Ancestry of
Barack Obama

44th U.S. President

Leona Belle McCurry

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• • Great-grandmother of Barack Obama — 4th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 15 
  • Father:
  • Thomas Creekmore McCurry 
  • Mother:
  • Margaret Belle Wright   
  • Birth Date:
  • 7 May 1897 
  • Birth Location:
  • Peru, Chautauqua, Kansas 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 22 Mar 1968 
  • Death Location:
  • Winfield, Cowley, Kansas 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Highland Cemetery, Winfield, Cowley, Kansas 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Rolla Charles "R.C." Payne
  • Marriage Date:
  • 28 Dec 1921 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Independence, Montgomery, Kansas 
  • Child:

  Madelyn Lee "Toot" Payne (Ahnentafel No:7 )

• Sources for Leona Belle McCurry

  • ¹ Federal Census, KS, Chautauqua County, 1900, Belleville, ED #1, Image 16 of 31.
  • ² Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 01/17/2012).
  • ³ Herald-Citizen, Cookeville, Tennessee, "From the UC to D.C.," Sunday, 22 FEB 2009.
  • ⁴ Bachelor, Rosemary E., "The Obamas Visit the President's Irish Ancestral Homeland (suite101.com website)", (accessed 03/16/2012).
  • ⁵ Harman, Anastasia, et. al., "Documenting President Barack Obama's Maternal African-American Ancestry: Tracing his Mother's Bunch Ancestry to . . ., (16 JUL 2012) https://c.mfcreative.com/offer/us/obama_bunch/PDF/main_article_final.pdf, 2.
  • ⁶ Reitwiesner, William Addams, "Ancestry of Barack Obama", (accessed 06/18/2012).
  • ⁷ Scott, Janny, A Singular Woman: The Untold Story of Barack Obama's Mother, New York: Riverhead Books (2011).
  • ⁸ Wikipedia, "Family of Barack Obama", (accessed 01/17/2012).
  • ⁹ Wikipedia, "Madelyn Dunham", (accessed 01/17/2012).