LeRoy Luther Tiger

Male28 January 1888–21 October 1943

Brief Life History of LeRoy Luther

When LeRoy Luther Tiger was born on 28 January 1888, in Waverly, Lancaster, Nebraska, United States, his father, John Newton Tiger, was 35 and his mother, Sarah Malick, was 40. He married Ivy Pearl Snyder on 12 June 1912, in Waverly, Lancaster, Nebraska, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Boulder, Colorado, United States in 1935 and Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, United States in 1940. He died on 21 October 1943, in Billings, Yellowstone, Montana, United States, at the age of 55, and was buried in Mountview Cemetery, Billings, Yellowstone, Montana, United States.

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Family Time Line

LeRoy Luther Tiger
1888–1943
Ivy Pearl Snyder
1886–1984
Marriage: 12 June 1912
Cristol Irene Tiger
1915–1984
Duane Luther Tiger
1920–1987
Catharine Aletha Tiger
1922–2007

Sources (13)

  • Roy Luther Tiger, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Roy Luther Tiger, "Nebraska Marriages, 1855-1995"
  • Roy Luther Tiger, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    12 June 1912Waverly, Lancaster, Nebraska, United States
  • Children (3)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (4)

    World Events (8)

    1889

    Age 1

    Montana is 41st state.

    1889

    Age 1

    Historical Boundaries: 1889: Lancaster, Nebraska, United States

    1909 · Garden of the Gods Park

    Age 21

    In 1879, railroad tycoon, Charles Elliott Perkins bought 240 acres whrere The Garden of the Gods is located, and planned to use it as a summer home. Perkins died in 1907 before he could establish it as a public park. Perkin's children donated the now 480 acres to the city of Colorado Springs, to become a public park.

    Name Meaning

    Native American (Creek): from a translation into English of the Muscogee Creek clan name Katcvlke (‘Tiger clan’), derived from a word meaning ‘tiger (i.e. cougar)’.

    Native American: translation into English (and shortening) of any other personal name based on a word, such as Lakota Sioux igmu, meaning generically ‘cat’, but more specifically denoting a ‘tiger (i.e. panther)’. Compare Panther .

    Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): artificial name from German Tiger, Yiddish tiger ‘tiger’.

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

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