Leo Joseph Muir

Brief Life History of Leo Joseph

When Leo Joseph Muir was born on 9 March 1880, in Woods Cross, Davis, Utah, United States, his father, William Smith Muir, was 57 and his mother, Lucy Darke, was 42. He married Ethie May Malin on 19 June 1902, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States in 1940 and Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1954. He died on 3 August 1967, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Leo Joseph Muir
1880–1967
Ethie May Malin
1879–1949
Marriage: 19 June 1902
Steven Le Roy Muir
1913–1959

Sources (34)

  • Leo C Muir, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Leo J. Muir, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
  • President Muri, "Idaho, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945"

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Name Meaning

Scottish: topographic name for someone who lived on a moor, from Older Scots muir ‘moor’ (an expanse of bare, wild upland country). There has been some confusion with Mure .

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

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Leo Joseph Muir (9 March 1880 – 3 August 1967 )

Leo Joseph Muir was born March 9, 1880 in Woods Cross, Utah and spent his first 17 years on the family farm. He was the ninth child of William Smith Muir and Lucy Darke Muir. In 1902 he married Ethie …

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