Brief Life History of Frank Leo
When Frank Leo Marley was born on 12 October 1864, in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States, his father, Dominic Marley, was 27 and his mother, Bridget Cunningham, was 19. He married Catherine Fitzgerald on 1 February 1911, in Wexford, Allamakee, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in St. Louis, Missouri, United States in 1935 and Lafayette Township, Allamakee, Iowa, United States in 1940. He died on 11 July 1949, at the age of 84, and was buried in Lansing, Allamakee, Iowa, United States.
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- Frank Marley in household of Joseph Marley, "United States Census, 1940"
- Legacy NFS Source: Francis Leo MARLEY - Government record: Census record: birth-name: Francis Leo MARLEY
- Frank Marley, "Iowa Marriages, 1809-1992"
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1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
1867 · The Burtis Opera House
The Burtis Opera House opened in Davenport and could easily hold an audience of 1,600. It was a widely used facility and Mark Twain filled the house when he spoke on tour in 1869. It was also used to house Susan B. Anthony when she lectured on the woman's right to vote. The Quad City Symphony Orchestra played its first concert as the new Tri-City Symphony in the Opera House. An arsonist set fire to the building on the evening of April 26, 1921, and the building was severely destroyed. The building was rebuilt but was no longer used as an opera house.
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of various places so called, for example in Devon, Kent, and Yorkshire. According to Ekwall, the first element of these placenames is respectively Old English (ge)mǣre ‘boundary’, myrig ‘pleasant’, and mearth ‘(pine) marten’. The second element in each case is Old English lēah ‘woodland clearing’. This surname was taken to Ireland by a Northumbrian family who settled there in the 17th century.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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