Kenneth Leland Wier

James M. Wier
(1842-1903)

Anna Pigott
(1842-1893)

William Lightfoot
(1846-1930)

Loretta A. Linn
(1854-1946)

Joseph Steele Wier
(1875-1928)

Leanna Mary Lightfoot
(1879-1957)

Kenneth Leland Wier
(1914-2011)

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Spouses/Children:
1. Elizabeth I. Saar

Kenneth Leland Wier ¹ ² ³ ⁴ ⁵

Born: 11 February 1914, Shelby, MT ¹ ³ ⁴ ⁵ ⁶
Marriage (1): Elizabeth I. Saar about 1938 ¹
Died: 17 January 2011, Golden, CO at age 96 ⁵

bullet Death Notes:

Age: 97
Given Name: Kenneth
Middle Name: L
Surname: Wier
Birth Date: 11 Feb 1914
State: Wisconsin
Last Place of Residence: Jefferson, Colorado
Previous Residence Postal Code: 80401
Event Date: 17 Jan 2011

Citing this Record
"United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JGBK-D3B : 20 May 2014), Kenneth L Wier, 17 Jan 2011; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
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bullet Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the 1920 US Census in Sigel Township, Chippewa County, WI on 31 January 1920. ³

1920 US Census
Sheet 6B, District 79, Family 120, Roll 1978
Sigel Township, Chippewa County, Wisconsin
Farm owned, with mortgage
Kenneth Wier..Son..5..MT

(Living with parents.)
.

• He appeared on the 1930 US Census in Eau Claire, WI on April 1930. ⁴

1930 US Census
Sheet 20B, District 0018, Household 480, Roll 2571
Eau Claire, Eau Claire County, Wisconsin
Kenneth L. Wier..Son..15..MT

(Living with widowed mother.)
.

• He appeared on the 1940 US Census in Fairbanks District, Fourth Judicial Division, Alaska Territory on 4 December 1939. ¹

1940 US Census
Sheet 18A, District: 4-3, Family 253, Roll 4581
Fairbanks District, Fourth Judicial Division, Alaska Territory, United States
College Road; Home rented $10; 2 rooms
Kenneth L. Wier..Head..26..MT..1 year college..Laborer, Gold Mine..earned $500 in 1939

(Living with wife and daughter.)
.

• His occupation on 22 January 1941 was a Student at University of Alaska in Fairbanks, Alaska Territory. ⁷

• Kenneth Leland Wier registered for WW II Draft: 22 January 1941, Fairbanks, Alaska Territory.

⁷ Name: Kenneth Leland Wier
Birth Date: 11 Feb 1914
Birthplace: Kalispel, Montana
.

Kenneth married Elizabeth I. Saar about 1938.¹ (Elizabeth I. Saar was born on 16 June 1915 in Wisconsin ¹ and died after 4 December 1939.)

bullet Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1940 US Census in Fairbanks District, Fourth Judicial Division, Alaska Territory on 4 December 1939. ¹

1940 US Census
Sheet 18A, District: 4-3, Family 253, Roll 4581
Fairbanks District, Fourth Judicial Division, Alaska Territory, United States
College Road; Home rented $10; 2 rooms
Kenneth L. Wier..Head..26..MT..1 year college..Laborer, Gold Mine..earned $500 in 1939
Elizabeth I. Wier..Wife..24..WI..9th grade
Karen E. Wier..Daughter..1..WI
.

1 1940 U.S. census, population schedule, Fairbanks District, Fourth Judicial Division, Alaska Territory, United States, enumeration district (ED) 4-3, sheet 18A, household 253, Kenneth L. Wier and Elizabeth Saar; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 17 Oct 2019); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T627, roll 4581.

2 Personal knowledge of Brian L. Lightfoot, [ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE]; Includes all genealogy research papers done by Iris Geraldine Sharer during the 1960s and 1970s which incorported family history documents relating to the Lightfoot and Arnsberger families. Also includes all previous research done by Jack Drugan and siblings during the 1960s.

3 1920 U.S. census, population schedule, Sigel, Chippewa County, Wisconsin, enumeration district (ED) 79, sheet 6B, family 120, Joseph Steele Wier and Leanna Mary Lightfoot; index and images (accessed 17 Dec 2013); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T625, roll 1978.

4 1930 U.S. census, population schedule, Eau Claire, Eau Claire County, Wisconsin, enumeration district (ED) 0018, sheet 20B, family 480, Leanna Mary Lightfoot; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 19 Dec 2013); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T626, roll 2571.

5 "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (accessed 17 Oct 2019), Kenneth L Wier, 17 Jan 2011; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

7 "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1861144 : accessed 17 Oct 2019); Kenneth Leland Wier, 22 Jan 1941; records extracted by FamilySearch, images digitized by Ancestry; citing Draft Registration, College, Alaska, United States, NAID 2839217. RG 147, National Archives at St. Louis, Missouri, n.d., FHL microfilm .

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