Edgar William Kirby and Opal Lenore Pepper

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Husband Edgar William Kirby [2623]

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      Born: 30 Jan 1888 - , Linneus, Linn, MO ^{1 2 3 4 5 6}
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      Died: 3 Dec 1956 - , Kansas City, Jackson, MO ^{4 6}
     Buried: 1956 - , Mount Moriah Cemetery, Kansas City, Jackson, MO ^{4 6}

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Father: Richard Ernest Kirby [2619] (1867-1942)
Mother: Ida Mae Bruce [2549] (1868-1934)

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    Married: 5 Oct 1912 - , St. Joseph, Buchanan, MO ^{4 7 8 9}

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Other references ^{1 10}

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Wife Opal Lenore Pepper [5105] ¹¹

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      Born: 6 Jun 1890 - , Weston, Platte, MO ^{3 6 8}
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      Died: 24 Oct 1968 - , Kansas City, Jackson, MO ⁶
     Buried:

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Children

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1 M Richard Earnest Kirby Jr. [5106] ^{3 8}

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      Born: 14 May 1915 - , St. Joseph, Buchanan, MO ^{4 6 12}
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      Died: 6 Sep 1974 ^{4 6 12}
     Buried: 1974 - Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery, Leavenworth, Leavenworth, KS ⁴

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2 F Jean Elizabeth Kirby [5107] ⁶

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      Born: 5 Aug 1916 - , St. Joseph, Buchanan, MO ^{3 8 12 13}
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      Died: 2 Nov 2006 - Brandon Woods Community, Lawrence, Douglas, KS ^{12 13}
     Buried: 2006 - (Cremated) ⁴
Spouse: Robert C. Lenz [5999] (1915-1995) ¹⁴ Marr: 9 Jan 1937 - , St. Joseph, Buchanan or Andrew, MO ⁹

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3 F Living (details have been suppressed)

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      Born:
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Spouse: Living

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4 F Janet Louise Kirby [5109] ⁶

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      Born: 18 Jul 1918 - , Chicago, Cook, IL ^{3 8 12 15 16}
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      Died: 10 Aug 2002 - , Wolfeboro, Carroll, NH ^{12 16}
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Spouse: Richard A. "Dick" Larson [7185] (1919-2013) ⁶ Marr: May 1945 - , Kansas City, Jackson, MO ¹⁷

1 A169. "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," (card files) original cards; scanned and published on the internet by FamilySearch.org and also Ancestry.com, at https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1968530.

2 C90. United States Federal Census, year 1900.

3 C92. United States Federal Census, year 1920.

4 CM076. Find-A-Grave (cemetery records) as contributed by the public; published on the internet at http://www.findagrave.com/.

5 L1981.1. 'Sperry Family Genealogy' ( aka Sperry Family Collection, 1839-1981, Document Number 3), (manuscript) by Donald Lines Jacobus; with papers by Skilton, George Steele; kept with Skilton's papers on file at Whitney Library, New Haven, CT (Mss. No. B35, Box II, Folder C, pp. 16-17, 627-628 and 1162-3.); also available scan at http://newhavenmuseum.org/index.php?option=com_igallery&view=igcategory&id=225&Itemid=94.

6 "Blackman - Farmer Roots," (family genealogy) by Larry and Elaine Blackman; online records at http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=blackman-farmer&id=I246606, 2015.

7 Missouri Courts, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991," database(https://familysearch.org/search/).

8 C93. United States Federal Census, year 1930.

9 Obituaries, Lawrence Journal-World (obituaries) by from Warren-McElwan Mortuary; transcription published online at http://www2.ljworld.com/obituaries/;.

10 M062. Skelton Family Genealogy File (Gedcom), (database) A Gedcom Genealogy computer file, by Skelton, Earl, compiler, Washington D.C, 1999; A digital copy is in my computer files.

11 A212. "Illinois, Cook County Birth Certtificates, 1878-1922" (scanned original records), by various county clerks throughout Illinois; reproduction on FHL microfilm 367 reels; and database for Cook County published on the internet by FamilySearch.Org at https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1462519, name listed on daughter Janet's record.

12 A020. Social Security Death Index, kept by the US Government, published on the internet and CDROM.

13 Obituaries, Lawrence Journal-World (obituaries) by from Warren-McElwan Mortuary; transcription published online at http://www2.ljworld.com/obituaries/;, 2006.

14 Obituaries, Lawrence Journal-World (obituaries) by from Warren-McElwan Mortuary; transcription published online at http://www2.ljworld.com/obituaries/;, 2006. named in wife Jean's obituary.

15 A212. "Illinois, Cook County Birth Certtificates, 1878-1922" (scanned original records), by various county clerks throughout Illinois; reproduction on FHL microfilm 367 reels; and database for Cook County published on the internet by FamilySearch.Org at https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1462519.

16 M148. Obituary Daily Times (U.S.A Obituary Index), (database) published on the internet by RootsWeb: http://www.obits.rootsweb.com~obituary, 1999.

17 Obituaries (obituaries) byTribLive; transcription published online at http://www.meaningfulfunerals.net/fh/obituaries/obituary.cfm?o_id=2191345&fh_id=12957.

Rowley Genealogy Site & Family Charts, compiled by I. Rowley, version of Nov. 10, 2016.

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