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HOLROYD, Leonard Clifford 1 2 3 4
Leonard married Lela M. VAN METER, daughter of John O. VAN METER and Matilda UNKNOWN, about 1916 in Nebraska or Buchanon County, Missouri. (Lela M. VAN METER was born about 1891 in Nebraska.) |
1 1900 US Census (Beatrice, Gage County, Nebraska). Repository: Ancestry. Surety: 4. Lists Jerome Holroyd (age 53, b. Jul 1843, IL), wife Clara (age 44, b. Jun 1855) and children Lulu (age 18, b. Aug 1881, IL), William (age 14, b. Oct 1885, NE), Cora (age 9, b. Dec 1890, NE), Pearl (age 6, b. Sep 1893, NE) and Leonard (age 4, b. Mar 1896, NE), living in Beatrice, Nebraska. Jerome and William are both listed as "laborers."
2 1920 US Census (District 126, St. Joseph Wd-9, Buchanon County, Missouri). Surety: 4. Lists John O. Van Meter (age 63, b. WI), wife Matilda J. (age 63, b. IL) and children Frank A. (age 38, b. NE) and "grandson" Kenneth T. [probably son of Frank A.] (age 13, b. NE), living in St. Joseph, Missouri. Also in the household is their married daughter, Lela M. (age 18, b. NE) and her husband Leonard C. Holroyd (age 23, b. NE). John is listed as a "laborer" for a "packing plant," and indicates that both his parents were born in Indiana. Matilda indicates that both her parents were born in Indiana. Leonard is listed as a "car officer" for the "railroad." Living nearby is Charles J. Van Meter (age 52, b. Missouri), who is probably a younger brother of John.
3 1930 US Census, District 51, Washington, Buchanan County, Missouri. Surety: 4. Lists Leonard C. Holroyd (age 33, b. NE), wife Lela M. [Van Meter] (age 28, b. NE) and children Geraldine M. (age 9, b. Missouri) and Phyllis J. (age 6, b. Missouri), living in Washington, Missouri. Leonard is listed as a "pressor" [sp?] for a "inde band factory," and indicates that both his parents were born in Illinois. Lela indicates that her father was born in Indiana and her mother in Illinois. The couple indicate that they have been married about 14 years.
4 World War I Draft Records (Gage County, Nebraska). Surety: 4. Leonard Clifford Holroyd, b. 31 Mar 1896 in Rising City, Nebraska; residing in Wymore, Nebraska; occupation: brakeman for C.B.D.R.R. [railroad]; married.
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California Death Index, 1940-1997. Surety: 4. Name: HOLROYD, LEONARD C
Sex: MALE
Birth Date: 31 Mar 1896
Birthplace: NEBRASKA
Death Date: 11 Sep 1971
Death Place: FRESNO
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