Leonard Ivan Jordan (1908 - 1982)

Born 26 Dec 1908 in Kansas, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Lola Belle (Spiker) Jordan — married about 1927 in Kansas, USa

Died 10 Oct 1982 at age 73 in Jeffersonville, Clark Co., Indiana, USA

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Biography

Leonard Jordan was born 26 December 1908 in Kansas. He was the son of John Jorden and Edna Bird.

1910 census -- Powhattan Twnp., Brown Co., Kansas, USA

John Jordan, head, white, male, age 22, married 2 years, born Kansas, father born Indiana, mother born Indiana, farmer, rent farm; Edna Jordan, wife, white, female, age 19, married 2 years, 1 child / 1 living, born Missouri, father born Ohio, mother born Kansas; Lenoard Jordan, son, white, male, age 1, single, born Kansas, father born Kansas, mother born Missouri^[1]

1915 KS census -- Harrison Twnp., Nemaha Co., Kansas, USA

John Jorden, age 27, male, white, born Kansas, farmer; Edna Jorden, age 24, female, white, born Kansas; Lenard Jorden, age 6, male, white, born Kansas; Loyd Jorden, age 3, male, white, born Kansas^[2]

1920 census -- Harrison Twnp, Nemaha Co., Kansas, USA

John Jordan, head, rent, white, male, age 32, married, born Kansas, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio, farmer; Edna Jordan, wife, white, female, age 29, married, born Missouri, father born Ohio, mother born Kansas, farm laborer home poultry & dairy; Lenoard Jordan, son, white, male, age 11, single, attended school, born Kansas, father born Kansas, mother born Missouri, farm laborer home farm; Lloyd Jordan, son, white, male, age 7, single, attended school, born Kansas, father born Kansas, mother born Missouri^[3]

1925 KS census -- Granada Twnp., Nemaha Co., Kansas, USA

John W Jordan, head, rent, age 38, male, white, born Kansas, farmer; Edna J Jordan, age 35, female, white, born Kansas; Leonard W Jordan, age 16, male, white, born Kansas; Lloyd Jordan, age 12, male, white, born Kansas^[4]

He married Lola Spiker about 1927 in Kansas. (source needed)

1930 census -- Gilman Twnp., Nemaha Co., Kansas, USA

Leonard Jordan, head, rent, white, male, age 21, married, first married @ 18, born Kansas, father born Kansas, mother born Kansas, farmer; Lola Jordan, wife, white, female, age 21, married, first married @ 18, born Kansas, father born US, mother born US; Billie Jordan, son, white, male, age 2 6/12, single, born Kansas, father born Kansas, mother born Kansas^[5]

1940 census -- Knightstown, Henry Co., Indiana, USA

Leonard Jordan, head, (absent), rent $12, white, male, age 31, married, 8th grade education, born Kansas, Nemaha Co KS 1935, pipeline laborer; Lola Jordan, wife, informant, white, female, age 31, married, 8th grade education, born Kansas, Nemaha Co KS 1935; William Jordan, son, white, male, age 12, single, attended school, 5th grade education, born Kansas, Nemaha Co Ks 1935; Boyd Jordan, son, white, male, age 8, single, attended school, 2nd grade education, born Kansas, Nemaha Co Ks 1935^[6]

He died 10 October 1982 in Jeffersonville, Indiana.^[7]He is buried in Mount Zion Cemetery in Henryville, Indiana. ^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2HP-93P : accessed 13 January 2019), Leonard Jordan in household of John Jordan, Powhattan, Brown, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 32, sheet 4A, family 66, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 433; FHL microfilm 1,374,446.
2. ↑ Kansas State Historical Society; Topeka, Kansas; Roll: ks1915_167; Line: 5
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFXX-4W2 : accessed 13 January 2019), Leonard Jordan in household of John Jordan, Harrison, Nemaha, Kansas, United States; citing ED 123, sheet 13A, line 13, family 275, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 540; FHL microfilm 1,820,540.
4. ↑ Kansas State Historical Society; Topeka, Kansas; 1925 Kansas Territory Census; Roll: KS1925_103; Line: 14
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X7QR-VM5 : accessed 13 January 2019), Lenard Jordan, Gilman, Nemaha, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 7, sheet 2A, line 28, family 36, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 713; FHL microfilm 2,340,448.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V1TC-XM7 : 14 March 2018), Leonard Jordan, Knightstown, Wayne Township, Henry, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 33-38, sheet 4A, line 25, family 73, 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 1052.
7. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J2PS-7XS : 20 May 2014), Leonard Jordan, Oct 1982; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
8. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q249-WMVX : 19 September 2016), Leonard I. Jordan, 1982; Burial, Henryville, Clark, Indiana, United States of America, Mount Zion Cemetery; citing record ID 167288474, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.