Oliver Leonard Kirk (1884 - 1960)

Born 20 Apr 1884 in Beatrice, Gage, Nebraska, United States

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Died 14 Mar 1960 at age 75 in St. Louis, Missouri, United States

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Biography

Oliver Kirk was born in 1884 in Beatrice, Nebraska. He was the son of Samuel Kirk and Bertha Razey.^[1] Oliver was a boxer and competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis, Missouri in the featherweight and bantamweight divisions. Oliver was the first boxer in Olympic history to win gold medals in two weight divisions at the same Olympics. He accomplished this feat by losing 10 pounds in less than two weeks in between competitions.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3D7-RP6 : accessed 29 March 2019), Oliver S Kirk in household of Samuel Kirk, Precinct 13 St. Louis city Ward 20, St. Louis, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 313, sheet 11A, family 232, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,897.
2. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Kirk

• United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3R1-14V : 13 March 2018), Oliver Leonard Kirk, 1917-1918; citing St. Louis City no 22, Missouri, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,683,854.

• United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M21Y-CQQ : accessed 29 March 2019), Olivia L Kirk, St Louis Ward 22, St Louis (Independent City), Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 349, sheet 4B, family 92, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 821; FHL microfilm 1,374,834.

• United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M883-PXN : accessed 29 March 2019), Oliver Kirk, St Louis Ward 22, St Louis (Independent City), Missouri, United States; citing ED 439, sheet 12B, line 92, family 308, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 959; FHL microfilm 1,820,959.

• United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHV9-7R1 : accessed 29 March 2019), Oliver L Kirk, St Louis (Districts 1-250), St Louis (Independent City), Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 97, sheet 9A, line 5, family 251, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1243; FHL microfilm 2,340,978.