Brief Life History of Leo James
When Leo James McGuire was born on 21 October 1885, in Fremont, Iowa, United States, his father, Bernard McGuire, was 42 and his mother, Susan Agnes Smith, was 32. He married Cora Blaine Scoles on 31 May 1906, in Tacoma, Pierce, Washington, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Fayette, Iowa, United States in 1905 and Jefferson Township, Fayette, Iowa, United States in 1910. He died on 8 August 1915, in Grant, Washington, Minnesota, United States, at the age of 29, and was buried in Immaculate Conception Catholic Cemetery, Fairbank, Buchanan, Iowa, United States.
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- Leo Mcguire, "Iowa State Census, 1905"
- Mcguire, "Iowa, County Births, 1880-1935"
- James L Mc Guire, "Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008"
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1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1886 · Giving Working Men a Union
The largest union group in the United States during the first half of the 20th century. It still exists today but merged with The Congress of Industrial Organization.
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.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Irish Brendan, Brigid, Caitlin, Kieran, Aidan, Aislinn, Clancy, Conley, Connor, Cormac, Donal, Fionnuala.
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mag Uidhir ‘son of Odhar’, a byname meaning ‘sallow’. This was the name of the ruling family of Fermanagh from the 13th–17th centuries, now regularly Anglicized as Maguire .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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