Lorene Edna Ledford Kirwan, California

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CM Standley

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01/01/2013

Lorene Edna Ledford Kirwan, California

This is the last formal portrait photo of my grandmother, taken in preparation of a long awaited tour of ASIA a few years before her death. She was an extraordinary woman that few ever forgot once they met her, and NEVER forgot once they knew her!

Date & Place: in Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County, California United States

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Lorene Edna (Ledford) Kirwan Aug 11, 1906 - Aug 8, 1993 Santa Barbara, California, Us

Lorene Edna Ledford was born on August 11, 1906 in Los Angeles, California, USA to parents Loren Edgar Ledford (1871-1929) and Lucy Emma Cecelia Kincaid (1882-1940). She had a brother, William Ray Ledford (1902-1977). She had studied secretarial skills for medical offices and was employed in downtown Los Angeles as a medical secretary. On September 9, 1932 she married Nicholas "Nick" Pierce Kirwan in Los Angeles, California. They had children including a daughter Marcia Kathleen Kirwan (1940-2015) and her younger brother, Kevin Pierce Kirwan.

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