Lena Faires

Brief Life History of Lena

When Lena Faires was born on 18 October 1871, in Iowa, United States, her father, Joel Faires, was 33 and her mother, Ursula Murphy, was 31. She married Arthur Albert Deal on 18 October 1905. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Iowa Township, Cedar, Iowa, United States in 1900 and Bloomfield Township, Polk, Iowa, United States for about 15 years. She died on 21 September 1944, in Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Elm Grove Cemetery, Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, United States.

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Family Time Line

Arthur Albert Deal
1877–1962
Lena Faires
1871–1944
Marriage: 18 October 1905
Glen Albert Deal
1906–1983
Marie Beatrice Deal
1908–2001
Leona Ursula Deal
1910–2011

Sources (24)

  • Lena F Deal in household of Arthur Deal, "Iowa State Census, 1925"
  • Lena Faires, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
  • Lena Faires Deal, "Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951"

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Name Meaning

English: variant of Fair .

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

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