Leonard Peter Ottley

Brief Life History of Leonard Peter

When Leonard Peter Ottley was born on 9 December 1894, in Elba, Cassia, Idaho, United States, his father, Peter Henry Ottley, was 39 and his mother, Sophia Eliza Godfrey, was 32. He married Ivie Taylor on 12 July 1923, in Cache, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He lived in Oke, Yellowhead County, Alberta, Canada in 1949 and Carlin, Elko, Nevada, United States in 1950. He died on 31 October 1975, in Kaysville, Davis, Utah, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Kaysville City Cemetery, Kaysville, Davis, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Leonard Peter Ottley
1894–1975
Ivie Taylor
1896–1991
Marriage: 12 July 1923
Maxine Ottley
1924–1993
Ottley
1925–1925
Renae Ottley
1931–2021
Ivie Ruth Ottley
1933–2007

Sources (62)

  • Leonard P Ottley, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Leonard Peter Ottley, "Idaho, Birth Index, 1861-1911"
  • Leonard Peter Ottley, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"

World Events (8)

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.

1896 · Utah Becomes a State

After three prior attempts to become a state, the United States Congress accepted Utah into the Union on one condition. This condition was that the new state rewrite their constitution to say that all forms of polygamy were banned. The territory agreed, and Utah became a state on January 4, 1896.

1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress

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.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from either of two places called Otley, in Suffolk and Yorkshire. The placenames derive from the Old English personal name Otta + Old English lēah ‘woodland clearing’.

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

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OTTLEY Leonard Peter (b 1894) A Brief History of the Life of Leonard Peter Ottley

I was born in Elba, Idaho to Peter Henry Ottley and Sophia Eliza Godfrey Ottley on Dec. 9, 1894. I was educated in the Elba Grammar School and Albion High School. I served in the Army in World War I …

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