Leo Joseph Molitor

Brief Life History of Leo Joseph

When Leo Joseph Molitor was born on 6 September 1909, in Galena, Jo Daviess, Illinois, United States, his father, Leo Christopher Molitor, was 22 and his mother, Sarah Evelyna McKernan, was 23. He married Ethel Lucille Curtis on 1 August 1935, in Jo Daviess, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Galena Junction, Jo Daviess, Illinois, United States in 1950 and Scales Mound, Jo Daviess, Illinois, United States in 1974. He died on 18 February 1974, in Scales Mound Cemetery, Jo Daviess, Illinois, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Scales Mound Cemetery, Jo Daviess, Illinois, United States.

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Leo Joseph Molitor
1909–1974
Ethel Lucille Curtis
1919–1987
Marriage: 1 August 1935
Leo Laverne Molitor
1936–2022
Joyce Catherine Molitor
1937–2008
Susan Evelyn Molitor
1944–2016
Floyd K. Molitor
1950–2016

Sources (16)

  • Leo Moletor, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Leo J. Molitor Jr., "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
  • Leo J Molitor, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1910 · The BSA is Made

Being modeled after the Boy Scout Association in England, The Boy Scouts of America is a program for young teens to learn traits, life and social skills, and many other things to remind the public about the general act of service and kindness to others.

1910 · Boy Scouts of America

When W. D. Boyce was visiting London, he encountered a boy that helped him find his destination. The boy refused the tip that Boyce offered to him and told him that he was just doing his daily good turn. Being inspired, Boyce incorporated the Boy Scouts of America to help teach young men how to have an attitude of service always. Since its foundation, The Boy Scouts of America has become one of the largest Scouting organizations in the United States. Around 110 million people have been participants at some time in their life. The BSA was established to help young people make better choices in life and showing selflessness by serving the community.

1927

Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.

Name Meaning

German, Walloon, and French (mainly Alsace and Lorraine): humanistic surname, a translation into Latin of German Mueller and French or Walloon Meunier , from Latin molitor ‘miller’.

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

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