Leo DeLacy MaloneyAge: 41 years1888–1929
- Name
- Leo DeLacy Maloney
- Given names
- Leo DeLacy
- Surname
- Maloney
 Birth | January 4, 1888 22 21 |
 Military | WWI Draft |
 Birth of a brother | Ralph Emmett Maloney April 16, 1890 (Age 2 years) |
| Birth of a brother | George Maloney June 1892 (Age 4 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Lois Olivia Maloney April 1894 (Age 6 years) |
 Occupation | Actor; film director; film producer; screenwriter |
 Biography | Film Note: Appeared in 102 films, beginning in 1914. During the 1920s he owned the Leo Maloney Studio, a self-contained city in the San Bernadino Mountains (California) that housed 35 employees who lived there year-round. Scores of westerns were shot there, including 40 Maloney directed himself. He became ill (alcoholic) and unable to shoulder the cost of sound production. He sold his studio in 1929 and went to New York City. There, over a period of two months, he drank himself to death (had a heart attack). |
 Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 10 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
 Census | June 1, 1900 (Age 12 years) |
| Marriage of a parent | George Edgar Maloney — Otilia Mary Mancus — View this family October 2, 1902 (Age 14 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Irma Maloney 1905 (Age 16 years) |
 Marriage | Elizabeth Phillips — View this family 1907 (Age 18 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Thomas Maloney 1907 (Age 18 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Leona Maloney October 19, 1908 (Age 20 years) |
| Census | April 21, 1910 (Age 22 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 27 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 28 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 29 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
| Death of a brother | Ralph Emmett Maloney February 16, 1919 (Age 31 years) |
| Census | January 7, 1920 (Age 32 years) |
| Civil marriage | Genevieve Shemwell — View this family January 25, 1923 (Age 35 years) |
| Occupation | Actor/Producer 1926 (Age 37 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 41 years)Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression |
 Death | November 2, 1929 (Age 41 years) Cause of death: Heart attack |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Hollywood Memorial Park |
| Family with parents |
| father |
George Edgar Maloney Birth: September 3, 1865 — New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States Death: November 1946 |
| mother |
Olivia Page Birth: June 1866 — California, United States Death: |
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Marriage: March 22, 1885 — Santa Clara, California, United States |
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15 months elder brother |
Edgar Earl Maloney Birth: June 10, 1886 20 20 — California, United States Death: May 25, 1965 — Imperial, California, United States |
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19 months himself |
Leo DeLacy Maloney Birth: January 4, 1888 22 21 — Santa Rosa, Sonoma, California, United States Death: November 2, 1929 — Hotel Astor, New York, New York, United States |
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2 years younger brother |
Ralph Emmett Maloney Birth: April 16, 1890 24 23 — California, United States Death: February 16, 1919 — Alameda, California, United States |
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2 years younger brother |
George Maloney Birth: June 1892 26 26 Death: |
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23 months younger sister |
Lois Olivia Maloney Birth: April 1894 28 27 Death: |
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12 years younger sister |
Irma Maloney Birth: 1905 39 38 — California, United States Death: |
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3 years younger brother |
Thomas Maloney Birth: 1907 41 40 — California, United States Death: |
| Father’s family with Otilia Mary Mancus |
| father |
George Edgar Maloney Birth: September 3, 1865 — New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States Death: November 1946 |
| step-mother |
Otilia Mary Mancus Death: |
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Marriage: October 2, 1902 — |
| Family with Genevieve Shemwell |
| himself |
Leo DeLacy Maloney Birth: January 4, 1888 22 21 — Santa Rosa, Sonoma, California, United States Death: November 2, 1929 — Hotel Astor, New York, New York, United States |
| wife |
Genevieve Shemwell Birth: May 6, 1896 31 22 — Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado, United States Death: January 20, 1947 — Lassen, California, United States |
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Marriage: January 25, 1923 — Riverside, California, United States |
| Family with Elizabeth Phillips |
| himself |
Leo DeLacy Maloney Birth: January 4, 1888 22 21 — Santa Rosa, Sonoma, California, United States Death: November 2, 1929 — Hotel Astor, New York, New York, United States |
| wife |
Elizabeth Phillips Birth: 1876 — New York, New York, United States Death: |
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Marriage: 1907 — New York, United States |
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22 months daughter |
Leona Maloney Birth: October 19, 1908 20 32 — New York, United States Death: July 13, 1991 — Butte, California, United States |
| John Benjamin Van Beek + Genevieve Shemwell |
| wife’s husband |
John Benjamin Van Beek Birth: November 7, 1897 — St. Louis, Missouri, United States Death: February 5, 1975 — San Bernardino, California, United States |
| wife |
Genevieve Shemwell Birth: May 6, 1896 31 22 — Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado, United States Death: January 20, 1947 — Lassen, California, United States |
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Marriage: February 10, 1914 — Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado, United States |
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Divorce: May 26, 1915 — Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado, United States |
Leo DeLacy Maloney has 0 first cousins recorded
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| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - George Maloney - Household
San Jose, Santa Clara, California, United States
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Leo DeLacy Maloney - Household
Manhattan, New York, New York, United States
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Leo DeLacy Maloney - Household
Burbank, Los Angeles, California, United States
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| Biography | Appeared in 102 films, beginning in 1914. During the 1920s he owned the Leo Maloney Studio, a self-contained city in the San Bernadino Mountains (California) that housed 35 employees who lived there year-round. Scores of westerns were shot there, including 40 Maloney directed himself. He became ill (alcoholic) and unable to shoulder the cost of sound production. He sold his studio in 1929 and went to New York City. There, over a period of two months, he drank himself to death (had a heart attack). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Death | Suffered a heart attack after a party, celebrating the completion of "Overland Bound" (1929), his only talkie.
His body was found in his room surrounded by empty liquor bottles. |