Zora Emma Lasley

Brief Life History of Zora Emma

When Zora Emma Lasley was born on 19 April 1895, in Sherwin, Cherokee, Kansas, United States, her father, David Nelson Lasley, was 42 and her mother, Elizabeth Frances Morehead, was 42. She married Harry Milne Boggess on 21 August 1915. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. She lived in Cherokee, Crawford, Kansas, United States in 1920 and Columbus, Columbus, Cherokee, Kansas, United States in 1950. She died on 4 July 1986, in Columbus, Cherokee, Kansas, United States, at the age of 91, and was buried in Hallowell, Cherokee, Kansas, United States.

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Family Time Line

Harry Milne Boggess
1892–1977
Zora Emma Lasley
1895–1986
Marriage: 21 August 1915
Kenneth Robert Boggess
1916–2006
LaVora Mae Boggess
1918–2013
Naomi Loree Boggess Lasley
1921–
Ula Vernice Boggess
1923–2015

Sources (24)

  • Zora Boggess, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Zora Emma Lasley Boggess, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Zora Boggess in entry for Naomi Lyra, "Brazil, São Paulo, Immigration Cards, 1902-1980"

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.

1898 · War with the Spanish

After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment

The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.

Name Meaning

Scottish: variant of Leslie .

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

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