Lawrence D Varley I

Brief Life History of Lawrence D

When Lawrence D Varley I was born on 31 August 1873, in Newton, Harvey, Kansas, United States, his father, Jacob Ingram Varley, was 30 and his mother, Mary Martha Amelia Ewing, was 24. He married Ada Viola Blair on 10 January 1906, in Fremont, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He lived in Page, Iowa, United States in 1925 and Grant Township, Page, Iowa, United States for about 10 years. He died on 17 September 1948, at the age of 75, and was buried in Shenandoah, Page, Iowa, United States.

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Family Time Line

Lawrence D Varley I
1873–1948
Ada Viola Blair
1877–1957
Marriage: 10 January 1906
Lawrence D Varley II
1908–1983
Arlene Violet Varley
1910–1983
Ada Eloise Varley
1916–2002
Ruth Varley
1921–

Sources (21)

  • L D Varley, "Iowa State Census, 1925"
  • Lawrence N Varley, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
  • Laurence D Varley, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"

World Events (8)

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

1877 · Nicodemus is Founded

The town of Nicodemus was founded by African-American migrants from Kansas in 1877.

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

Name Meaning

English: of Norman origin, a habitational name from Vesly (Manche, also Eure), Verly (Aisne), or Vrély (Somme).

English: habitational name from Varley in Marwood (Devon) or Varleys in Petrockstow (Devon), from Old English fearn ‘fern’ + lēah ‘wood, woodland clearing’.

English: southern variant of Farley .

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

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