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Helen Brent Leigh 1921 – 2002 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 16 August 1921

Birth Location: Grosse Tete, Louisiana

Death Date: 30 January 2002

Death Location: Russell, Warren, Pennsylvania, USA

Father: Eugene Leigh

Mother: Betty Bankston

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The story of Helen Brent Leigh began in 1921 in Grosse Tete, Louisiana. Helen Brent Leigh passed away in 2002 in Russell, Warren, Pennsylvania, USA.

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Biography

  • The story of Helen Brent Leigh began in 1921 in Grosse Tete, Louisiana.
  • Helen Brent Leigh passed away in 2002 in Russell, Warren, Pennsylvania, USA.

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Helen Leigh's Ancestors

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Helen Leigh
1921 – 2002
Birth Place: Grosse Tete, Louisiana
Parents
Eugene Roy Leigh
1894 –
Louisiana
Betty (Bertha) Bankston
1894 – 1973
Grangeville, Louisiana, USA
Grandparents
Aaron (Lawrence) Bankston
1853 – 1914
Amite Co, Mississippi, USA
Mary (Jane Victoria) Morgan
1857 – 1949
Greensburg, St Helena, Louisiana, USA
Great-Grandparents
John Morgan
1825 – 1864
Ann Whitehead
1831 – 1922
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Walter Whitehead
1800 – 1850
Mary Jackson
1808 – 1869

Helen Leigh's Timeline

2 Records

1921
16 August 1921
Birth of Helen Brent Leigh in Grosse Tete, Louisiana
Grosse Tete, Louisiana
2002
30 January 2002
Age 81
Death of Helen Brent Leigh in Russell, Warren, Pennsylvania, USA
Russell, Warren, Pennsylvania, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 16 August 1921
    Event Place: Grosse Tete, Louisiana

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 30 January 2002
    Event Place: Russell, Warren, Pennsylvania, USA

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