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Leona Grace Nicholas 1902–1993 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1 Sep 1902

Birth Location: Illinois

Death Date: 11 Sep 1993

Death Location: Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa, United States of America

Father: Erastus Stannard

Mother: Minnie Stannard

Spouse(s): Harold Clarkson, William Meinders

Children(s): Naomi Freeman, Jack Meinders, Leonard Meinders, Harold Clarkson

Leona Grace Nicholas was born in 1902 in Illinois, the child of Erastus T Stannard And Minnie Estella Stannard. Leona Grace Nicholas married Harold Evan Clarkson, William Meinders, and had children including Harold Myrle Clarkson, Jack Eugene Meinders, Leonard Richard Meinders, Naomi Irene Clarkson Freeman. Leona Grace Nicholas passed away in 1993 in Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa, United States of America.

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Biography

  • Leona Grace Nicholas was born in 1902 in Illinois, the child of Erastus T Stannard And Minnie Estella Stannard.
  • Leona Grace Nicholas married Harold Evan Clarkson, William Meinders, and had children including Harold Myrle Clarkson, Jack Eugene Meinders, Leonard Richard Meinders, Naomi Irene Clarkson Freeman.
  • Leona Grace Nicholas passed away in 1993 in Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa, United States of America.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Leona Nicholas's Ancestors

Self
Leona Nicholas
1902–1993
Birth Place: Illinois
Parents
Erastus T Stannard
1866–1952
Michigan
Minnie (Estella) Stannard
1868–1940
Vermont
Grandparents
George Stannard
1839–1924
New York
Frances (Amarilla) King
1844–1908
Richland, Kalamazoo Co, Michigan or Flint, Genesee, Michigan
Great-Grandparents
William King
1819–1885
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Leona Nicholas's Descendants

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Leona (Grace) Nicholas (1 Sep 1902–11 Sep 1993) m. Harold (Evan) Clarkson (14 Jun 1896–23 May 1961) m. William Meinders (27 March 1902–27 February 1974)
  1. 1. Naomi (Irene CLARKSON) Freeman 1917–1971 m. Kenneth (Gerald) FREEMAN 1912–1965
    1. 1. Ronald (Harold) FREEMAN 1942–1999 m. Ruth (Elizabeth) Hudgins 1943–2018
    2. 2. Bill Freeman 1934–2023 m. Shirley (Ann BARRETT) Freeman 1935–2020
    3. 3. Robert (Dale) FREEMAN 1937–1990 m. Mildred (Virginia HEADY) Burris 1939–2008
    4. 4. Lawrence (Melvin) FREEMAN 1938–2013 m. Elaine (Ruth SEBERT) Freeman 1942–2020
    5. 5. Judith (Geraldine FREEMAN) Chapman 1944–2023 m. Ronald (Dean) CHAPMAN 1941–2016 m. Donald (Karl) Schaumburg 1939–2005
    6. 6. Richard (Nicholas) FREEMAN 1948–2017
    7. 7. Patricia (Ann) FREEMAN 1935–1937
  2. 2. Jack (Eugene) Meinders 1925–2016
  3. 3. Leonard (Richard) Meinders 1926–2009
  4. 4. Harold (Myrle) Clarkson 1916–1939

Leona Nicholas's Timeline

2 Records

1902
1 Sep 1902
Birth of Leona Grace Nicholas in Illinois
Illinois
1993
11 Sep 1993
Age 91
Death of Leona Grace Nicholas in Cedar Rapids, Linn, Iowa, USA
Cedar Rapids, Linn, Iowa, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1 Sep 1902
    Event Place: Illinois
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [2] U.S., Newspapers.com™ Obituary Index, 1800s-current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Waterloo, Black Hawk, Iowa, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Newspapers.com™ Obituary Index, 1800s-current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 11 Sep 1993
    Event Place: Cedar Rapids, Linn, Iowa, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [2] U.S., Newspapers.com™ Obituary Index, 1800s-current

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa, United States of America
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [2] U.S., Newspapers.com™ Obituary Index, 1800s-current

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