Ancestry of
Brandon Routh

TV and Movie Actor

John Lear

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• • Great-grandfather of Brandon Routh — 4th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 12 
  • Father:
  • Peter Lear 
  • Mother:
  • Elizabeth A. Henderson   
  • Birth Date:
  • 10 Mar 1891 
  • Birth Location:
  • Afton, Union, Iowa 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Madge Luvena Phipps
  • Marriage Date:
  • 28 Mar 1921 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Greenfield, Adair, Iowa 
  • Child:

  John Junior Lear (Ahnentafel No:6 )

• Sources for John Lear

  • ¹ Federal Census, IA, Decatur County, 1940, Decatur City, E.D. 27-6, Sheet 2A, Image 5 of 10.
  • ² Federal Census, IA, Decatur County, 1930, Decatur, E.D. 27-5, Sheet 3B, Image 6 of 6.
  • ³ Iowa, U.S., Delayed Birth Records, 1856-1944, Birth certificate for John Lear.
  • ⁴ Iowa, U.S., Select Marriages Index, 1758-1996, Marriage record for John Leer and Madge Crees.
  • ⁵ Iowa, U.S., State Census Collection, 1836-1925, 1925, Clarke County, Murray, Image 80 of 91.
  • ⁶ U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, Claim for son John Junior Lear.

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