Joseph Leon Kane

Brief Life History of Joseph Leon

When Joseph Leon Kane was born on 1 June 1915, in Sheffield, Bureau, Illinois, United States, his father, Benedict Paul Kane, was 29 and his mother, Ellen Mary Sullivan, was 26. He died on 10 May 2002, in Peoria, Peoria, Illinois, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Peoria, Peoria, Illinois, United States.

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Joseph Leon Kane
1915–2002
Dorothy Isabelle Mear
1918–2005

Sources (5)

  • Leon Kane, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Leon Joseph Kane, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Leon J Kane, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"

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World Events (8)

1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress

Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.

1925 · Woman's World's Fair

The first Woman's World's Fair was held in Chicago in 1925. The idea of the completely women-run fair was to display the progress of ideas, work, and products of twentieth-century women

1941

Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Irish Brendan, Aileen, Padraic, Brennan, Declan, Donovan, Fergus, James Patrick, Keelin, Kieran, Siobhan.

Irish and Scottish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Catháin or Mac Catháin ‘descendant (or son) of Cathán’, a personal name meaning ‘warrior’ (see O'Kane ). Compare Keane .

English: variant of Cane .

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

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