When Lelon Estes was born on 28 January 1931, in Winfield, Marion, Alabama, United States, his father, John Estes, was 38 and his mother, Cannie Leona Haney, was 32. He married Ludell Vickery on 12 March 1949, in Piggott, Clay, Arkansas, United States. He died on 28 May 2002, in St. Charles, Saint Charles, Missouri, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Mount Lebanon Cemetery, St. Ann, St. Louis, Missouri, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1948: St. Louis, Missouri, United States
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English: topographic name from Middle English est ‘east’, denoting someone ‘from the east’ or someone living in the eastern part of a village or settlement. Today the name is still pronounced as two syllables, as it was in medieval times.
History: This name was brought to New England by Matthew (1645–1723) and Richard (born 1647) Estes, sons of Robert and Dorothy Estes of Dover, England. Probably unconnected is the founder of the VA and TN family of this name, Benjamin Estes (born 1736 in VA; died 1811 in TN).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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