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Sir Thomas Mallory (1260-1317)

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from Brief History of Knights In the forum post, " Senior medieval Mallory family Line (12th to mid-16th centuries) " on the Mallory surname forum, the author, Hikaru Kitabayashi, stated, "My basic list of heads of Mallory lineages differs very little from what I interpret as P.J.C. Field's modifications of S.V. Mallory Smith's earlier published work. Where I might have something to add is in the frills that make it more in the nature of a gentry history of medieval England rather than a more narrowly focused genealogical work. I have uncovered more names of spouses, children, closely allied families, property transfers, court cases, etc. and have been able to create a tentative chronology of the various heads of households covering roughly a five hundred year period."       Under "Generation-8," Kitabayashi recorded, "Sir Thomas Mallory (or Mallore as he and most Mallorys appear in the records of the time) was the first lord of Kirkby Mallory...

Louie Orlando "Buck" Mallory in the 1950s

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c. 1917               On his World War II Draft Registration card (April 27, 1942), Louie Orlando "Buck" Mallory was described at 6 ft 3 in tall, 160 lbs, with brown eyes, black hair and a dark complexion.  He stated that he resided in Asotin, but gave his mailing address as Bartlett, Oregon, where Edith Gooding Mallory, his wife, was living.  He gave his birth date as December 12, 1896, and birth place as Merkle, Texas.  He was employed by the U. S. Forest Service in the Umatilla National Forest.  In the box for "Telephone," he replied, "Yes."         Unfortunately, the 1950s decade began with the death of his mother.  Her obituary was recorded in the Spokane Chronicle on Tuesday, February 14, 1950 , page b3:   "Letitia Mallory"   " Clarkston, Wash., Feb. 14—Mrs. Letitia Mallory, 83, died Sunday at the home of her son, Owen, 411 Thirteenth, Clarkston.   She had been in poor health for the la...