Leora "Ora" May Bomgardner
Leora "Ora" May Bomgardner was born May 31, 1867 in Chillicothe, Missouri (source needed) to John Calvin Bomgardner and Sarah Ermaline Hatfield. She married Andrew J. Leck on January 23, 1890 in Rooks County, Kansas.
Rooks County, Kansas Marriage Records Book A, 1874-1894
Groom Bride Date Page
Leck, Andrew J. Bomgardner, Ora M. 23 Jan 1890 443
Richard, Waneta, William "Bill" Thomas, Helen, James
Blanche, Andrew, Edra, Leora May and Glen Leck
Children of Andrew J. Leck and Leora May Bomgardner:
1. Stella Blanche Leck, born 6 Mar 1891 in Brock, Nemaha, NE; died 7 Jan 1975 in Palco, Rooks Co., KS; married Guy Mills 16 Jul 1921.
2. Glenn Leck, born Sep 1892 in Palco, Rooks Co., KS; died 1970 in Palco, Rooks Co., KS; married Mary Louise Arnold.
3. William "Bill" Thomas Leck, Sr.
4. Grace Leck, born 19 Mar 1898 in Palco, Rooks Co., KS; died 25 Aug 1909 in Palco, Rooks Co., KS.
5. Myrtle Leck, born Oct 1899 in Palco, Rooks Co., KS; died in Palco, Rooks Co., KS
6. Waune Leck, born abt 1900 in Palco, Rooks Co., KS; died abt 1988 in Denver, CO; married Ernest Wright.
7. Helen D. Leck, born 13 Mar 1902 in Palco, Rooks Co., KS; died 14 Nov 1977 in Los Angeles, CA; married Don Moss (issue: 1 child), Schurr (2 children).
8. James Leck, born 31 May 1904 in Palco, Rooks Co., KS; died 19 Oct 1994 in Ellis, KS; married Margaret Griswald on 31 Jul 1940.
9. Richard Leck, born abt 1907 in Palco, Rooks Co., KS; died abt 1965 in Saratoga, FL
10. Edra Leck, born abt 1913 in Palco, Rooks Co., KS; died abt 1960 in NM.
1900 Census for Rooks County, Kansas
Andrew J Leek....Head of Household...b. Jul 1867 in IA...father born in PA...mother born in OH....married 10 years....farmer
Ora M Leek........Wife of H of H..........b. May 1868 in IA...father born in OH...mother born in MO...married 10 years
Blanche Leek......child.........................b. Mar 1894 in NE
Glennie Leek......child.........................b. Sep 1892 in KS
William Leek......child.........................b. Oct 1895 in KS
Grace Leek.........child.........................b. Mar 1898 in KS
Martel Leek........child.........................b. Oct 1899 in KS
1910 Census for Rooks County, Kansas
Source Citation
"United States Census, 1910," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M2Z3-VFN : accessed 19 May 2012), Ora May Leck in household of John C Bomgardner, Northampton, Rooks, Kansas.
In 1915 the family is found living together in Russell County, Kansas.
1915 Kansas State Census for Luray, Russell County, Kansas
A. J. Leck, 47y
Ora M. Leck, 47y
William T. Leck, 19y
WA Veta Leck, 15y
Hellen Leck, 13y
James Leck, 11y
Dick Leck, 8y
Edra Leck, 2y
Leora died December 14, 1917 in Palco, Rooks County, Kansas. Source is needed and internment unknown.