Leo James McGuire

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 James McGuire
1885–1915
Cora Blaine Scoles
1885–1972
Marriage: 31 May 1906
Robert Mcguire
1908–2003
Elmyra Irene Mc Guire
1909–1971
Paul James McGuire
1913–1990
Alice Beradine McGuire
1914–1996

Sources (16)

  • 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

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1886 · Giving Working Men a Union

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1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

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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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