Brief Life History of LeRoy
When LeRoy Boren was born on 3 July 1882, in Wallsburg, Wasatch, Utah, United States, his father, Ephriam De Calb Boren, was 25 and his mother, Elizabeth Eliza McAffee, was 21. He married Ethel Haws on 11 April 1906, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in United States in 1949 and Utah, Utah, United States in 1950. He died on 3 July 1957, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Provo City Cemetery, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States.
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- LeRoy Boren, "United States 1950 Census"
- Leroy Boren, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
- Leroy Boren, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"
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World Events (8)
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
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, that all forms of polygamy were to be banned. The territory agreed, and Utah became a state on January 4, 1896.
1902 · So Much Farm Land
A law that funded many irrigation and agricultural projects in the western states.
Name Meaning
Swedish (also Borén): ornamental name composed of an unexplained first element + the adjectival suffix -én/-en, a derivative of Latin -enius ‘relating to’. Compare Boreen and Borin .
Polish (Boreń): from a pet form of the personal names like Borzysław (see Bora 1).
Probably also an Americanized form of German Born .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Short Biography of Leroy Boren
From "Utah Since Statehood" (page 2), purportedly written by Noble Warrum around 1919. See: https://utttp.genealogyvillage.com/utah/utahsincestatehoodpg2.htm#boren LE ROY BOREN. Le Roy Boren, an ex …
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