Leo Walter Kirley

Brief Life History of Leo Walter

When Leo Walter Kirley was born on 30 June 1901, in Fort Pierre, Stanley, South Dakota, United States, his father, Joseph Kirley, was 53 and his mother, Alice Almeda Seaman, was 42. He married Bertha Edna Webster on 23 May 1925, in Allison, Butler, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 daughters. He lived in Stanley, South Dakota, United States for about 10 years and Mathews Township, Kingsbury, South Dakota, United States in 1940. He died on 20 April 1991, in Scottsdale, Maricopa, Arizona, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Green Acres Memorial Park, Scottsdale, Maricopa, Arizona, United States.

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Family Time Line

Leo Walter Kirley
1901–1991
Bertha Edna Webster
1900–
Marriage: 23 May 1925
Virginia Grace Kirley
1927–2013
Patricia Lee Kirley
1931–1988
Shirley Jean Kirley
1935–1935
Loisanne Kirley
1938–2010

Sources (23)

  • Walter Leo Kirley, "South Dakota State Census, 1905"
  • Leo W Kirley, "Iowa, Birth and Stillbirth Records, 1921-1947"
  • Leo Walter Kirley, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"

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1902 · So Much Farm Land

A law that funded many irrigation and agricultural projects in the western states.

1903 · Department of Commerce and Labor

A short-lived Cabinet department which was concerned with controlling the excesses of big business. Later being split and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor splitting into two separate positions.

1927

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

Name Meaning

English: variant of Kirkley .

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

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