When Leroy Frederick Ames was born on 17 November 1898, in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States, his father, Joseph Ames, was 45 and his mother, Clara C. Armbruster, was 37. He married Leona May Kelty on 25 June 1924, in Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Liverpool Township, Medina, Ohio, United States in 1910 and Ohio, United States in 1932. He registered for military service in 1918. He died on 4 July 1932, in Lakewood, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States, at the age of 33, and was buried in Lakewood Park Cemetery, Rocky River, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States.
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This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
A law that established government on the island of Puerto Rico and gave all Puerto Ricans citizenship. This law was replaced by the Jones–Shafroth Act in 1917.
Known as the National Bureau of Criminal Identification, The Bureau of Investigation helped agencies across the country identify different criminals. President Roosevelt instructed that there be an autonomous investigative service that would report only to the Attorney General.
English (of Norman origin): from the Old French personal name Amis or from the feminine form, Amice. The Old French word amis, is from Latin amicus ‘friend’, which was used in Late Latin as a term for a man of the lower classes, in particular a slave. There were also derivatives of this as personal names, in particular masculine Amicius and feminine Amicia. Both were in use as personal names in England and may have contributed to the surname.
German: perhaps a nickname for an active person, from an ancient Germanic word related to Old High German amazzig ‘busy’.
Dutch: possibly a patronymic from Ame a common personal name in Holland and Friesland, an abbreviated form of an ancient Germanic personal name, perhaps beginning with amel ‘strong’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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