning of the Cold War
Age 21
Name Meaning
Irish (Tipperary, Limerick and Waterford): Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Meidhir ‘descendant of Meidhir’, with post-medieval excrescent -s. Meidhir is a personal name based on meidhir ‘mirth’.
English (northern): variant of Myer , with post-medieval excrescent -s.
English (northern): habitational name from one or more of the minor placenames derived from Middle English mire ‘marsh’ (Old Norse mýrr) in the plural form, such as Melmerby Mire in Melmerby, or Mires in Docker (both Cumbria).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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