Ora Benjamin Haley (1882 - 1953)

Born 9 Dec 1882 in Laramie, Wyoming, USA

Ancestors

Son of Ora Haley and Augusta M (Pfeiffer) Haley

Descendants

Died 19 Jul 1953 at age 70 in Morrison, Colorado, USA

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Biography

In 1905, Ben married Maud Hunn, and in 1908 they came to Colorado from Wyoming where they made their home on the farm that came to be known as Junglewood - a major site for the Haley family for generations. Ben's major business at the time was to continue the family business of cattle and other livestock, but in 1913 he built a small greenhouse to begin a hobby in the flower business. In 1924, he established Junglewood, Inc., and by 1935, with the livestock business in distress from the Great Depression, he was devoted full-time to the flower industry.^[1]

Once his son Ora Ben was born, he was at times referred to as Ora Ben Haley, Sr., or O Ben Haley, Sr., although informally he was always "Ben".

DNA

Parental relationship is confirmed by a 23andMe test match between Steve Haley and his second cousin once removed. Their MRCAs are Ora Haley and Augusta Pfeiffer, the second great grandparents of Steve Haley. Predicted relationship from 23andMe: Third Cousin, based on sharing 64 cM across 6 segments.

Sources

1. ↑ Kingman: pp 146-147

• Kingman, Dick "A History - Colorado Flower Growers And It's People" (C & M Press, Thornton, Colorado, 1986)
• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3V5-HL9 : accessed 2 December 2016), Ora Benj Haley in household of Ora Haley, Laramie city Ward 1, Albany, Wyoming, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 7, sheet 7B, family 161, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,826.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKW1-S6L : accessed 2 December 2016), Ora B Haley, Denver Ward 10, Denver, Colorado, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 122, sheet 8A, family 179, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 116; FHL microfilm 1,374,129.
• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX2G-6CS : accessed 2 December 2016), Ora B Haley, Denver, Denver, Colorado, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 287, sheet 1B, line 85, family 20, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 162; FHL microfilm 1,820,162.
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X74H-MNB : accessed 2 December 2016), Ora B Haley, Montana, Jefferson, Colorado, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 3, sheet 4A, line 32, family 87, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 243; FHL microfilm 2,339,978.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VR6D-W2W : accessed 2 December 2016), Benjaman Haley, Election Precinct 3, Jefferson, Colorado, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 30-4, sheet 6A, line 34, family 123, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 465.
• "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZKN-7WG : 12 December 2014), Ora Benyman Haley, 1917-1918; citing Jefferson County, Colorado, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,561,832.
• "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKC4-7VQ8 : 9 April 2016), O Ben Haley, 27 Apr 1942; citing NARA microfilm publication M1936, M1937, M1939, M1951, M1962, M1964, M1986, M2090, and M2097 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "St. Matthew's Cathedral, Episcopal Church, parish register, Laramie, Wyoming; v. 01", book images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/46958-st-matthew-s-cathedral-episcopal-church-parish-register-laramie-wyoming-v-01?viewer=1&offset=0#page=345&viewer=picture&o=info&n=0&q=), page 345; accessed 15 July 2020, baptism record for Ora Benjamin Haley