Leo ( Boxcar) Kanerva

Male1915–1981

Brief Life History of Leo ( Boxcar)

When Leo ( Boxcar) Kanerva was born in 1915, in Gwinn, Marquette, Michigan, United States, his father, John Kanerva ( Hammasmaki), was 32 and his mother, Hulda Marie Murtomaki, was 28. He died in 1981, at the age of 66.

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Family Time Line

John Kanerva ( Hammasmaki)
1884–1937
Hulda Marie Murtomaki
1887–1970
Toivo Kanerva
1908–1968
Leo ( Boxcar) Kanerva
1915–1981

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    World Events (8)

    1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress

    Age 1

    Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.

    1917

    Age 2

    U.S. intervenes in World War I, rejects membership of League of Nations.

    1935 · The FBI is Established

    Age 20

    The Bureau of Investigation's name was changed to the Federal Bureau of Investigation to help citizens know that the Government is helping protect from threats both domestically and abroad.

    Name Meaning

    From a Late Latin personal name, meaning ‘lion’, which was borne by a large number of early Christian saints, most notably Pope Leo the Great ( ?390–461 ).

    Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.

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