Orville Otto Staley

Brief Life History of Orville Otto

When Orville Otto Staley was born on 28 July 1911, in Indiana, United States, his father, Charles Romeo Staley, was 36 and his mother, Marie Luretta Wilhite, was 37. He married Mary E Tewell on 17 June 1931, in Lawrence, Illinois, United States. He died on 7 January 1953, in Vincennes Township, Knox, Indiana, United States, at the age of 41, and was buried in Vincennes, Vincennes Township, Knox, Indiana, United States.

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Family Time Line

Orville Otto Staley
1911–1953
Vera Lee Hoke
1918–1980
Marriage: about 1934
Mary Florence Staley
1935–1982

Sources (9)

  • Orville O Staley, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Orvil Staley, "Illinois Marriages, 1815-1935"
  • Orville Otto Staley, "Indiana, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1947"

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1913 · The Sixteenth Amendment

The Sixteenth Amendment allows Congress to collect an income tax without dividing it among the states based on population.

1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack

Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from Staveley in Derbyshire, Stayley in Lancashire (now called Stalybridge in Greater Manchester), or perhaps Staveley (Westmorland), Staveley (Lancashire), or Staveley (Yorkshire). The placenames all derive from Old English stæf ‘staff, stave, rod’ (genitive plural stafa) + lēah ‘woodland clearing’. Compare Staveley .

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

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